Building an electric guitar DIY kit and decorating it with pyrography

 

Tools and materials:

Pyrography Pen Wood Burning Kit

Alcohol based markers

Buffing Wheel Set

Cleaning & polishing rotary tool kit

Chisel set

Bandsaw

Cordless drill

Rotary tool

Belt sander

Flat rasp

Round rasp

Flat file

Round file

Spoke shave

In this video I put together a Harley Benton jazz master type guitar kit. I also decorated the body with pyrography. This was definitely worth it and I really enjoyed the process.

The kit had everything in it. It even included guitar strings and cable for the amp. 

First of all I scanned the headstock and created my design. I then cut the headstock on the bandsaw and sanded it nicely. 

I then added the name of the guitar. I added a coat of sealer and then colored the pyrography. I buffed the piece with carnauba wax. 

Then I polished the frets. I like the frets polished because bending and vibrato feels much nicer. 

Then I created my artwork with the burner. I added the sealer and then the color. Finally I buffed the body with carnauba wax once again. 

Then I assembled all the parts. I had to set up the pick ups to the proper height so they sound OK. I still have to fine tune the intonation a little bit. 

But that was it. It was really easy to do it. Definitely worth the money. It was really fun. See you soon with a new project video. 

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How to make a DIY dinosaur lamp with LED strip

 

Tools and materials I propose:

Circular saw

Circular saw guide rail

Belt sander

Lathe

Wood turning tools set

Chuck kit

Cordless drill

Forstner bit set

Led Strip RGB Light

Bandsaw

Chisel set

Router

Router bits

Hot glue gun

Airbrush kit

Jigsaw

In this video I make a dinosaur shaped LED lamp out of plywood.

I begun by designing a vector template of my dinosaur. I then printed it on actual size and glued it on a piece of plywood with spray adhesive. 

I cut my plywood to more manageable pieces with my circular saw. I then cut around my template on the bandsaw. I couldn’t reach a few spots on my small bandsaw so I used the jigsaw to finish the job. 

I then sanded the piece on the belt sander. I don’t have a spindle sander so I made an arrangement to use the lathe as a spindle sander. 

I then cut another piece on the bandsaw. This acts as spacer and also provides the space for the LED Strip.

I then glued and nailed the back piece in place. 

I drilled the hole for the eyeball with a forstner bit and turned the eye on the lathe. 

Using the router I added a roundover on my edges. 

I added a coat of sanding sealer and then used my airbrush to spray paint the piece. I used latex paints. I thinned them really well with water so the airbrush could spray them. 

I protected the paint job with clear water based varnish. 

I then hot glued my LED strip in place. 

And that was it. My little dino lamp was ready. I hope you liked this project, because that was it. See you soon with a new project video. 

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Making a simple DIY router jig for the lathe

 

Tools and materials I propose:

Trim router

Hole saw

Table saw

Air compressor, nail and staple gun kit

Random orbit sander

Cordless drill

Cordless Impact Driver

Bandsaw

Forstner bit set

Lathe

Wood turning tools set

Chuck kit

In this video I make a router jig for woodturning projects. This jig helps you use the trim router while your project is still mounted on the lathe. It works really nicely if you also use a divider in woodturning. 

I begun by cutting some scrap wood to size on the table saw. 

I then used a hole saw to open up the holes for my trim router. 

I sanded the holes to achieve a snug fit. 

Next I glued and nailed all the pieces together. 

I then made the jig’s rest for my lathe. I turned a dowel and glued it on a flat base. 

It is important for the jig to can be aligned with the lathe’s centre. 

After that it was ready to test it. 

It worked really nicely. Especially along with a divider. 

But that was it. See you soon with  a new project video. 

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Converting an unplayable toy to a playable acoustic mini guitar

 

Tools and materials:

Bandsaw

Cordless drill

Belt sander

Small files set

Airbrush kit

This project begun by a toy guitar. It had some potential but it couldn't actually play. So I tried to make a few fine tunings on the instrument and now it's actually playable.

First of all I checked if the 12th fret was in the middle of the distance from nut to nut. It was a little off. So I removed the nut and bridge. 

I then cut the headstock a little bit because I wanted to make it a 4 string instrument. 

Since I removed the bridge I had to repaint the top. I used my airbrush with latex paints and water based varnish. 

Next I re-positioned the bridge and epoxied it in place. 

Now the fret was OK but I had really high action which led to intonation problems. So to lower the action I lowered the height of both nuts. 

And my little guitar was ready. Still it isn’t the most easy and accurate instrument but at least it is playable. I hope you liked this project, because that was it, see you soon with a new project video. 

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