Anyone started a new Hobby???

[2LaneCruzer]

As the title asks about new hobbies. I took up building guitars from kits.

Ordered a kit from fretwire that you have to finish and build then wire it up.

Anyone else start a new hobby??

A few years back, I ordered two ukelele kits from Grizzly. My Grandson and I worked together to build them, and we had a great time; a great bonding experience. We still have them, 20 years later. I have often thought about building a nice acoustic, but don't play much any more. The price is right on those fretwire kits.

 

[Buppies]

Love building decks and working with wood currently building shooting bench

 

[dragoneggs]

Pictures of the whole process, Then a video of you playing it......

Yeah and leave it to us on whether we want audio... not not! :laughing:

 

[bunyip]

A few years back, I ordered two ukelele kits from Grizzly. My Grandson and I worked together to build them, and we had a great time; a great bonding experience. We still have them, 20 years later. I have often thought about building a nice acoustic, but don't play much any more. The price is right on those fretwire kits.

My woodworking skills are quite good and I have a lot of machinery and luthier tools, I built a classical guitar some years ago, it was truly a remarkaBLE looking instrument but just dead acoustically, a lot of notes just didn't resonate properly.
I decided then that luthiers are masters of the dark arts along with neuro surgeons, witches etc and now I limit myself to repairs providing they are simple.

 

[dragoneggs]

I recently bought a lathe and upgraded my jointer so I am getting back into woodworking. Next door neighbor had a Pin Oak taken down on Sunday and I snagged a chunk to try to turn a couple bowls or something. 18in in diameter with some interesting grain/color. Just painted the ends and letting it dry for awhile. It is too heavy to lift onto my bandsaw at the moment.

 

[bunyip]

Nice looking piece, I use parafin wax to seal the ends, also have a small lathe, Record, downside is that it use #1 Morse Taper

 

[k0ua]

I recently bought a lathe and upgraded my jointer so I am getting back into woodworking. Next door neighbor had a Pin Oak taken down on Sunday and I snagged a chunk to try to turn a couple bowls or something. 18in in diameter with some interesting grain/color. Just painted the ends and letting it dry for awhile. It is too heavy to lift onto my bandsaw at the moment.

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That is some interesting figure.

 

[dragoneggs]

That is some interesting figure.

Sorry for the weird cut... cut this with my electric Stihl w/14in bar. Messed up a bit but easily fixed. There is another 12ft of this and I would love to plank it but don't have the equipment. That would be another hobby that I don't have time or room for... let alone the money.

 

[om21braz]

My woodworking skills are quite good and I have a lot of machinery and luthier tools, I built a classical guitar some years ago, it was truly a remarkaBLE looking instrument but just dead acoustically, a lot of notes just didn't resonate properly.
I decided then that luthiers are masters of the dark arts along with neuro surgeons, witches etc and now I limit myself to repairs providing they are simple.

As my cousin said he learned "A guitar really needs to be built light, close to the edge of flying apart, to be able to resonate well"
A link to some of his handiwork:

Aaron Morris Custom Guitar | David Holt

 

[txdon]

pictures when you are done.... (or it didn't happen)

I hope the above is very true.

New hobby - giving myself a bad haircut.