So when does the abandonment actually begin?
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| Author: | Krohn [ Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:59 pm ] |
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Ok. No possible way to achieve any level of precision the way i was doing things. I'm going to use the same construction, but I'm going to build my body template from scratch. what a waste of time eh? Stay posted. |
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| Author: | Don Williams [ Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Project Abandonment Begins... |
Wow, nice oxymoron in that title. |
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| Author: | Krohn [ Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:31 pm ] |
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clever eh? |
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| Author: | VirgilGuitar [ Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:48 pm ] |
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So when does the abandonment actually begin?
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| Author: | Chas Freeborn [ Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:59 pm ] |
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Sometimes it's time to throw in the towel and start over. "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." -Benjamin Franklin |
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| Author: | cbrviking [ Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Project Abandonment Begins... |
I had to step away from one build when I was trimming the edge with a 2" router bit in a router table and it grabbed the body and through it across the yard. |
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| Author: | theguitarwhisperer [ Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:18 pm ] |
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I'm glad you let go of it and it didn't pull your hand into the router bit. 
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| Author: | dpm99 [ Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Project Abandonment Begins... |
cbrviking wrote: I had to step away from one build when I was trimming the edge with a 2" router bit in a router table and it grabbed the body and through it across the yard. Ditto on what TGW said, but is it really beyond redemption? So often crazy things like that can turn into "features" with a little creativity - especially in electric guitar builds. |
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| Author: | nutsdan [ Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:26 am ] |
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so, are you starting to give up or giving up starting ![[uncle]](./images/smilies/surrenderflagqv6.gif "Uncle")  
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| Author: | Stuart Gort [ Fri Oct 21, 2011 6:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Project Abandonment Begins... |
If I commit to quitting before I start it truly commits me to starting before I quit...so that when I'm lazy I persevere. |
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| Author: | WindyCityBluesBox [ Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:46 am ] |
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Not a COMPLETE waste! This was a wonderful opprotunity to get a taste of luthierie. Im sure you learned alot from it. Now that you know what your up against, you know exactly what needs to be done for a successful build! 
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| Author: | cbrviking [ Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:06 am ] |
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dpm99 wrote: cbrviking wrote: I had to step away from one build when I was trimming the edge with a 2" router bit in a router table and it grabbed the body and through it across the yard. Ditto on what TGW said, but is it really beyond redemption? So often crazy things like that can turn into "features" with a little creativity - especially in electric guitar builds. It was going to be a Tele body made from a beautiful slab of Brazilian Redwood, so I might be able to make a smaller body guitar out of it at some point. |
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| Author: | alan stassforth [ Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:53 am ] |
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I love this thread! So, you really aren't giving up, just changing the way you will do things? Are you still using the piano wood? |
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| Author: | Krohn [ Fri Oct 21, 2011 7:10 pm ] |
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oh man!! if i could quote everything and put a laughing dude beside everything, i would! this is hilarious! i am still gonna use the piano wood, but i'm going to draw out my own template for a body shape, starting by drawing the neck pocket and centreline. |
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| Author: | Chameleon [ Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Project Abandonment Begins... |
New plan: Build a piano out of broken guitars, take apart the piano to build guitars with it, halfway through decide to build mandolins instead, take apart the guitar to build another piano that will be taken apart again to build a mandolin, make the mandolins neck off center and give up, then start over from a scratch piano, then give up again when the fretboard is upside down, take 6 months off to write newspaper articles in Seattle taking payment in the form of miniature broken pianos, then spend the next three decades building the worlds largest mandolin ever built from the worlds largest collection of miniature broken pianos. ![[clap]](./images/smilies/smiley32.gif "adulations")
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| Author: | VirgilGuitar [ Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:50 pm ] |
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All I can say is that I am REALLY glad they don't make pianos out of salvaged guitars!
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