Love how you call yourself out on using the power drill out of habit, makes it all the more relatable to be honest. In the end it just means, you'll have to do this again at some point for the "Hand tool only build, this time for real, I promise" 9-part series building some other beauty
I did think why you using a wafer thin saw over a nice big rip saw, don’t get me wrong with my skill level I’d probably go offline even with a rip saw. But it seems more appropriate choice. I’d still love him to do this with budget tools and a stanly no 4. Like Aldi/Lidl/Screwfix budget tools. I know he’s more than capable. But I watch this and think yep that large Stanley plane most people are not going to own unless dedicated hand tool woodworkers.
Mr Parry our very good woodwork teacher said he decided to become a teacher when he found his young son using his brand new long plane to plane a concrete path. Really good teacher.
Not only is it great to watch your creations, it also gets my youtoob feeds back on track in terms of reality. One month to go, and I'll have my workshop set up for guitar building.
So not only are you an exceptional luthier and all-round great youtube entertainer, you also recite Terry Pratchett!! Is there any limit to your knowledge?!
Evidently whether or not a cordless drill is a hand tool is beyond Ben's knowledge XD honestly can't fault him though, it was entirely possible to due the locating pins with hand tools he had literally behind him on the wall, just a slip of the mind
I just bit the bullet and imported a Triton Oscillating Belt / Spindle sander into Dubai....best thing I've bought in a very long time. I dont know how you could build a guitar without it!
Procrastination has at least 1 good argument. Normally we have to muster our own motivation to do something which takes a kind of energy/will power , but when something is left to last minute motivation doesn't really matter anymore - circumstances are forcing us to do it . It is providing it's own will power in effect
I cannot express just how much I enjoyed the mini-planes bit. I was following this build as I do with most if I am able, but the vintage tool bit made it for me. I was gifted some from my grandfathers and use them all the time. Thanks for this video, it made my day.
My pleasure, thank you for this. I'll make sure to digress in this sort of direction a bit more often then 😀 seriously though, there will be a video of me restoring these and maybe a video looking at my collection of tiny tools one day soon on top of that.
There was something intensely satisfying and mathematical about that scarf joint, but for my OCD personality, the trussrod slot and the plane blade sharpening were things of beauty. This is a joy to watch...
I can't tell you how much I appreciate the "101" at 22:00 . I'm a power tool woodworker, but couldn't wrap my hand around hand planes, as I've never owned one. Hearing you mention that you start digging in with the front, then shift your downward pressure to the back, I could finally wrap my head around how it would work, effectively turning the "back" of the band plane into a jointer's outfeed table (for a power tool comparison). I wondered, though, how this would work in practice, and it never occurred to me that you'd transfer your pressure from one part of the plane to another.
And THAT'S why all my power tools are on the bottom shelf and my hand tools are on the wall within reach. No worries! Still my favorite guitar builder on TH-cam!
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars I needed that laugh at the time dude, just getting over the worst of the unspeakable flu and trying to make sure a couple of toy shop electric guitars are somewhat playable before Christmas, those things are just thrown together with no thought at all. so your little mistake cheered me right up, and absolutely great editing made it even funnier.
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars long time subscribers should note that you did (in this video) hold up the drill to sarcastically call yourself out... Instinct to grab the drill too hahaha
I have been inspired by you since the first video I watched a few years ago. I remain inspired by your creative vision and ability as an artist. Building guitars has changed my life, brought me endless joy and I was lead to this by you my friend. Thank you from the bottom of my heart Ben. Todd @Sweet T Guitars
When you put the hat on, you had child-like eyes as if you were in a toy store and had been given free choice of any toy there! Then you show the microplanes, and there is the toys of which we speak! On another note, this guitar build has me completely yearning to build a traveler’s guitar! I will be ready for the next installment of this series! (Oh and I saw you with that electrical device in your hand…naughty boy!) 😎
This video is a great example of being able to 'muddle through' a guitar build, solely by virtue of being really *really* good at guitar building. There was always a guitar in that wood, it just took someone like you to bring it out. Awesome stuff.
This is amazing. Sort of 19th century luthier with all of the knowledge learned over the time since. Love this series. Very excited to see where you go with it.
