Binding is mostly for protection. The wood is so thin that if it gets a little bang on the edge it can start a crack that will just keep growing. That is also why there is inlay around the soundhole. It's not just decoration. It's also why violins have purfeling.
Your voice and speaking tone ooze confidence, despite this being a "whoops" video. Well done on nailing the balance of demonstrating, being humble, and instructing with authority. I think the final product is amazing, too.
I think one way to "fix" the high bridge on the first guitar would be to convert it so it uses a tailpiece to attach the strings, so something like a archtop guitar or violin. It should look pretty awesome as well.
Guess you could've used Thomastik KR116 Ball End Flatwound Rope Core Strings cause the Ball Ends make restringing a Snap. The Flatwound design will also save the frets from scratches.
When building acoustic when it comes to the bridge it's put on after the finish traditionally. What you do is tape off exactly where the bridge goes with a mm or 2 undersize. Finish it , pull the tape off and then glue the bridge on. It helps reduce that streaking from the brush around the bridge. And the mm undersize puts a little finish under the bridge making it look seamless.
@@timsway hey happy to lend advice if ya need. There's a great book on guitar building that covers all of this for acoustic and classical, I'll have to get ya the name of it. But I was my Bible of sorts when I started out.
I'm very glad you were able to show the whole process. I don't think the first was a failure, it looked good and it played. But the second was even better. And it seemed like it was more closely aligned with your standards. Good Job! Thanks for letting us in.
I've got loads of bits of really nice wood and I had not thought about making an instrument out of them before but now I feel inspired to have a go. I was going to attempt to make a Semi-acoustic guitar based on the Fender Jazzmaster anyway but that may be a little too ambitious for a first ever build so tomorrow, I shall be a-rummaging through my treasured stash of quality offcuts and bits of tree and work out what is possible. great channel-another gem of a find on TH-cam!
i spent a lot of time building some of of my shop tools - but my steam rig was not one of them - its literally an old mailbox... edit - low voc (actually no voc), brush on, and one day finish are the reason i started using UV cure poly resin - its a pain in the ass if you dont have a UV setup, but i live in texas so sunlight is usually available - its a product originally used on surfboards called solarez - LMI has a UV cure product too but i've never used it - i still use lacquer when i have to spray something - im gonna look into totalboat though if its sprayable i've built many electrics, but im just now starting to get into acoustics - actually im not even there yet im about 90% jigged up to start building proper ukes (i still need to build a radius board and go-bar deck) once im comfortable with my uke skill i will move up to full size dreads and cuts i appreciate you showing your first attempt, sometimes i watch YT luthiers or furniture guys and their videos make me feel like i should just go get a job flipping burgers... its good to know im not the only one making mistakes. its silly, but i have a fortune from a cookie that i've kept for years - it says "failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently" that little scrap of paper has honestly kept me going through times when i was fully ready to throw in the towel...
I like the fortune! Wise words. I've never tried to make myself look like an expert on this channel because I'm not. I also find the royal blunders more entertaining and educational, so I share them. LOVE the mailbox idea. I almost just capped a piece of PVC pipe for my steamer box but I had the plywood laying around, so...
Again Tim very inspiring. Your channel is superb and motivates me to make. I’m lazy in that I buy kits, but my grandson and I enjoy creating and the people we make for, like the gifts we make. When I retire I’ll be building from recycled materials, so thanks for providing the ideas. Work safely.
Really terrific video Tim! Having made my own Acoustic guitar from scratch, I feel your pain big time! I liked how you pointed out the various mistakes & how you then figured out a fix. Like you, I have done a lot of wood working over a long period of time. However, I must say that making that Acoustic guitar was one of the most difficult builds that I have ever done. I keep thinking about making another one but then "reality" sets in & kicks me in the ass! Anyway, great work on your part brother............. :)
Great video! I have been building cigar box guitars but have ambitions to make a proper instrument from scratch. I always make mistakes but have learned from each one of them. That is what makes building these so much fun. I think you can still salvage your first build by removing the bridge and replacing it with a thicker one. With a new saddle sitting in a thicker bridge, it won't be or look ridiculously tall. Alternatively, you could remove the bridge, refinish the top then add a tailpiece and a floating bridge like a mandolin.
