https://poolp.org/tags/diy/Recent content in Diy on poolp.orgHugo -- gohugo.ioen-USCopyright &copy; Gilles Chehade - poolp.orgWed, 26 Jul 2023 14:10:00 +0200https://poolp.org/posts/2023-07-26/building-my-own-guitar-part-4/Wed, 26 Jul 2023 14:10:00 +0200https://poolp.org/posts/2023-07-26/building-my-own-guitar-part-4/<blockquote> <b>TL;DR:</b> <br />Came back from vacation, started working on the neck but realised I really needed more tools. Luckily, I could get some that weren&rsquo;t too expensive.</blockquote> <h1 class="relative group">Working on the head <div id="working-on-the-head" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#working-on-the-head" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h1> <p>I had ordered and received this neck, which fits nicely, but I wanted to rework the head a bit so it looked a little less PRSey. Unfortunately, after spending an hour trying to manually reshape and sand, I figured I was doing it wrong and needed some automated tools&hellip; otherwise I&rsquo;d still be working on the head in December.</p>https://poolp.org/posts/2023-07-04/building-my-own-guitar-part-3/Tue, 04 Jul 2023 12:31:00 +0200https://poolp.org/posts/2023-07-04/building-my-own-guitar-part-3/<blockquote> <b>TL;DR:</b> <br />Received the new neck and&hellip; it fits perfectly !</blockquote> <h1 class="relative group">The neck <div id="the-neck" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#the-neck" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h1> <p>UPS just delivered the new neck, which is a 24 frets PRS clone:</p>https://poolp.org/posts/2023-06-29/building-my-own-guitar-part-2/Thu, 29 Jun 2023 13:22:00 +0200https://poolp.org/posts/2023-06-29/building-my-own-guitar-part-2/<blockquote> <b>TL;DR:</b> <br />Received the neck&hellip; too bad it&rsquo;s not exactly the one I ordered :-)</blockquote> <h1 class="relative group">The neck <div id="the-neck" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#the-neck" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h1> <p>For the neck, I wanted a 24 frets neck and found one that I liked online.</p>https://poolp.org/posts/2023-06-28/building-my-own-guitar-part-1/Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:42:00 +0200https://poolp.org/posts/2023-06-28/building-my-own-guitar-part-1/<blockquote> <b>TL;DR:</b> <br />I&rsquo;m building a guitar from scratch, picking up every component but skipping the tricky cut and glue bits :-)</blockquote> <h1 class="relative group">About this project <div id="about-this-project" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#about-this-project" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h1> <p>The primary goal of this project is to build a custom guitar, picking each and every component one by one, so that it&rsquo;s 100% what I want it to be.</p>