Ben I have been following this build almost religiously. I enjoy your humor and find it reassuring that even skilled artisans like yourself find hand sawing a challenge at times. Can't wait for episode four to whatever I for one won't be Missing a single one.
Love it! Hand tools appeal to me in large part because you have to figure out a way to do things old school, without the aid of the machines we use most times. And we are reminded that woodworkers did all of the things we do with wood today a long time before man was plugging things into wall sockets. When I started trying to build, I went on luthier forums asking how to do the work without all the machines. What I frequently got in response was, "If you can't afford the machines, find another hobby." Uhhh, I don't think so, Batman. I'm looking forward to the mini planes restoration, and their use.
The crack presenting itself is neither a bug nor a feature. It is, as you well know Ben, a “design opportunity”. It’s one of the reasons I prefer woodworking to metal working. It can force you to think “outside the box” and consider what the wood wants to do.
I want to say that the person you have editing your videos is solid gold. Massive props to them -- they take your material and produce something vastly entertaining and beautifully polished.
I think this is great! Reminds me of hanging out with my Dad in his shop trying to learn the things that took him so long to master. Thank you, I'll definitely be following this project.
You could make amends for your power-tool slip by repeating that operation with a hand drill on a couple of pieces of scrap wood. Yes, it would be a conscious act of magical thinking - or 'headology' - but magical thinking actually does work in our heads, just not on the material world.
I love how you go out of your way to still try and do things as you feel like it, not necessarily following "the correct" order or even using tools that wouldn't be your first go to. It creates this never ending opportunity to learn from obstacles and discover potential new ways of doing "the same thing". Not to mention, it helps us mortals feel like we can relate when you make... mistakes? Much love! Al.
At 18 i learned from ex pattern makers in there 50s then now i am 55 and watching you brings back a lot of memory's. I spent hours planning wood as flat as i could with a long wood box plane then having it put on the granite table where it would be checked with a micrometre dial for run off several of them went striate out of the open window and start again this was my life for 6 months and making the wood two part mould for the sand part that would make the shape on the casting that the Crain would fit into only to get machined off later all with hand tools .I am loving the build of this guitar i have made 7 electric guitars now and loving it .
Thank you very much for all the tips and all of the great videos you've posted.I'm soon starting on building my own guitar so this channel is gonna be my best friend for a while.
Ben i really enjoy your vids they are so relatable, we both spend more time playing with the tools and wood, than actually making stuff. And the foresight gets lost through sheer excitement to get chopping... I cant play the guitar,or really know anything about them but our trades aren't a million miles from each other.
This looks so good ben an I'm loving it...those little hand planes are for making finished carpentry the old way shiplaping,an scallopping trim work in cabinetry an ,furniture...these look as they were made for detailing jewelery box making ...I worked as furniture maker in my 20's an these planes were in use ( the styles an models ...not the size....
Really enjoying this. Great tip with shifting the weight on the, erm, big long thingy plane. Not that I own one, but if I did, I’d now know what to do with it.
It's telling that absolutely no one following your videos will have the slightest problem with the tiny slip up @ the drill. We all know it was just reflex action, the same job could have been done by hand any day. Very pleasing to see the carving and cutting being done.
I may have said this on a different @CrimsonCustomGuitars video, but it absolutely bears repeating. @PaulSellersWoodwork and you Mr Crowe are 1 and 1(a) for my all time favorite hand tool masters.
Those mini planes are great. I still have some of the planes my dad made as a cabinet maker, and I was a fitter/turner and then toolmaker many years ago and still have all the small custom tooling I made. I love stuff like that. Looking forward to the video. Its great to use tools like that - they were usually make for a single purpose and are tools, and not to gather dust as ornaments so to see them in use again would be fantastic.
It brought a tear to my eye to see those micro planes. My dad had a similar collection inherited from his father. Always wondered what they were for when I was a nipper. Really enjoying this build. Thanks for the inspiration👍
Tooth picks: After studying many of your videos prior to my first build, I confidently drilled through the fretboard into the neck to secure it with tooth-picks during the glue-up. Only later did I discover I had set out the fret positions in the wrong place ! Forethough and planning lacking indeed!
