Thread: Re: What Did You Do Today

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The Traveler guitars have been around for a while, they are scaled down in size to make it easy to carry. The tuners mount in the body, kinda awkward.
That’s my paint paddle, it has a piece of conduit attached and goes into a stand in the booth, it allows me to rotate as I spray, then hangs when done. If you look close you recognize my secret aluminum 1/8” x 2” bar source, yep it’s a ruler, they’re cheaper than the same thing in bare aluminum, lol.

Originally Posted by 36 sedan

If you look close you recognize my secret aluminum 1/8” x 2” bar source, yep it’s a ruler, they’re cheaper than the same thing in bare aluminum, lol.

And that is what I was asking about. Making out the ruler was easy. I was assuming the other end had a curl in it to loop over a hanger so your part could hang free to dry. Did you use something like a Kreg Joint to pull the bottom of the bout together. Or is is just a glue joint with no mechanical fastener(s)?

Originally Posted by 34_40

Did you use something like a Kreg Joint to pull the bottom of the bout together.

No, I'm too cheap for that. I just flatten the end of a 3/4 EMT conduit and rivet onto the aluminum then wood screw it into the neck screw holes. There's a 1/2" spacer block under the aluminum that sets it up out of the pocket so the paint can roll in a little, simple but works great..

You probably meant the body, LOL, I'm idiot. The body is wood glued and clamped, wood glue is plenty strong enough if the break fits back together well. On bad breaks I usually blind pin them.

Originally Posted by 36 sedan

No, I'm too cheap for that. I just flatten the end of a 3/4 EMT conduit and rivet onto the aluminum then wood screw it into the neck screw holes. There's a 1/2" spacer block under the aluminum that sets it up out of the pocket so the paint can roll in a little, simple but works great..

You probably meant the body, LOL, I'm idiot. The body is wood glued and clamped, wood glue is plenty strong enough if the break fits back together well. On bad breaks I usually blind pin them.

Not cheap... but frugal! and yes, I meant the lower body. Thanks for the info.