Proud of BOB
I redid the finish on BOB 8 times. The trouble came as a result of cutting the neck 5 hundredths too skinny. That meant having to build…
Today’s not so quick update…
Busy day. Stick #6 Stick Porn, has arrived at its new home. (correction: it’s delayed a day.) I was hesitant to use tung oil on a stick…
Lots going on…
Tiger Green has half the required CA glue is applied inside my new booth, built to contain fumes. Stick 21, BOB, is pinned and butt bored for…
#Stick 21 ready to adjust color or epoxy purple to fill pores
As shown, the stick is sanded with 180 grit, just enough to get it about where it’ll be in its final shape, and coated with a couple…
Head and tail-
-stock alignment The simplest, neatest trick to help you see two points is to not see them, but what they do. In this case, any misalignment will…
#Stick 21 first cuts
The objective of the cut I’m making below is to get enough of the fat side of the stick turned on the stick’s axis (which, from the…
Stick 21 ready to glue
This is an Excalibur model, a hero -wielded weapon on the blood-red felt. Or green. Whatever. Like that Michael Keyton line. You running 220 to that outlet?…
#Stick 21: Dennis
Dennis wanted stick 19 but it sold before he grabbed it. I’m building another for him — and so far, he doesn’t know — so I wanted…