Talkin' Baseball

I've had this wood lathe for months.

Finally got around to making something with it.

My good friend Blinky came by the house
last night, and after building a nice fire, we proceeded 
to drink heavily and operate dangerous machinery.

A few hours (and beers) later,
I had my very own homemade baseball bat.

 


  

1 1/2" handle, 3 3/4"  barrel, weighs about 6 lb.

 Obnoxiously large.

Thanks to Blinky for the pictures and Shiner Bock. 
I had a blast, dude.Next time you come down, 
we'll make a Texas Size bowling pin. 

Making Sawdust...

This Telecaster clone is coming along nicely

I'm building it for a friend of mine.
 He runs his own saw mill, and gave me a 
ton of material, even trued it up in his shop. 
Made it all nice and flat and ready to work. In 
return, he wants me to build him a Telecaster.

We picked out a nice piece of walnut for the body,

and some cherry wood to make the top.

He told me he likes the sound of a Gibson 330, 
and mentioned country twang, so I decided to 
make this a half standard - half hollow Tele.

It will have the standard single coil at the bridge, 
and the traditional'lipstick tube' pickup at the neck, 
with standard Tele controls.

 There are more pictures on my photobucket. 
Have a fun filled Black Friday, Everyone.

A Work In Progress...

 This blog,

 much like this guitar,

 is Under Construction.

But you can check back every few days to see the progress...

Happy Thanksgiving.
P.S: For more pics, check out the Photobucket album for this guitar.