Ovangkol is truly such a beautiful wood. I ran into some veneer when building my own speakers. Never knew it existed. The almost glowing radii when it catches the light is just magnificent!
I'm currently building an acoustic with ovangkol back and sides, it's absolutely beautiful! Even though the grain direction can be a pain sometimes, I really like it.
@HandToolBuilds is it difficult to plane etc? I'm just in the process of restoring my first handplane and want to buy some ovangkol boards to create a deskshelf / monitor stand type of deal. Will that be a case that it will just take a beginner more time and effort? I don't plan to do an extreme amount of shaping to be fair, not anything like your guitars haha. I don't mind spending the time to create sharp tools either. It will be done when it's done type of project
@@danielh12345 I would not call ovangkol easy to work with. At least on the stuff I worked with so far, the grain was quite wavy and somehow went in every direction at the same time. Taking very thin shavings with a very sharp blade makes it better, but it's still a challenge, especially if you need to remove a lot of material.
I’ve seen many great guitar build off designs,technics,and beautiful accomplished guitars but your work ethic alone should win first prize.Inspirational and encouraging.
This is so inspirational! Maybe some method and way are different from one to each other but the passion patients and determination is what makes us same. I just finished my 1st ever guitar made and all done by hand and very limited of hand tools. Looking forward to get the second build after watching your vidoes! Keep it up mate!!! Cheers
That's so awesome! My methods are definitely not always the most efficient, but they what makes sense to me. Keep on building, it stays challenging and fun!
Wow now i kinda know what im in for. At least a got a bandsaw ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Im gonna make a cigarbox ukulele from scratch first, make a nkce dovetailed box, get some practice first.
Turn on subtitles (closed captioning) for info on the process!
Great job! Also your comments in the subtitles, very helpful!
Ovangkol is truly such a beautiful wood. I ran into some veneer when building my own speakers. Never knew it existed. The almost glowing radii when it catches the light is just magnificent!
I'm currently building an acoustic with ovangkol back and sides, it's absolutely beautiful! Even though the grain direction can be a pain sometimes, I really like it.
@HandToolBuilds is it difficult to plane etc? I'm just in the process of restoring my first handplane and want to buy some ovangkol boards to create a deskshelf / monitor stand type of deal. Will that be a case that it will just take a beginner more time and effort? I don't plan to do an extreme amount of shaping to be fair, not anything like your guitars haha. I don't mind spending the time to create sharp tools either. It will be done when it's done type of project
@@danielh12345 I would not call ovangkol easy to work with. At least on the stuff I worked with so far, the grain was quite wavy and somehow went in every direction at the same time. Taking very thin shavings with a very sharp blade makes it better, but it's still a challenge, especially if you need to remove a lot of material.
I’ve seen many great guitar build off designs,technics,and beautiful accomplished guitars but your work ethic alone should win first prize.Inspirational and encouraging.
Thank you for the compliments Nelson!
Gorgeous. I appreciate the time you put into your art man. Love it. Inspiring.
Thanks Ryan! I love when others are inspired by my work - it's not really work though, more like meditation.
This is so inspirational! Maybe some method and way are different from one to each other but the passion patients and determination is what makes us same. I just finished my 1st ever guitar made and all done by hand and very limited of hand tools. Looking forward to get the second build after watching your vidoes! Keep it up mate!!! Cheers
That's so awesome! My methods are definitely not always the most efficient, but they what makes sense to me. Keep on building, it stays challenging and fun!
Amazing..just amazing!!! A true craftsman
Thank you
Beautiful work.
So enjoyable...thanks.
Thank you for watching!
First time that i get a feel of how long all of this took from a montage video like this
That particular build was well over 100 hours, however I can definitely streamline my process.
Wow now i kinda know what im in for. At least a got a bandsaw ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Im gonna make a cigarbox ukulele from scratch first, make a nkce dovetailed box, get some practice first.
@@thebeast88_ it's such a rewarding hobby, enjoy it!
Just gorgeous...how long did you take to finish this
The complete guitar (body with neck) took about 120 hours, spread over 5 months or so. The body was probably around 70-80 hours of that.
I like those white pencils you're using! What are they?
Look at your arts supply store, they should have white drawing pencils.
@@rauschguitars thanks!
Nothing like a razor sharp chisel and an eye for 90.
Oh yes! Sharp tools are such a pleasure
@@rauschguitars Especially lawn mower blades.
How did you make the holes to run the wires?
Just some really long drill bits and a hand-cranked drill.
Buy an electrical saw
I did. It's noisy.