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>>1225104

Spanner wrench.

>>1225104
maybe a c spanner or a hook wrench.

>>1225104
Collet Spanner

Is this the new shipping container thread?

>>1224812

Instead of being mean why don't you help him a bit?

A guitar electric variety needs a neck, body, strings, and pickups. everything else is optional.

those knob things at the end that tune the strings are the first upgrade that guitar makers consider.

Electric guitars should be a lot easier to make than acoustic guitars because the microphones do the amplification of the sound and the body is there just for structural support.

I would guess that re-fitting the internals of a cheap electric guitar onto a wooden plank would be a good exercise for figuring out what each of the electrical components do. After that, it's simply applying that idea to a self-made guitar body.

Most electric guitar bodies are made out of two wooden pieces bolted together at the base of the neck. All guitars I've come across have an adjustable metal rod inside the neck that is used to fix any curvature of the neck caused by either the wood itself or the tension of the strings (I don't really know which, I just play them). The frets are simply metal pieces attached to hardwood and even they are optional; fretless bass guitars are quite common.

There are build-your-own-guitar kits that contain all the necessary parts but you do the woodworking yourself. Looking at a kit might be a good way to figure out what is needed for the body.

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Something like this maybe?

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>>1224571
>passive amp

>>1224584
Passive speaker fuck you you know what I meant you elitist prick

>>1224443
The character's name is Jorah, with an R. I really hope you haven't been watching for seven years thinking his name is Jonah. I hope I haven't ruined your night.

I'd say that's just thick-ish unironed linen. I'd go with linen, anyhow.

Also:
>Jonah
So your wife is a whale?

>>1224445
shit! for real? I have to quit drinking.
But really, miss typed buddy.
You correct everyone for spelling errors?
thanks for the help on sewing friend

>>1224257
seriously?

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>>1224257
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hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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>>1224272
OHHHHHHHHH

>>1224043
Moen

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>>1224477
Alright, thanks!

>>1224040
It's going to cost more than that. This is a complex build. Dremel is useless here, miter saw might help with cutting the neck blank down to size. As to if it's worth putting together, that entirely depends on if you want to build it or not. Decreasing the size of the interior space down so it can fit in a les paul case isn't beneficial to sound or sustain. Veneer by definition is thin, the veneers you find for sale will rip like paper. I believe you're actually refering to lamination where you glue a piecer of wood on top of another, in this case something like an 8th of an inch(but bought from a millwork or whatever you're probably limited to 1/4 inch increments).

Solid body electric with a carved top? Quite a bit more work than a plain slab body but much less than a semi-hollow body.

> thin veneer on the top
Like >>1224528 said, You're going to want at least 1/8" left on the other side of the routing.

>Is it worth $500-$600 and a decent bit of work to put this thing together?
Depends on how skilled you are and how much you value your time.

>Dremel and a miter saw
Largely useless. Look up TomboLP on youtube. He has quite a few videos on on building guitars with minimal hand tools on a cramped space.

Thanks guys this is helpful

>>1224528

As for a neck blank, I'm definitely not going to try to make a neck for my first build. Warmoth and other companies make such good necks, I think it's probably worth the cash to have one made right and drilled correctly. For sound and sustain, I'm not actually trying to make a hollow body guitar, just an electric with the aesthetic of one. You're right about the veneer, I think. I'm referring to just putting a nice top of quilted maple or something over the pickups, which would be installed in a body made of Alder or something standard.

>>1224531

I'm fairly confident in my diy abilities, and I'm a professional musician so if I can produce a quality instrument I'd say the time was well spent. What do you mean 1/8" left "on the other side of the routing"? And thanks for the YouTube rec.

