Andy40's Semi-scratch build

[DrNomis_44]

A good friend of mine told me about a place in Darwin called the Pensioner's Workshop where pensioners can pay to use the tools in the workshop to work on woodworking projects, I thought that it was a pretty cool idea and hopefully one day I'll go there to work on building a 2 X 12 speaker cab.

[dave.king1]

A good friend of mine told me about a place in Darwin called the Pensioner's Workshop where pensioners can pay to use the tools in the workshop to work on woodworking projects, I thought that it was a pretty cool idea and hopefully one day I'll go there to work on building a 2 X 12 speaker cab.

There are Men's Sheds pretty much all over Australia and they tend to cover most skill sets

[Andy40]

Slowly.....

[DrNomis_44]

Looking great so far, so are you going to go with a transparent or opaque finish Andy40?, the wood's got a nice grain pattern to it which'd look great with a translucent finish.

That reminds me, I still need to order that 51 Tele kit that I want to get, so I'll plan on ordering it in November this year.

[Andy40]

Yes, its beautiful, the photo doesn't do it justice.

I have a set of DT colourless finish for this bad boy

[wokkaboy]

nice grain Andy, would look awesome natural or a light stain colour I reckon !
So are you routing the tele shape with a template or cutting it with jigsaw/bandsaw ?
How will the F hole work ? Will you semi hollow out that area and glue a drop top on ?

[wazkelly]

How will the F hole work ? Will you semi hollow out that area and glue a drop top on ?

I was wondering the same thing?

[FrankenWashie]

I was wondering the same thing?

Rout to F template, then use a rebate bit with a couple of gradually smaller bearings to open out under the F?

[Simon Barden]

Specially trained woodworm?

[JB RETRO]

hey Chuck, entry to the Franken lab would be at least a 6 pack Franky ?

I'm sure just prior to entering the lab of Franken you must swear an oath of secrecy plus a six pack