D&R's build thread

[definenredefine]

Is the back flat? If so (and perhaps even if not, with tedious shimming and measuring and shimming...) router-planing it off is one method - or the old heat and a palette knife (or puttyknife or butterknife) approach.

It is indeed flat, and I definitely thought about that. Ultimately, though, I think I'm gonna back burner the Dano convertible for now. I still gotta finish the P bass and put the V4 back together.

 

[definenredefine]

I'm off next week, and home, so hopefully I'll get the P bass body stained up. I bought a Harley Benton neck for it, but the heel doesn't quite fit. While I was thinking of how to resolve that issue, I found a good deal on a Squier P bass neck with tuners, so that's on its way now. If that heel works, I'll probably end up saving the HB neck for a future project.

So...the Squier neck doesn't fit either. The heel is more or less the same as the HB neck. I think mods are on the horizon...

 

[definenredefine]

A while back, I decided I need to build a stand for my drill press so that it would have a more of a home, and I wouldn't have to lift up onto my workbench. Behold -


I built a drawer for the first time, because I wanted a place in the stand to store my bits and drivers -


...and I managed to attach drawer rails to my router table, so it can slide out of the stand -


Not too shabby, methinks -


I also finally gave the router a whirl to put some roundovers on a scrap piece of butcher block (cheese board, maybe? Or cutting board? Dealer's choice?)

 

[ctmullins]

Nice! You’ll thank yourself countless times in future.