I was thinking abut a floating bridge but it might look silly on the flat top. For now it works and plays so I'm gonna leave it kicking around as a shop guitar - and a humbling reminder when I start thinking I'm hot sh*t. hahaha!
New Englanders are so excitable, dude receiving the guitar really needs to tone it down a little. I'm in the middle of a bass build right now, I usually finish with tru-oil, but I think I'm going to give this Total Boat stuff a go and see how it does.
Sometimes you learn the hard way...... and sharing that allows others to make different mistakes on their early attempts........ Everyone goofs up until you master the craft.
Very cool I made a tennor uke all by hand last year It just broke because of Stupid mistakes i made its nice too see people showing their mistakes & how to improve on them. Thanks again & God Bless
Other than patience, which I'm always working on, I've been learning that you always have to practice before working on the final piece. Whether it's a cut or a process or a jig, it never comes out perfect the first time. I'm sure experience helps to shorten the time spent practicing, but I'm certainly not there yet. Thanks for sharing!
I was cutting box joints yesterday on the table saw. First time trying it, so I did a buttload of test cuts to make sure everything was aligned properly. Still ended up with one end of one board that was completely out of whack. Guess I should have practiced some more. 🙄
I love these kind of videos and I think more people should make them. I think we all can learn from it, maybe even more than projects where everything goes well. Keep up the good stuff!
thanks! The cnc is just another tool for speed and convenience, like the tablesaw is just faster and easier than a ripping with a handsaw. Like on this build all it really did was cut some very basic shapes and the rest was "old fashioned" woodworking. I was honestly afraid of the learning curve and software side of it as it is steep, I put it off for years and even convinced myself I was "anti-cnc." But once I got past the first hurdle I was off to the races, no looking back. Now I'm an addict :)
I love seeing makers show their mistakes and evem better the development of the idea. If I can get you all to put a timeline of how long it takes in the description i wont feel so bad for trying the same thing and not managing to do it in under 10 minutes like the video hahaha
ha! yea, this one took 26 minutes, lol. Seriously I live in the northeast and you'll notice in the beginning of the video I'm in shorts and short sleeves and it's almost Christmas now...
Great job on the guitar and the video! It does help us rookies to see what can go wrong. Just a thought on the first guitar, if the wood of the bridge was thicker the saddle could be thinner. The smaller reveal would look more intentional and be less of an oops. I also think the increased neck angle may be a little more comfortable, it could still be a nice player. 👍
Great job man! Definitely will look into that Halcion (sp?), I did a french polish with shelac on a previous guitar I did, after weeks trying to get a poly to stick. The shelac looks good, but I live in an apt with a small dog, so anything less toxic would be best. How many coats with the non-spray?
I am currently building and acoustic guitar the traditional way. I have to admit I cringed a lot during this video. But I must also admit that your perseverance is admirable. Thanks for the video.
Tim, you're a (expletive removed) legend! It's unlikely I will ever make a guitar in my workshop, but watching you create all this is very enjoyable. The way you deal with all the problems associated with recycling wood is amazing. Keep up the good work. Thanks for the video. Cheers, David PS Have you seen Lignum's post today?
tim sway I’d still have to enter numbers into it to get the required result, my first homemade instrument was made with a kitchen knife as an axe and a really hot screwdriver , and I’m not joking mate, I totally get your desire to Create, keep on keeping on brother
I enjoyed the video, thank you. But why re-invent the wheel? There is so much really great information out there on how to properly build an acoustic guitar. It seems that most of your mistakes could have been mitigated by some basic research. On the other hand this video proves that as woodworkers, the second time around is always way better than the first try. Just think how nice your second acoustic guitar would have been if you would have done some basic research!
Thanks for the how not to do it video - lol! So if someone wants to make an acoustic guitar, maybe they should buy a plan, and watch a bunch of guitar building videos first so they know how to put it together? I'm currently building my first acoustic ukulele, and first electric ukulele. I think I may have watched 80% of the how to build a uke videos on You Tube - acoustic and electric. When the electric uke gets built, it will be the 3rd one. First one was made from 3/4" insulation board to get the general proportions and shapes right (mistakes were made, things were learned.) The second one from pine boards (more mistakes made, more things learned.) The last one will be mahogany (without previous mistakes, only a few new ones???) You have to be careful about this kind of thing. Making a better version of the last one can be addictive. There are people in the 70s who have been making better guitars since their 20s. They just can't seem to stop. Thanks again for the video.
