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A Week in the Shop

1 Oct 2022 - 3d printing, älgen, delfinen, sanding, templates

Lots of sanding and tidying on my Älgen guitar build as it gets ready for finishing, some last minute template redesigns, and I learn how to use a new 3D printed.

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A Week in and out the Shop

19 Sep 2022 - 3d printing, älgen, delfinen, ferrules, fusion 360, jigs, laser-cutting, patching, templates

A week of having more questions than answers as try to push the Delfin build forward.

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A Week in the Shop

12 Sep 2022 - älgen, delfinen, drilling, filling, sanding, templates

The Delfin guitar becomes one, as the body and neck are joined, and Älgen gets close to being ready for finishing.

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A Unit of Time in the Shop

25 Aug 2022 - älgen, delfinen, scale length, strings, website

I finally get to the bottom of what's been causing issues with stringing up my Älgen guitar build, and Delfin gets marked up ready for the next stage of work.

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My älgen guitar sitting on the workbench, weith strings on, and 3D-printed sides mounted. It is still missing electronics.

A Week in the Shop

8 Aug 2022 - älgen, delfinen, ef1, inlays, setup and repair

A mixed set of activities in the workshop this week, as I worked on three guitars: trying to move one through the last stages of a build, getting another through the early stages, and a final one that's in for some setup TLC.

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A week in the shop

11 Jul 2022 - älgen, delfinen

A chill week after the manic rush to Makefest - making (almost) the final changes to Älgen’s body, and tidying up the binding job on Delfin.

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A week in the shop

27 Jun 2022 - älgen, delfinen, scale length

A mix of pushing towards my deadline for Liverpool Makefest, and re-evaluating some of my assumed truths about guitar building.

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A week in the shop

19 Jun 2022 - älgen, delfinen, makefest

Pondering what I want to communicate at Liverpool Makefest; getting Älgens fretboard ready for fretting; and I award myself a B for my first binding effort.

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A week in the shop

12 Jun 2022 - 3d printing, älgen, delfinen, templates, thingiverse

My Älgen build finally starts to become a guitar in my eyes, fun with 3D prints, and so so much sanding.

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A week in the shop

29 May 2022 - älgen, cnc routing, delfinen

two guitars in a similar stage of build but with their own distinct process going on, and some notes on the lack of CNC-router in my builds.

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