Absolutely brilliant, so intriguing and interesting and you have such a great personable appeal, you are likeable and have a warmth which really makes me want you to succeed with this, and I now you will, I so want to follow this job through to the end. Its great and thank you. These skills are, hopefully going to carry on and not die out.
Really excited for this build. I’ve only built electrics so far, but I’ve been wanting to try a simplified acoustic. This series is going to be my template for that. Thank you Ben!
A 4x4 fence post travel guitar, a trip to the ashmoleam museum to research instruments, baroque perfling, vintage tools, liked, subscribed and clicked the bell.
Since you’ve fought your bench racking several times. Does that mean the next build will be Ben making the Ultimate Guitar Building Workbench!? Click bait title aside, that’d be a series I’d love to watch
The problem in this case was using a japanese saw without japanese technique. While cutting, the back end of the japanese saw should not be cutting, only the piece closest to you. Once you reach 45 degrees, you flip the piece and cut down horizontally until your cutline is horizontal. Then, you drop you hands again cutting until you reach 45 degrees. Etc.
Less attention is given to panel and handsaws when essentials for handtool work comes about. For good reason, really-bandsaws. To show off your handy work, dovetail saws get the limelight whilst effort in roughing out dimensional timber feels like a thankless task. They're the fore/scrub planes of the saw world and not used much, so I'm glad you did! It's common for Japanese pull-stroke saws to wander on the backside if you're not routinely ripping stock or had a mess about beforehand. Focused on your marked lines on the front, Japanese saw teeth engage on the back where you can't see, so you can't alter your technique in real time. Give a Western panel/hand saw a go next time and feel which is preferable for you! Looking forward to the next episode, I've been binge watching with my Dad during the storms here.
Hello Ben, noticed title of video and wanted to dropped by to express my many thanks to you sir. i have learned more that I thought possible simp;e watch videos. People at this perticular point in histroy i don’t think fully grasp the advantage TH-cam has provided, anyone regardless of experience can build, repair or fine tune projects that before required the exxperience and technics only found at the jounrneyman level, You are one of these amazing people sharing your hard gained knowledge of lessons learned. Scarf joints are on my "Be 100% proficient Critical Task List" these are items I feel I have to be able to execute and complete professionaly seamlessly to the eye. (being a perfectionist doesnt help). Again many thanks to you and the kids at Crimson making guitar building an adventure ( and yes i can say kids I'm 63 ) startinmg this as a new professison and my age demand i shorten the learning curve and find best practices, techniques possible learing from the best inly makes sense. If I was in the UK the form posted on your website would be complete and on your bench already. I spent the last 30 plus years traing soldiers to be tactically and technically proficient, as with you i love to teach. I'm building molds next that Pablo Requena shared on his channel another good man keeping Guitar building alive for future generations, another guitar builder ive watched is Micheal Greenfield…beautiful guitars… layable works of art with attention to detail that is truly amazing. Well be safe and rock on bro we need you out here in the real world. Derek A Colton
More than once I’ve been tempted to comment on how I appreciate the copious amounts of fencing references… then realized they are 100% piste related. 😂
my vote is to get rid of the lettering! Sand it nice. (Flatsawn neck. Fender doing it for 70 years.) Love this build. Thank you so much for you videos! Again, love, love, love this build!!! Took several re-watches to figure out the drill thing.
My friend you are the Norm Abram of guitar maker (Luthier) . I always use to use a candle on my saw blades so I had an easier cut but that was a trick that I had learnt from from a master carpenter. Regardless. Love your work. Nice to see someone use hand tools . Even though power tools do make our lives easier. Can't wait till next episode. Keep up the great work 👍
Thanks so much for sharing this build. It is amazing to me how you can take a chunk of wood and work it into something so complex and functional without modern tools. Really, I think the cordless drill can be overlooked considering it's functionally equivalent, but I get the impression that it will haunt you forever more that you unintentionally destroyed the purity of the build. It would me, even if it doesn't matter really. Looking forward to seeing more.