It's funny, because I am into traditional woodworking and to see the high tech approach is interesting. Some operations seems wasteful, others staggeringly efficient. I like tech too, but my workshop can barely house my hand tools.
certainly! I'm interested in the mix of them, too. I want to understand the process from cavemen using rocks to today. By all means sometimes the time of a machine setup outweigh benefit. It's important to remember that some of the physical waste on the cnc would still be cut and tossed using traditional tools to make the part, just spread out over different machines.
@@timsway I'm with you on that! I don't think any of your methods wasted any extra measurable material. I suppose in many ways seeing a cnc machine radius, shape and slot a fingerboard in a fraction of the time I can do it is triggering some cognitive dissonance!
@@BrownianMotionPicture dude, if the cnc did ONLY that it would be worth the footprint in my shop. LOL. It took some work creating the files the way I want them and dialing in the cutting, but man it is so much better than doing it by hand.
Just stumbled on your channel, been planning on building a lute shaped guitar for the longest time, does anyone know if the sides' thickness matters? Was just going to route out most of the sides using a thick plank of maple.
You got Jimmy Diresta pin on your table saw? i saw he ... .-) thank you Tim for explaining all the mistakes ... :-) will be a tresure for me .. hi from italy
While you were making the first guitar, were you still thinking it would be the only one, or did you do it for the video? I would have scrapped project number one the moment when I knew it wouldn't work.
I was OK with each little mistake or "I'd do this different next time" as I went along because I solved them all or trimmed them out, etc. But the basically last step, gluing the fingerboard on, was when I noticed the problem, so I just tried to finish it anyway. I did have the foresight to prep enough of the wood to make two as I worked, in case I needed to redo a step, so the second one went much quicker.
Yeah, you gooched on the first try, but you did an excellent job the second time around, so I tip my hat to you, good sir. My personal recommendation is this, if you want to cut time down that is. If you mess up at any point in the process, stop. If it looks like it cannot be saved, then start over right there and get it right the second time instead of trying to salvage a train wreck because as you saw yourself, the train wreck got even more wrecked. And binding is great, but not required. It's just a decoration. It honestly doesn't save anything. Long as you got everything put together well, it'll survive without binding.
cheers. I really thought it was going to be OK until I put the neck on, which is basically the end, so at that point I finished it for the learning experience (and video). I did have the foresight to prep enough material for two guitars early so the second went together quickly (I had even bent two sets of sides at the same time).
@@timsway Well, at least you planned ahead in that way. And as I said, your second time turned out great. Look really good, and the client looked genuinely pleased.
With mistakes, You don’t fail, you learn. New sub. 💪 love the « dirty » faded color of the neck, but I feel it does not match with the pine body. Personal opinion. Love your work.
MIKEY LOVES IT! Well done, Tim!
Nice. Thank you for your patience and support!!
Love that you showed the errors and the corrections. That's how we all learn. Thanks Tim. Subscribed.
It was easier than refilming. hahah! thanks
Came here to say the same. These are great lessons that I don't have to learn the hard way now, thanks
"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep."
Scott Adams
I love this Parlor Guitar
Such a refreshing change to see someone who can make a video and include all the mistakes. Really enjoyed watching it.
Binding is mostly for protection. The wood is so thin that if it gets a little bang on the edge it can start a crack that will just keep growing. That is also why there is inlay around the soundhole. It's not just decoration. It's also why violins have purfeling.
Your voice and speaking tone ooze confidence, despite this being a "whoops" video. Well done on nailing the balance of demonstrating, being humble, and instructing with authority. I think the final product is amazing, too.
Thank you!
Your sincerity is refreshing.
Mikey is really enjoying his Parlor Guitar. It's an amazing travel Guitar.
I think one way to "fix" the high bridge on the first guitar would be to convert it so it uses a tailpiece to attach the strings, so something like a archtop guitar or violin. It should look pretty awesome as well.
I like your being so open. It shows that mistakes are exually opportunities to improve what you are doing. It's what it means to be human. Well done!
Who does not make mistakes never learns. Beautiful.
It’s very cool indeed, and as the saying goes, we only fail when we don’t learn from our mistakes.
