joshatatlasstands Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 I started my first guitar stand today, liking it so far...fingers crossed...it isn't completely sanded or finished yet, I'm thinking just a danish oil and let the walnut and Cherry colors come through unaltered.
recsec Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 That's Beautiful Josh. As always high quality work!!
joshatatlasstands Posted February 21, 2012 Author Posted February 21, 2012 Thanks y'all!! I'm gonna try and finish this one up and then give it another shot at a fold up stand out of 3/4 inch wood, similar to this shape and all, just different in the center.
Tim Plains Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 Josh, that looks great. What are you going to place at the contact points and what would something like that cost? Nitro friendly?
DJ in FL Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 Doing quality, good looking work like that, I have a feeling this may be your first guitar stand, but not your first rodeo??? Nice!
joshatatlasstands Posted February 21, 2012 Author Posted February 21, 2012 Josh, that looks great. What are you going to place at the contact points and what would something like that cost? Nitro friendly? I'm gonna use either the high density Felt i use on the amp stands, or I may get an adhesive backed neoprene type of material, like a mouse pad. I haven't worked out cost yet. Any suggestions? I have about 5 hours in this one so far (not including drying cycles and I have about 3 more to go before I can call it "done" It's probably got about $15-20 in materials wrapped up in this one. I don't want to ask too much, but I gotta feed the kids too. Here is a link if you are interested in the build thread I made. Not a super tough build, but not a snap either. Getting seamless glue joints on thick lumber can be a pain. http://www.atlas-stands.com/index.php/forum/9-atlas-stand-builds/159-guitar-stand-build-walnut-and-cherry
joshatatlasstands Posted February 21, 2012 Author Posted February 21, 2012 I need one for my EDS-1275 This one is still homeless:) I should be finishing it up tomorrow sometime. I'm thinking danish oil.
Riffster Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 Very nice! that is a good looking stand, and it isn't even finished yet.
joshatatlasstands Posted February 21, 2012 Author Posted February 21, 2012 Thanks, I was hoping to come up with something new that hasn't been done yet. I've never seen a stand that is super thick like this, so I thought I might as well give it a shot. It doesn't fold or anything like that, but it's awful nice to look at. I'll post better pics when I get the oil and wax on it. My next guitar stand build will hopefully fold flat, but it's still only on paper.
joshatatlasstands Posted February 22, 2012 Author Posted February 22, 2012 first folding design is well under way!
Tim Plains Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 Beautiful work, seriously. This is Tim right now > Any suggestions? I have about 5 hours in this one so far (not including drying cycles and I have about 3 more to go before I can call it "done" It's probably got about $15-20 in materials wrapped up in this one. I don't want to ask too much, but I gotta feed the kids too. Tough one. It all depends on what you value your time at. $20 in parts + 8 hours of your time = ??. 8 hours? Wow, that's a lot of time you're investing in each one. Your returns per stand may not even be worth your time. Maybe this is a dumb idea but what if you only offered these guitar stands to people who purchased your amp stands? You know, like "buy the amp stand and I'll throw in a guitar stand for $xx." Cool build thread.
BigKahune Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 . Very cool idea for a folding version. . B) .
joshatatlasstands Posted February 22, 2012 Author Posted February 22, 2012 Thanks! Yeah Tim, I expect the time to be cut way down though. If you recall, it used to take me well over 2 weeks to build a stand, and after a few times through the process I can get it down to 3-4 days on the simpler ones. I'm figuring that the 8 hours will go down to about 4 when it is all said and done; right now half of the 8 hours is learning, planning, figuring out the best way to clamp things, building jigs for certain parts, etc. I'm sure the build times will get much shorter. I'm thinking 95 would be a good starting point if I can get the builds down to 4-5 hours, which I think I can do by the time I go through the process a few more times. I don't mind at all taking a sweat equity hit up front:) Another aspect is that I am usually willing to work for peanuts when I am doing something I enjoy and helping a fellow out as well. It's a labor of love in my wood shop... The mortise/tenon approach to attaching the hinge on the second stand seems to be much stronger. i still want to find a way to attach them up top with a wooden device, but for now I'm gonna settle for a metal hinge.
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