Ben, you're definitely NOT stupid! It's VERY easy and tempting to fall into that trap of going on autopilot and reaching for a power drill you must have used thousands of times to drill a hole. We're all people and we're all used to certain micro processes that we taught ourselves that make our lives easier. It's a survival strategy. Instinct. And besides, there is already so much judgement in the world, the last thing you need to do at such a point is apologise for something almost everyone in your place would have done. I don't believe it's good to show people it's allright to judge you for being human.. 😁
Just a thought. Both the tail and the headstock come to a positive point. The drawing for the inlay inverts that vertically. You could "notch' the body and the headstock to match the inlay. The extra angles at the bottom of the body may provide more strength with the angled body joints. It would also trim a few inches off the total length for backpacking (although it seems backpacking is now a secondary goal for the instrument.) However, the inverted notch at the top of the headstock would reduce the wood available for tuning pegs as there's not much "real estate" available.
It's not very often that I get excited about an upload but........ This week has dragged so bad waiting for this video. I even re-watched nebula 2.0 while waiting just to get a fix. You never fail to impress me. Thank you.
Enjoyed this one using my brand new IsoTune FREE set. Thanks for the recommendation. Love them. Used their black Friday deal but my parents bought a set using your coupon code to get my nephew a set for Christmas (he's an auto mechanic working in a performance shop).
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I thought I was the only person on earth who couldn't saw a straight line into a piece of wood. Thank you for helping my confidence 😊
Love how you call yourself out on using the power drill out of habit, makes it all the more relatable to be honest. In the end it just means, you'll have to do this again at some point for the "Hand tool only build, this time for real, I promise" 9-part series building some other beauty
You got it in one.. I'll need to do this all again 😀 I can't wait!
You have no idea how reassuring it is to see Ben saw that wood like it was something I did!
Can totally relate to having achieved similar results while working on even just a small block of mahogany for control cavity cover.
I did think why you using a wafer thin saw over a nice big rip saw, don’t get me wrong with my skill level I’d probably go offline even with a rip saw. But it seems more appropriate choice. I’d still love him to do this with budget tools and a stanly no 4. Like Aldi/Lidl/Screwfix budget tools. I know he’s more than capable. But I watch this and think yep that large Stanley plane most people are not going to own unless dedicated hand tool woodworkers.
@@MrSongwriter2 while he wasn't using the ideal type or size of Japanese saw for long rips, he was definitely using a rip-cut saw.
Mr Parry our very good woodwork teacher said he decided to become a teacher when he found his young son using his brand new long plane to plane a concrete path. Really good teacher.
glad even an expert luthier has cuts that decide to go their own direction!
There was nothing wrong with the wood, it merely had a different guitar hidden inside it.
Oh lol. I love this, thank you!
Not only is it great to watch your creations, it also gets my youtoob feeds back on track in terms of reality.
One month to go, and I'll have my workshop set up for guitar building.
So not only are you an exceptional luthier and all-round great youtube entertainer, you also recite Terry Pratchett!! Is there any limit to your knowledge?!
Evidently whether or not a cordless drill is a hand tool is beyond Ben's knowledge XD honestly can't fault him though, it was entirely possible to due the locating pins with hand tools he had literally behind him on the wall, just a slip of the mind
Everytime you put the planer down on its side i remember the many headsmacks we got from our woodwork teacher whenever he found a plane on its sole!
As a guitar player and woodworker of sorts I’m thoroughly enjoying this series
Thank you.. you are on the journey to being a guitar builder!
I'm loving that the first bit of actual wood work came a few minutes into episode *2* of this series 😁😁
technically speaking this is actually the third episode.
Shhhhh
Preparation is key 😉
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars It's all about 6P (in my mind) - Prior Planning Prevents Pi$$ Poor Performance lol
These videos are fantastic and take me away form the stresses of everyday life
That box of planes needs its own vid. I'm here for it. (will maybe forgive the drill in exchange for the planes vid)
The mind can play strange games , when you planed that first side of the neck block I swear I could smell mahogany !!!!!
Isn't it great? I get that sort of experience all the time while watching Makers on TH-cam.
I just bit the bullet and imported a Triton Oscillating Belt / Spindle sander into Dubai....best thing I've bought in a very long time. I dont know how you could build a guitar without it!
Hey David, glad you like it.. I could not agree more, one of my favourite tools of ALL time!
thank you for explaining how to transfer pressure with the planes. that makes things make a lot more sense lol
Procrastination has at least 1 good argument. Normally we have to muster our own motivation to do something which takes a kind of energy/will power , but when something is left to last minute motivation doesn't really matter anymore - circumstances are forcing us to do it . It is providing it's own will power in effect
I cannot express just how much I enjoyed the mini-planes bit. I was following this build as I do with most if I am able, but the vintage tool bit made it for me. I was gifted some from my grandfathers and use them all the time. Thanks for this video, it made my day.