Guess you could've used Thomastik KR116 Ball End Flatwound Rope Core Strings cause the Ball Ends make restringing a Snap. The Flatwound design will also save the frets from scratches.
Most authentic guitar channel on TH-cam.
Turned out to be a nice little guitar.
Nice work. I do like this kind of video where the errors are shown and corrected. Thanks for sharing!
Excellent show! I dig the way you made two, and the mojo in that wood is out there.
I love the wood on those guitars. Sound good too.
Thank you for sharing your experiences, the bad and finally the good! Very well done.
When building acoustic when it comes to the bridge it's put on after the finish traditionally. What you do is tape off exactly where the bridge goes with a mm or 2 undersize. Finish it , pull the tape off and then glue the bridge on. It helps reduce that streaking from the brush around the bridge. And the mm undersize puts a little finish under the bridge making it look seamless.
well THAT makes sense :)
@@timsway hey happy to lend advice if ya need. There's a great book on guitar building that covers all of this for acoustic and classical, I'll have to get ya the name of it. But I was my Bible of sorts when I started out.
@@MilesMcNallyLuthierie Is it "Guitarmaking" by Cumpiano & Natelson ?
@@MilesMcNallyLuthierie Is it "Guitarmaking" by Cumpiano & Natelson ?
@@stratocactus yes that's the one. Guitar making tradition and technology is the full title.
Cool project and interesting video. It was great to see how you addressed each concern so we can all learn.
That is an insane amount of work you did for that little guitar.
Great video, I love the narration. I also like the black and white mistake segments. Straight out of classic infomercials
haha! Exactly. I was picturing the old lady struggling with her typical, useless carrot peeler because she doesn't have the Veggie Genie 2000!
Those are beautiful, Tim!
I'm very glad you were able to show the whole process. I don't think the first was a failure, it looked good and it played. But the second was even better. And it seemed like it was more closely aligned with your standards. Good Job! Thanks for letting us in.
yea, I agree. The first one worked but it wasn't "good enough" - live and learn.
I've got loads of bits of really nice wood and I had not thought about making an instrument out of them before but now I feel inspired to have a go. I was going to attempt to make a Semi-acoustic guitar based on the Fender Jazzmaster anyway but that may be a little too ambitious for a first ever build so tomorrow, I shall be a-rummaging through my treasured stash of quality offcuts and bits of tree and work out what is possible.
great channel-another gem of a find on TH-cam!
Can't stop learning from this guy! Love the recycled stuff also
i spent a lot of time building some of of my shop tools - but my steam rig was not one of them - its literally an old mailbox...
edit - low voc (actually no voc), brush on, and one day finish are the reason i started using UV cure poly resin - its a pain in the ass if you dont have a UV setup, but i live in texas so sunlight is usually available - its a product originally used on surfboards called solarez - LMI has a UV cure product too but i've never used it - i still use lacquer when i have to spray something - im gonna look into totalboat though if its sprayable
i've built many electrics, but im just now starting to get into acoustics - actually im not even there yet im about 90% jigged up to start building proper ukes (i still need to build a radius board and go-bar deck) once im comfortable with my uke skill i will move up to full size dreads and cuts
i appreciate you showing your first attempt, sometimes i watch YT luthiers or furniture guys and their videos make me feel like i should just go get a job flipping burgers... its good to know im not the only one making mistakes.
its silly, but i have a fortune from a cookie that i've kept for years - it says
"failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently"
that little scrap of paper has honestly kept me going through times when i was fully ready to throw in the towel...
I like the fortune! Wise words. I've never tried to make myself look like an expert on this channel because I'm not. I also find the royal blunders more entertaining and educational, so I share them. LOVE the mailbox idea. I almost just capped a piece of PVC pipe for my steamer box but I had the plywood laying around, so...
Again Tim very inspiring. Your channel is superb and motivates me to make. I’m lazy in that I buy kits, but my grandson and I enjoy creating and the people we make for, like the gifts we make. When I retire I’ll be building from recycled materials, so thanks for providing the ideas.
Work safely.
Nice looking little guitar Tim
If you're really into a challenge, you could try your hand at a lute or some of the other historic plucked stringed instruments.
