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Permalink Reply by Joseph Wesolowski on October 22, 2014 at 8:23am

Attached is a photo of my workspace in my living room on a glass coffee table. In the upper left is my first build, CBG#1. Not pictured is CBG#2, a diddelybow built for my two year old granddaughter. In the upper right is CBG#3, a proto type trying out some ideas to fix the mistakes of CBG#1. The two works in progress toward the front of the table are CBGs #4 & #5 based on my proto type. My machinery is in the cellar with all the dust and shavings. The other photo is of the finished CBG#5 along with a matching amp. Keep picking and enjoy the CBG obsession. Thank you GITTY for the excellent hardware.

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Permalink Reply by gary sheldon on October 23, 2014 at 1:07am

My"shop" is the galley of my sailboat, where I live.  I guess it is about 5' x5'.  My power tools are limited.  Cordless drill, belt sander, router, worm drive Skillsaw, and a few more.  I do a lot with pull saws, coping saws, spoke shave, block plane, etc.  You can do some very nice cuts with the pull saws if you are careful.  I can make finger joints with my router and a jig I designed and built.  I also made a "fretboard copying jig"  whick makes cutting fret slots a breeze (hand sawn).

For a "table saw" I also have a clamping jig, guide and worm drive with a fine blade.  It is limited in the size of wood I can cut due to the size of my galley and "workbench" (a piece of plywood on top of my ice box.).  I occasionally take pieces to where they are building a tall ship.  I can use their table saw, drill press, band saws, jointer, thickness planer, chop saw,  etc., but I try to keep it at a minimum.

Here are some photos.  The guitars have "boat made" boxes.  Most are finger jointed.    

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Wesolowski on October 23, 2014 at 8:37am

It looks like you do excellent work for the limited space and tools that you have. Primal is cool.

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Permalink Reply by gary sheldon on October 23, 2014 at 12:16pm

Thanks Joseph.  And I like your matching guitar and amp very much.

Right now I am cutting the scarf joints for 4 uke necks by hand.  Ugh.

Gary

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Permalink Reply by Mike Trobaugh on May 10, 2016 at 3:42am

This where i do the most damage

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Permalink Reply by gary sheldon on May 10, 2016 at 2:09pm

I moved my shop last Winter.  The old shop was maybe 5 square feet...the galley of my 36' sailboat, actually, the top of the ice box.  The new shop is the converted laundry room in a house I bought near Sacramento.  It is 90' sq.  Still too small!  I put the washer outside on the patio.  I keep the table saw in the garage and may move the cut off saw to there also.  The first 3 photos are the boat galley, the last is the laundry room.  I built a bed over the workbench because I stay overnight there often.  I call it my micro owners suite/shop. 

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Permalink Reply by Large Brad on May 10, 2016 at 2:12pm

Shawn,

Not sure if the workshop w/ the vertical slide out tool racks is your shop or not, but do you know who manufactures the slideouts?

Thanks,

Brad

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Permalink Reply by RTZGUITARS on May 11, 2016 at 9:18am

This

Makes

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Permalink Reply by michael spiker on May 11, 2016 at 10:27am

my "wood butchering" room

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Permalink Reply by William Gregg Nichols on May 12, 2016 at 12:06pm

My space is in a basement garage,cramped and cluttered.

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Permalink Reply by michael spiker on May 12, 2016 at 12:47pm

I had that for many years making knives in fact most of the time if it rained i was done rusted tools and all it dont matter how much space as much as how you use it.. funny thing more space didnt make them any better either:)

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Permalink Reply by michael spiker on May 12, 2016 at 12:58pm

Oh and btw im in fla we call rain liquid sunshine you can just count on it;)

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