It's like Jack Hargreaves if he made guitars :o)
Why thank you!
My pleasure, thank you for this. I'll make sure to digress in this sort of direction a bit more often then 😀 seriously though, there will be a video of me restoring these and maybe a video looking at my collection of tiny tools one day soon on top of that.
Everyone deserves someone who looks at them the way Ben looks at hand planes.
There was something intensely satisfying and mathematical about that scarf joint, but for my OCD personality, the trussrod slot and the plane blade sharpening were things of beauty. This is a joy to watch...
That box of micro-planes is a box full of treasure. I would call it my precious, if I had it.
Those little planes need a box made for them, each with its own place and possibly lined with velvet. 🙂👍
I LOVE YOU FOR THE DISCWORLD REFERENCE!!! I say that ALL the time, and I'm in the US.
I can't tell you how much I appreciate the "101" at 22:00 . I'm a power tool woodworker, but couldn't wrap my hand around hand planes, as I've never owned one. Hearing you mention that you start digging in with the front, then shift your downward pressure to the back, I could finally wrap my head around how it would work, effectively turning the "back" of the band plane into a jointer's outfeed table (for a power tool comparison). I wondered, though, how this would work in practice, and it never occurred to me that you'd transfer your pressure from one part of the plane to another.
And THAT'S why all my power tools are on the bottom shelf and my hand tools are on the wall within reach. No worries! Still my favorite guitar builder on TH-cam!
Those miniature planes are adorable!
It's amazing how useful toothpicks and a "cordless drill" can be when guitar building without power tools 🤣
You're teasing me, I deserve it 😤
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars I needed that laugh at the time dude, just getting over the worst of the unspeakable flu and trying to make sure a couple of toy shop electric guitars are somewhat playable before Christmas, those things are just thrown together with no thought at all. so your little mistake cheered me right up, and absolutely great editing made it even funnier.
Use salt to stop the two pices of wood from moving. Then you wouldn't of needed power tools. Love you builds thanks for taking us along.
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars long time subscribers should note that you did (in this video) hold up the drill to sarcastically call yourself out...
Instinct to grab the drill too hahaha
I have been inspired by you since the first video I watched a few years ago. I remain inspired by your creative vision and ability as an artist. Building guitars has changed my life, brought me endless joy and I was lead to this by you my friend. Thank you from the bottom of my heart Ben.
Todd @Sweet T Guitars
Obviously that box should have its own video, and you should finish making that unfinished plane. Yes, that little box is soooo cool!
Thanks for showing off the micro planes. That was nice to watch.
Wow those mini planes are sweet..looking forward to seeing them in a future video. All Beautified.....
You and me both!
When you put the hat on, you had child-like eyes as if you were in a toy store and had been given free choice of any toy there! Then you show the microplanes, and there is the toys of which we speak! On another note, this guitar build has me completely yearning to build a traveler’s guitar! I will be ready for the next installment of this series! (Oh and I saw you with that electrical device in your hand…naughty boy!) 😎
Glad to see that you have similar reticence to cutting a piece of fine lumber that us mere mortals do.
This video is a great example of being able to 'muddle through' a guitar build, solely by virtue of being really *really* good at guitar building. There was always a guitar in that wood, it just took someone like you to bring it out. Awesome stuff.
I'm saying that again, the lettering as a classic Les Paul style pickguard would be sweet, and elegant way of showing the origin of that wood piece.
That bench! The process! The head tattoo! Excellent brother
This is amazing. Sort of 19th century luthier with all of the knowledge learned over the time since. Love this series. Very excited to see where you go with it.
Ben I have been following this build almost religiously. I enjoy your humor and find it reassuring that even skilled artisans like yourself find hand sawing a challenge at times. Can't wait for episode four to whatever I for one won't be Missing a single one.
Thank you Rod.. and yeah, turns out I REALLY need to uo my saw game 😀
Love it! Hand tools appeal to me in large part because you have to figure out a way to do things old school, without the aid of the machines we use most times.
