Create a list of Weissenborn guitar tools

While making my guitar, I can't use many advanced tools, such as those found in professional machine shops or woodworking books. I really have to sit down and make some serious decisions, I will use and not use during the build process. I think that in the fog of time, guitar makers can do almost everything by hand, but what really scares me is me. I quickly realized that the secret is that if I can't do this on my ship, I will let others do it for those who have the tools and equipment! The logic is true! This is really the bottom line where I use my free space and resources to get the job done. Before starting, cut the wood as close as possible to size. I realized this simple thing, I will probably start making guitars a long time ago!

I made my guitar while living on the "The Nicky J Miller" boat in northern Queensland. Of course, I have some simple power tools, but that's it. I can really use the rusty old Triton table saw and can use it to cut the braces but they are easy to do with a hand saw!

Optional ideal tool! I don't have it, I don't!

Band saws, planers, routers [I hate them without owning them!]

The tool I used to build my guitar
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  [Strangely, I didn't even use all of these tools!]

· Rusty old Triton workbench [for braces only]

·Small plane plane

·Millstone and some oil

· A set of 6mm to 25mm chisels

· Chisel and aircraft honing guide [absolutely necessary]

· A cheap saw, including a one-hand saw, a keyhole saw, and a retractable precision knife.

· Stainless steel scraper.

· Ten or twelve six-inch fixtures.

·Several small G clips

·Three cam clips

· A set of pin files

·Skull saw

·Hobby type hacksaw

·Swallowtail saw

·Response saw

· A jeweler's hoe saw a pack of 000 blades

· Smooth woodwork files.

Jeweler's small pliers

·A small hammer

·Little Jeweler

· A small red pair.

· One meter has always been the rules of the engineer [very valuable]

·One foot steel ruler [inch]

·Folding construction steel strip [inches and millimeters]

·All kinds of sanding blocks [rubber and foam]

·Bernz-o-matic plumber's torch with conventional nozzle

[I would recommend a bigger nozzle]
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  ·Several small various fine tooth saws

· Several wallpapers, from cheap merchandise of all grades to some very good expensive wood-free blocks, from 80 grit to about 800 grit...some dry and wet about 400 grit

·One pack of 000 filament wool

· A can of orange shellac [flaky] and one liter of methylated spirits

· A few strange little clips lying on the boat

·A large bag of extra large elastic band

· About 20 very large rubber bands made of old car tires

· A $20 cheap and cheerful folding workbench [a suite of Supercheaps!]

·Supercheaps cone reamer

· Some nice paint brushes and pots.

electrical tools

I have power tools that are usually found around houses or boats. These are as follows:

·Drill

· Jigsaw

· Variable speed rotary sander... This is a great tool, I use it for almost all the grinding work.. The beauty of this machine is the variable speed, you can pull it to about 75 Turn / minute and very gentle use.. ordinary sander is stupid and deadly, really should be banned! The advantage of a machine is that it runs from one unit to 20,000 revolutions in one or two seconds... I hate them, they are only suitable for cutting roof tiles or steel, even if they are still deadly!

· Six-inch rotating table saw [never used!]

· Bosch variable speed electric track sander and a large number of discs from 120g to 400g.... [This tool is ideal for grinding brackets, backboards and soundboards]

Colt or Dremel mini-speed rotary drill and kit... I bought some accessory kits for this machine, most of which I haven't even used, except for the rotating sand drum used to polish the bracket to a point! Honestly, without the miracle of this machine, I can't make this guitar! ... Unfortunately, it burned down in the final stages of construction, but next time I will buy a Dremel or even Ryobi!

These machines are the last word if you need to do any tessellation, but if you do, please buy this book;

"Larry Robinson's mosaic art"... This is indispensable if you even want to solve any mosaic problems!

Of course, one obvious thing is to keep your tools, chisels and planers sharp! I posted another article I wrote, titled "How to Use Automatic Wet Paper Dry Paper to Keep Tools Clear.

I also bought a honing guide, which is also a great little machine, you can still grind them with the car's wet drying machine!

Humidity, dull problem!

I will talk about humidity. When I first said that I would make my guitar on board, I immediately responded.

"How is the humidity?" Well, first in Australia, I made a guitar in the summer, it was very wet, I couldn't try it in the summer or when it was wet. As everyone knows.. However, I have lived on my boat for about seven years and have eight guitars. My boat is very warm and dry, I have never encountered any problems. However, I do keep them in the case in most cases. However, in the winter, this is a different story, there are many days of humidity far below 60%, and the glue guitar is very good. This is roughly the same as living in a waterfront house or apartment... What did they do? I simply listen to the ocean forecast or look at the weather on the computer, they can tell me the humidity ten minutes ago! So really, I have no problem with the terrible humidity!

All of this information and more can be found in Terry's book, and he wrote an article titled "How to Build a Weissenborn lap steel guitar guitar". This can be found on terry's website or on terry's website. Build and even complete the sound clip of the guitar! This can be found at http://www.buildaweissenborn.com

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