>>1223004
You need to know what Vas it needs (volume of air space). That will be the number you start with when making an enclosure. As for "best" quality, that depends on what you plan on listening to. Lots of subs just need a sealed box but some benefit from 2nd, 3rd, or 4th order boxes. Those are more difficult to design and make, but not impossible.
You can use a smaller sealed box than the Vas, that requires using padding. Synthetic pillow stuffing in a pair of panyhose, glued inside the container. (it acts as a spring and makes the box "bigger").
read > http://www.diysubwoofers.org/
Also you need an amp that is sized for that speaker.

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>>1223004
>>1223016
>You need to know what Vas it needs (volume of air space).
This. Single biggest thing people overlook when building a box.

I've always done sealed boxes... small and effective, and ... i'm in a pickup truck, i'm not going for theater-quality sound.

Shoving poly-fill in the box can make the box "sound bigger" without increasing its actual volume, but shoot for getting actual volume first and tune with poly-fill.

3/4 MDF is what you'll want to use. Use sufficient wood glue to seal the joints.

>>1223167
This. Or maybe even 5/8 mdf if you plan to go big.

>>1222524
My idea would be to have a motor turn it clockwise until it catches on a latch, and a spring that gets loaded by the motor to return it to 12 oclock once the latch is released.

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Should I just attach a servo in such a fashion?

>>1222530
Sounds pretty good. You mind illustrating your idea?

>>1221714

And I'm not asking about chinese quality; that's the first image I found that showed the driver. I'm asking about impact technique and whether it beats the hell out of your parts.

link to old thread >>1207858

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So I take computer class at a school and I've been asked to start a DIY lab for the high-school students. Students will make use of all the junk and waste from stationary, computer parts, construction material, office supplies etc What tools and materials might a teenage brat need to keep himself busy? Any archived threads which might help?

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>he bought into le tiny house meme

Get yourself two shipping containers build your house out of that, throw 10 solar panels on top, buy some chicken wire from Home Depot, some seeds from Whole Foods and you're set for your little yoga house famalam.

>>1229103
Back to /b/ with ya

>>1229105
I've punched the numbers,
shipping containers are not nearly as cheap.
Unless I get some old shitty rusted out one,
which would be harder to get a permit for anyway.
Home depot financed barn-shed it is.

>>1228850
if you want variable speed you need a DC motor or a 3phase AC motor with VFD

>>1228862
Okay. I'm looking for something kind of small and compact but with some power. Something capable of 100-500 rpm without gear reduction would be preferred. Any ideas where I could find a DC motor like that?

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>>1228877
low rpm, with the torque to crush a can -without gear reduction-? it's not gonna be small and compact.

what's your beef with gear reduction?

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>>1228397
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iZ0WuNvHr8

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>>1228399
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCJ9sJHunVA

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>>1228401

No batteries included & the drill isn't a combi, right?

I wouldn't.

If you plan on using them a lot and beating the shit out of them, get Makita instead. Otherwise you'll be fine with Ryobi shit, they use Milwaukee parts anyway
Hilti is straight up overkill for anyone other than professionals

>>1227958
If they include a cahrger, they probably include batteries as well

>>1227965
Excellent reply... I couldn't type fast enough.

Extension cord or undervolt something

>>1227671
Use a more efficient power supply on your servers.
Plug them into an outlet that has less load.
Plug them into a 220 outlet, if they can handle that voltage.
See if you have wires and outlets in the wall that can handle 20 amps and upgrade the breaker.
If they can't handle 20 amps, replace them.

Also, you said servers, plural. Can you plug one into your room and the other/others into outlets on different circuits?

>>1227673
>More efficient PSU
I don't think I can. They don't make alternate PSUs for rack servers do they?

>Outlet with less load
I can always run an extension cable out in the living room. I just feel like there should be a better way to handle it.

>220 outlet
None of those around

>Wires and outlets that can handle 20A
How would I check that? I don't really have any experience with this kind of stuff. Will it be written on the wire? I assume I should first turn off the breaker to the room before fooling around in the wall.

>Servers, plural
Even one of them occasionally trips the breaker. I also have a fatass desktop and monitor running on the same circuit. Desktop has a 750W PSU, but I don't think it actually uses that much.