And we are reminded that woodworkers did all of the things we do with wood today a long time before man was plugging things into wall sockets.
When I started trying to build, I went on luthier forums asking how to do the work without all the machines. What I frequently got in response was, "If you can't afford the machines, find another hobby." Uhhh, I don't think so, Batman.
I'm looking forward to the mini planes restoration, and their use.
Ben this whole build including your design drawing was very interesting. Bravo.
Using that lump of timber fence post to make a guitar is just in from the blind side. Excellent creation coming along Ben.
Thank you, I'm having fun with this one!
If Bill Bailey and Kerry King had a child......it would be an amazing feat of human evolution. While that's not possible, I guess we have this guy!
Lol. I'll take that
The crack presenting itself is neither a bug nor a feature. It is, as you well know Ben, a “design opportunity”. It’s one of the reasons I prefer woodworking to metal working. It can force you to think “outside the box” and consider what the wood wants to do.
Got it in one. Wood keeps you on your toes 😏
I want to say that the person you have editing your videos is solid gold. Massive props to them -- they take your material and produce something vastly entertaining and beautifully polished.
I love those mini planes! Tiny stuff for specialist jobs always amazes me.
Me too.. I love Tiny tools
Anyone ‘reciting’ the great Terry Pratchett’s Disc World in a non-literary way deserves a +MANY! Because of, you know, brilliance ‘n all!
I think this is great! Reminds me of hanging out with my Dad in his shop trying to learn the things that took him so long to master. Thank you, I'll definitely be following this project.
Thank you. It will be a tad intermittent with Christmas and the other two projects going on but I am having a blast and progress will be swift 😀
What a treasure, that box of tiny planes!
I know right? A box that literal dreams are made of!
You should number the episodes like movie car gears - 1st, 2nd, 3td, 4th, and bunch of 5ths :)
Amazing the tone of the mahogany while still in "fence post" shape. You've got a piece of wood there.
You could make amends for your power-tool slip by repeating that operation with a hand drill on a couple of pieces of scrap wood. Yes, it would be a conscious act of magical thinking - or 'headology' - but magical thinking actually does work in our heads, just not on the material world.
I love how you go out of your way to still try and do things as you feel like it, not necessarily following "the correct" order or even using tools that wouldn't be your first go to. It creates this never ending opportunity to learn from obstacles and discover potential new ways of doing "the same thing". Not to mention, it helps us mortals feel like we can relate when you make... mistakes?
Much love!
Al.
At 18 i learned from ex pattern makers in there 50s then now i am 55 and watching you brings back a lot of memory's. I spent hours planning wood as flat as i could with a long wood box plane then having it put on the granite table where it would be checked with a micrometre dial for run off several of them went striate out of the open window and start again this was my life for 6 months and making the wood two part mould for the sand part that would make the shape on the casting that the Crain would fit into only to get machined off later all with hand tools .I am loving the build of this guitar i have made 7 electric guitars now and loving it .
It feels like the more episodes we see - the longer the build is going to be.
yep. ep 2.1 out on Saturday.. a digression into hand plane building lol
Thank you very much for all the tips and all of the great videos you've posted.I'm soon starting on building my own guitar so this channel is gonna be my best friend for a while.
Hey, best of luck on your guitar build 👍
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars Thank you very much.I've also saved your website for any of the stuff I'll be needin.
Nice job with the splitting. You know how lucky you got, don't you? I can't wait to see how the rest goes.
Surprised he doesn’t have a hand powered bandsaw
Ben i really enjoy your vids they are so relatable, we both spend more time playing with the tools and wood, than actually making stuff. And the foresight gets lost through sheer excitement to get chopping...
I cant play the guitar,or really know anything about them but our trades aren't a million miles from each other.
This looks so good ben an I'm loving it...those little hand planes are for making finished carpentry the old way shiplaping,an scallopping trim work in cabinetry an ,furniture...these look as they were made for detailing jewelery box making ...I worked as furniture maker in my 20's an these planes were in use ( the styles an models ...not the size....