Really terrific video Tim! Having made my own Acoustic guitar from scratch, I feel your pain big time! I liked how you pointed out the various mistakes & how you then figured out a fix. Like you, I have done a lot of wood working over a long period of time. However, I must say that making that Acoustic guitar was one of the most difficult builds that I have ever done. I keep thinking about making another one but then "reality" sets in & kicks me in the ass! Anyway, great work on your part brother............. :)
ha! yea, it's quite a bit of work. I want to make more, but not tomorrow :)
Amazing job Tim! Love your honesty and your sharing the hard lessons learned doing these projects. Keep up trying new things and sharing the results!
Great video! I have been building cigar box guitars but have ambitions to make a proper instrument from scratch. I always make mistakes but have learned from each one of them. That is what makes building these so much fun. I think you can still salvage your first build by removing the bridge and replacing it with a thicker one. With a new saddle sitting in a thicker bridge, it won't be or look ridiculously tall. Alternatively, you could remove the bridge, refinish the top then add a tailpiece and a floating bridge like a mandolin.
I was thinking abut a floating bridge but it might look silly on the flat top. For now it works and plays so I'm gonna leave it kicking around as a shop guitar - and a humbling reminder when I start thinking I'm hot sh*t. hahaha!
New Englanders are so excitable, dude receiving the guitar really needs to tone it down a little. I'm in the middle of a bass build right now, I usually finish with tru-oil, but I think I'm going to give this Total Boat stuff a go and see how it does.
Great insight Tim. The guitar came out very cool!!!
Sometimes you learn the hard way...... and sharing that allows others to make different mistakes on their early attempts........ Everyone goofs up until you master the craft.
Fabulous video. That Pine is something else! What beautiful guitars, even the "mistake" is beautiful. Great work.
thank you!
Very cool I made a tennor uke all by hand last year It just broke because of Stupid mistakes i made its nice too see people showing their mistakes & how to improve on them. Thanks again & God Bless
Other than patience, which I'm always working on, I've been learning that you always have to practice before working on the final piece. Whether it's a cut or a process or a jig, it never comes out perfect the first time. I'm sure experience helps to shorten the time spent practicing, but I'm certainly not there yet. Thanks for sharing!
Indeed. Test cuts is a good idea, when possible. I'm getting better at that, but I have this "wing it" mentality that is hard to break...
I was cutting box joints yesterday on the table saw. First time trying it, so I did a buttload of test cuts to make sure everything was aligned properly. Still ended up with one end of one board that was completely out of whack. Guess I should have practiced some more. 🙄
I love this guitar. And the process was fascinating, thanks for sharing.
Love seeing this whole process. Thanks for sharing your lessons learned as well as your successes :) Excellent work.
thanks man
I love these kind of videos and I think more people should make them. I think we all can learn from it, maybe even more than projects where everything goes well.
Keep up the good stuff!
agreed.
That first one was still pretty cool!
I liked the first fret board.
Great job T-Sway!
Great Job Tim !!!.
Totally awesome
Great work. Although I don't have the room for my own CNC, it's fun to watch. I build them the old fashioned way but I love watching these videos.
thanks! The cnc is just another tool for speed and convenience, like the tablesaw is just faster and easier than a ripping with a handsaw. Like on this build all it really did was cut some very basic shapes and the rest was "old fashioned" woodworking. I was honestly afraid of the learning curve and software side of it as it is steep, I put it off for years and even convinced myself I was "anti-cnc." But once I got past the first hurdle I was off to the races, no looking back. Now I'm an addict :)
tim sway I agree. I am all about mastering new tools.
@@NKBobcat I am now! Lol. Sometimes I need a kick in the butt to keep from becoming a curmudgeon:)
Great video. Nice job!
The best guitar maker on youtube!
ha! hardly. More like the best maker of guitar fail videos on youtube :)
Great story on persistence. : ) Video tells the story well. I'm sure the video had to be redone as well. Beautiful guitars. Mahalo for sharing!
Filming slows me down so much I didn't want to refilm the second, so I put it together this way. I think it works alright. Mahalo
This was a great video,what better way to learn something, than jump in and try it. Thanks for the content.
One of your most instructive video !! Thank you VERY much !
thank you!
