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• Post #3037062

  Can anyone recommend any Python trainers in Brazil? It's not clear if this will come to anything, but I may need some in the next couple of months. #Python #Brazil

• Post #3037061

  Screenshot of my dog showing me how tough her life is.

• Post #3037060

  In my quest for a decent #bagel in Norway, here's what I made today. I increased the moisture compared to the last batch, and that seems to have fixed some of the problems.

• Post #3037059

  The first step in building a guitar is obviously taping together a bunch of paper. I've never built a guitar or even done any real woodworking, so it'll be a heck of a learning experience. Wish me luck. Maybe I'll have it done in a few years!

• Post #3037058

  My dog made it into the local Heggedal newsletter.

• Post #3037057

  If Ikea sold classical guitars.

• Post #3037056

  TFW the couch is just the right amount of comfortable.

• Post #3037055

  My young rips plants are showing buds already. I worry every winter whether they'll make it, but that's just the Texan in me. They're local and get through the Norwegian winter quite happily.

• Post #3037054

  The classical guitar kit I'm working from came with pre-bent ribs. This is convenient, but the kit didn't come with any mention of the guitar's expected dimensions. So to make the solera I decided to pick some bout widths that seemed reasonable (based on Courtnall's Hauser measurements). Then I drew parallels at the appropriate distance from the centerline. From there I just had to keep adjusting the ribs until they hit the lines on tangent. I hope it works! #Cla...

• Post #3037053

  I've ruined this solera, but in the process I've learned how to do things right next time. Part of the structure is that the neck has to "ramp down" from the rest of the board such that it ends up 1.5mm lower. This allows the guitar's neck to have a similar angle relative to the body. I initially used a hand plane to make that slope (based on what I saw others doing), but I took too much off. What you see here is an attempt to use a sanding bar instead,...

• Post #3037052

  Finally got around to making version 2 of the solera for my guitar. I'll make the various blocks and braces that attach to this, and it will serve to hold the guitar together during construction and gluing. After that it's time to work on the first part of the actual guitar, the neck!

• Post #3037051

  The solera for my guitar is *nearly* done. It needs one more small hole for the cramping block, and it needs some shellac.

• Post #1862087

  If you're a musician of any skill level looking for an accesible way to make music with others, check out kompoz.com. Create your own projects and recruit others, or join projects looking for collaborators I've had a lot of fun on the site, and learned about recording. The latest project I was part of took me away from my normal style, and I like how it turned out: https://www.kompoz.com/radio/release/1520381#

• Post #368022

  Watching the Olympic closing ceremonies reminded me of this great exchange.