Your videos are always so well done and entertaining. So much respect for you Ben
Scarf joints are very satisfying to make :)
That mahogany sounds like it has a lovely resonance about it even as just a solid chunk! Going to sound great when you finish In 10 episodes Ben 😉😜
Really enjoying this. Great tip with shifting the weight on the, erm, big long thingy plane. Not that I own one, but if I did, I’d now know what to do with it.
It's telling that absolutely no one following your videos will have the slightest problem with the tiny slip up @ the drill. We all know it was just reflex action, the same job could have been done by hand any day. Very pleasing to see the carving and cutting being done.
Should definitely save up all the plane shavings and make an epoxy and shavings guitar aha
Love your humor! Always look forward to your Vlogs thank you!
Was not expecting to see an axe in a guitar build! Love that
neither was I! you never really know which was a build will go nor what tools could end up being required :)
I may have said this on a different @CrimsonCustomGuitars video, but it absolutely bears repeating. @PaulSellersWoodwork and you Mr Crowe are 1 and 1(a) for my all time favorite hand tool masters.
Very cool.Back to the basics, love it. Thanks
Mr Ben you can do it!!!!!!
Those mini planes are great. I still have some of the planes my dad made as a cabinet maker, and I was a fitter/turner and then toolmaker many years ago and still have all the small custom tooling I made. I love stuff like that. Looking forward to the video. Its great to use tools like that - they were usually make for a single purpose and are tools, and not to gather dust as ornaments so to see them in use again would be fantastic.
Right on, I love old tools and feel exactly the same as you.. I can't wait to use some of them again
It brought a tear to my eye to see those micro planes. My dad had a similar collection inherited from his father. Always wondered what they were for when I was a nipper. Really enjoying this build. Thanks for the inspiration👍
Tooth picks: After studying many of your videos prior to my first build, I confidently drilled through the fretboard into the neck to secure it with tooth-picks during the glue-up. Only later did I discover I had set out the fret positions in the wrong place ! Forethough and planning lacking indeed!
Quote - “Wood continuously surprises you” haha I am such a child!
Absolutely brilliant, so intriguing and interesting and you have such a great personable appeal, you are likeable and have a warmth which really makes me want you to succeed with this, and I now you will, I so want to follow this job through to the end. Its great and thank you. These skills are, hopefully going to carry on and not die out.
And so, the asterisk gets added. “Hand Tools Only Build*”.
Love the small planes and am looking forward to the show dedicated to them.
Really excited for this build. I’ve only built electrics so far, but I’ve been wanting to try a simplified acoustic. This series is going to be my template for that. Thank you Ben!
Well handled, just the right amount of humour. Enjoying this build immensely! Hope we can get the next episode soon!
So good to see even someone of Ben’s calibre make a mistake …. Great channel
Makes this look so easy. If I did it probably wouldn’t be so easy
A 4x4 fence post travel guitar, a trip to the ashmoleam museum to research instruments, baroque perfling, vintage tools, liked, subscribed and clicked the bell.
Since you’ve fought your bench racking several times. Does that mean the next build will be Ben making the Ultimate Guitar Building Workbench!?
Click bait title aside, that’d be a series I’d love to watch
By the way I love your table lamp re-purposed from a motor cycle--Kool !!
thank you, that was a fun build. th-cam.com/video/xxAs6xOqKD4/w-d-xo.html
I was taught to use the full length of the blade when sawing, this makes achieving a straight cut much easier
The problem in this case was using a japanese saw without japanese technique. While cutting, the back end of the japanese saw should not be cutting, only the piece closest to you. Once you reach 45 degrees, you flip the piece and cut down horizontally until your cutline is horizontal. Then, you drop you hands again cutting until you reach 45 degrees. Etc.
You gotta kneel like a temple builder with the ryoba and pull down with gravity.
Less attention is given to panel and handsaws when essentials for handtool work comes about. For good reason, really-bandsaws. To show off your handy work, dovetail saws get the limelight whilst effort in roughing out dimensional timber feels like a thankless task. They're the fore/scrub planes of the saw world and not used much, so I'm glad you did!
It's common for Japanese pull-stroke saws to wander on the backside if you're not routinely ripping stock or had a mess about beforehand. Focused on your marked lines on the front, Japanese saw teeth engage on the back where you can't see, so you can't alter your technique in real time. Give a Western panel/hand saw a go next time and feel which is preferable for you!