I love seeing makers show their mistakes and evem better the development of the idea. If I can get you all to put a timeline of how long it takes in the description i wont feel so bad for trying the same thing and not managing to do it in under 10 minutes like the video hahaha
ha! yea, this one took 26 minutes, lol. Seriously I live in the northeast and you'll notice in the beginning of the video I'm in shorts and short sleeves and it's almost Christmas now...
Haha. Amazing Tim
Awesome work Tim! 😃👍🏻👊🏻
words AND emojis. wow! :)
Great job on the guitar and the video! It does help us rookies to see what can go wrong. Just a thought on the first guitar, if the wood of the bridge was thicker the saddle could be thinner. The smaller reveal would look more intentional and be less of an oops. I also think the increased neck angle may be a little more comfortable, it could still be a nice player. 👍
indeed, it is not the end of the world, but nit what I wanted to give to a paying customer.
Great job man! Definitely will look into that Halcion (sp?), I did a french polish with shelac on a previous guitar I did, after weeks trying to get a poly to stick. The shelac looks good, but I live in an apt with a small dog, so anything less toxic would be best. How many coats with the non-spray?
Halcyon is spelling. With a brush 2 or 3 coats is probably enough. And you can so that in 3 or 4 hours, then let it cure for a day.
@@timsway wow that's really quick. Definitely will be picking some up.
@@absolutless I have a 20% off code at the website. Use "TIMSWAY"
I am currently building and acoustic guitar the traditional way. I have to admit I cringed a lot during this video. But I must also admit that your perseverance is admirable. Thanks for the video.
Tim, you're a (expletive removed) legend! It's unlikely I will ever make a guitar in my workshop, but watching you create all this is very enjoyable. The way you deal with all the problems associated with recycling wood is amazing. Keep up the good work. Thanks for the video. Cheers, David PS Have you seen Lignum's post today?
cheers. Sometimes the wood wins, sometimes I win :) No I haven't.
it's not a video in-betwwen fail and success, it's a video of both fail and success.
Marvellous.
Seeing how much work this was, how do you feel about making an acoustic bass guitar? Id love to see it done your way
I have some stuff coming up that will interest you. :)
Your skills are Jedi mate , I struggle with numbers so I can not measure anything , your instruments are very professional, good job
measuring is the worst part of instrument making. lol. I'm fortunate to have a CNC as it's way more accurate than me.
tim sway I’d still have to enter numbers into it to get the required result, my first homemade instrument was made with a kitchen knife as an axe and a really hot screwdriver , and I’m not joking mate, I totally get your desire to Create, keep on keeping on brother
With a bridge that high, it almost looks like a tiny cello :)
This was really interesting.
just So Cool
Today's video was brought to you by the words PERSERVERANCE and DEDICATiON - Cheers Tim
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Good stuff again Tim,,I appreciate seeing the mistakes,,
Awesome man. Glad I subscribed! Thank you😀
I enjoyed the video, thank you. But why re-invent the wheel? There is so much really great information out there on how to properly build an acoustic guitar. It seems that most of your mistakes could have been mitigated by some basic research. On the other hand this video proves that as woodworkers, the second time around is always way better than the first try. Just think how nice your second acoustic guitar would have been if you would have done some basic research!
Very interesting video, always good content, well done Tim 👍🏻🙂
Thanks for the how not to do it video - lol! So if someone wants to make an acoustic guitar, maybe they should buy a plan, and watch a bunch of guitar building videos first so they know how to put it together?
I'm currently building my first acoustic ukulele, and first electric ukulele. I think I may have watched 80% of the how to build a uke videos on You Tube - acoustic and electric. When the electric uke gets built, it will be the 3rd one. First one was made from 3/4" insulation board to get the general proportions and shapes right (mistakes were made, things were learned.) The second one from pine boards (more mistakes made, more things learned.) The last one will be mahogany (without previous mistakes, only a few new ones???)
You have to be careful about this kind of thing. Making a better version of the last one can be addictive. There are people in the 70s who have been making better guitars since their 20s. They just can't seem to stop.
Thanks again for the video.
it is an addiction
If it looks stupid but it works.....it isn't stupid. Nice job.👍
thanks bro
It's funny, because I am into traditional woodworking and to see the high tech approach is interesting. Some operations seems wasteful, others staggeringly efficient. I like tech too, but my workshop can barely house my hand tools.
certainly! I'm interested in the mix of them, too. I want to understand the process from cavemen using rocks to today. By all means sometimes the time of a machine setup outweigh benefit. It's important to remember that some of the physical waste on the cnc would still be cut and tossed using traditional tools to make the part, just spread out over different machines.