Looking forward to the next episode, I've been binge watching with my Dad during the storms here.
Love the sound those planes make
Hello Ben, noticed title of video and wanted to dropped by to express my many thanks to you sir. i have learned more that I thought possible simp;e watch videos. People at this perticular point in histroy i don’t think fully grasp the advantage TH-cam has provided, anyone regardless of experience can build, repair or fine tune projects that before required the exxperience and technics only found at the jounrneyman level, You are one of these amazing people sharing your hard gained knowledge of lessons learned.
Scarf joints are on my "Be 100% proficient Critical Task List" these are items I feel I have to be able to execute and complete professionaly seamlessly to the eye. (being a perfectionist doesnt help). Again many thanks to you and the kids at Crimson making guitar building an adventure ( and yes i can say kids I'm 63 ) startinmg this as a new professison and my age demand i shorten the learning curve and find best practices, techniques possible learing from the best inly makes sense. If I was in the UK the form posted on your website would be complete and on your bench already. I spent the last 30 plus years traing soldiers to be tactically and technically proficient, as with you i love to teach.
I'm building molds next that Pablo Requena shared on his channel another good man keeping Guitar building alive for future generations, another guitar builder ive watched is Micheal Greenfield…beautiful guitars… layable works of art with attention to detail that is truly amazing.
Well be safe and rock on bro we need you out here in the real world.
Derek A Colton
More than once I’ve been tempted to comment on how I appreciate the copious amounts of fencing references… then realized they are 100% piste related. 😂
I was so happy to see a new episode of this, I hit the like button before it even started playing!
my vote is to get rid of the lettering! Sand it nice. (Flatsawn neck. Fender doing it for 70 years.) Love this build. Thank you so much for you videos! Again, love, love, love this build!!! Took several re-watches to figure out the drill thing.
Maybe I missed something, but your video quality is through the roof, good job.
My friend you are the Norm Abram of guitar maker (Luthier) . I always use to use a candle on my saw blades so I had an easier cut but that was a trick that I had learnt from from a master carpenter. Regardless. Love your work. Nice to see someone use hand tools . Even though power tools do make our lives easier. Can't wait till next episode. Keep up the great work 👍
I use wax on plane blades sometimes, not tried on a saw.. then again I rarely use saws for big rip cuts like this.. I need practice lol
Look forward to a Tool Tuesday on the plane box
Thanks so much for sharing this build. It is amazing to me how you can take a chunk of wood and work it into something so complex and functional without modern tools. Really, I think the cordless drill can be overlooked considering it's functionally equivalent, but I get the impression that it will haunt you forever more that you unintentionally destroyed the purity of the build. It would me, even if it doesn't matter really. Looking forward to seeing more.
Thank you for creating this video
I cannot believe you chopped it & got away with it OMG ???
lol
Ben, you're definitely NOT stupid! It's VERY easy and tempting to fall into that trap of going on autopilot and reaching for a power drill you must have used thousands of times to drill a hole. We're all people and we're all used to certain micro processes that we taught ourselves that make our lives easier. It's a survival strategy. Instinct. And besides, there is already so much judgement in the world, the last thing you need to do at such a point is apologise for something almost everyone in your place would have done. I don't believe it's good to show people it's allright to judge you for being human.. 😁
Just a thought. Both the tail and the headstock come to a positive point. The drawing for the inlay inverts that vertically. You could "notch' the body and the headstock to match the inlay. The extra angles at the bottom of the body may provide more strength with the angled body joints. It would also trim a few inches off the total length for backpacking (although it seems backpacking is now a secondary goal for the instrument.) However, the inverted notch at the top of the headstock would reduce the wood available for tuning pegs as there's not much "real estate" available.
It's not very often that I get excited about an upload but........ This week has dragged so bad waiting for this video. I even re-watched nebula 2.0 while waiting just to get a fix. You never fail to impress me. Thank you.
Wow, i think this is the first vid on YT that has 0 dislikes by the time i view it lol.
I'm in for the journey!
And some journey it will be! Thank you!
Enjoyed this one using my brand new IsoTune FREE set. Thanks for the recommendation. Love them. Used their black Friday deal but my parents bought a set using your coupon code to get my nephew a set for Christmas (he's an auto mechanic working in a performance shop).