@@timsway I'm with you on that! I don't think any of your methods wasted any extra measurable material. I suppose in many ways seeing a cnc machine radius, shape and slot a fingerboard in a fraction of the time I can do it is triggering some cognitive dissonance!
@@BrownianMotionPicture dude, if the cnc did ONLY that it would be worth the footprint in my shop. LOL. It took some work creating the files the way I want them and dialing in the cutting, but man it is so much better than doing it by hand.
Great informative video 👍
thanks!
@@timsway watched a lot of your videos and had to sub.
Instgram jogged my memory lol
Very good man😆👍
Genial!!!! Felicidades
Just stumbled on your channel, been planning on building a lute shaped guitar for the longest time, does anyone know if the sides' thickness matters? Was just going to route out most of the sides using a thick plank of maple.
You got Jimmy Diresta pin on your table saw? i saw he ... .-) thank you Tim for explaining all the mistakes ... :-) will be a tresure for me .. hi from italy
On the band saw, yes. It's a magnet my friend Dave made. My table saw was his old one. He gave it to me when he got his saw stop.
@@timsway Super.. I also follow Di resta.. he's a good guy with plenty of ideas like you Tim
I love tiny 6 strings idk why
The recipient seemed underwhelmed. I dunno, maybe he’s the kind that doesn’t show emotion. I would have been over the moon! Awesome build!!
lol. Mike's just a super chill dude :)
Very cool bro nice job🔥🔥
What tuning did you use? And the scale length? Awesome video!
regular tuning. 23.5"
Имея столько оборудования и делать такие поделки нужно иметь талант)
That's learning by doing!
While you were making the first guitar, were you still thinking it would be the only one, or did you do it for the video? I would have scrapped project number one the moment when I knew it wouldn't work.
I was OK with each little mistake or "I'd do this different next time" as I went along because I solved them all or trimmed them out, etc. But the basically last step, gluing the fingerboard on, was when I noticed the problem, so I just tried to finish it anyway. I did have the foresight to prep enough of the wood to make two as I worked, in case I needed to redo a step, so the second one went much quicker.
Yeah, you gooched on the first try, but you did an excellent job the second time around, so I tip my hat to you, good sir. My personal recommendation is this, if you want to cut time down that is. If you mess up at any point in the process, stop. If it looks like it cannot be saved, then start over right there and get it right the second time instead of trying to salvage a train wreck because as you saw yourself, the train wreck got even more wrecked. And binding is great, but not required. It's just a decoration. It honestly doesn't save anything. Long as you got everything put together well, it'll survive without binding.
cheers. I really thought it was going to be OK until I put the neck on, which is basically the end, so at that point I finished it for the learning experience (and video). I did have the foresight to prep enough material for two guitars early so the second went together quickly (I had even bent two sets of sides at the same time).
@@timsway Well, at least you planned ahead in that way. And as I said, your second time turned out great. Look really good, and the client looked genuinely pleased.
Nice job but you should have had a sound off, was there much difference ??
Good idea. Not a ton of difference in tone. The heavier old one is a little louder while the good one is a little livelier. very subtle difference.
now i get it ... reclaim porn ... another great one Tim well done !
With mistakes, You don’t fail, you learn. New sub. 💪 love the « dirty » faded color of the neck, but I feel it does not match with the pine body. Personal opinion. Love your work.
hi Tim! what router bit do you use for cutting fret slots? could that bit be used with a Dremel or similar rotary hand tool?
it's a .023" end mill. You're much better off using a saw by hand.
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Neat!
Looks very nice :) is there a reason for zero fret >?
I like zero frets. Thanks!
The X Braceing is in most cases for steel string guitars. its way too stron for the nylon strings and inhibit the tone.
Alot of work.I think You're qualified to make some chibsons after all that.
My people and Chibson's people have had discussions...
Im waiting for the razorback guitar shape 😂😂😂😂
I try not to copy other makers' designs but I have made a couple "metal" shaped guitars and have a potentially really cool build coming in 2020!
Will you sell boat wood guitar cool
I mean, if you're looking to offload that other guitar...
I should clarify I'm totally joking.