Technology and guitar building as @efguitars. Mostly active on @mdales@mastodon.me.uk. he/him
Cambridge, UK
Joined May 2007
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Lots of sanding and tidying on my Älgen guitar build as it gets ready for finishing, some last minute template redesigns, and I learn how to use a new 3D printed.
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A week in and out the shop: A week of having more questions than answers as I hit various build blockers on the Delfin guitar.
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A week in the shop: The Delfin guitar becomes one, as the body and neck are joined, and Älgen gets close to being ready for finishing.
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A week in the shop: A lot of sanding, shaping, and tweaking as I knuckle down to the second 90% of the Älgen build; and I find the perfect vice for this guitar.
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A delayed set of week notes: finally getting to the bottom of what's caused me issues stringing up the 3D printed guitar, and measuring up the other build ready for its next stages.
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Michael Dales retweeted
Save the date! Saturday July 1st 2023 will be the next Liverpool MakeFest and we'd love to see you there. Plenty of time to get ready. Mark it in the diary now, more info to follow in due course :) #LivMF22 #LivMF23 #Makers #Liverpool #community
A mixed set of activities in the workshop this week, as I worked on three guitars: moving one through the last stages of a build, getting another through the early stages, and a final one that's in for some setup TLC.
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A week in the shop: Getting to that all important milestone on our new guitar design: getting the strings on and finding out if we have an instrument or not.
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I did a write up on how I'm using GPU shaders to let me visualise geospatial datasets at render time: digitalflapjack.com/blog/sha…
A week in the shop: pondering about what it is I do, pushing towards the finishing straight with Älgen build, and learning a new process for my fretwork:
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A week in the shop: a chill week after the manic rush to Makefest - making (almost) the final changes to Älgen’s body, and tidying up the binding job on Delfin.
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A week in and out the shop: the race against the clock to get Älgen ready for Liverpool Makefest, and some notes from what was a great show.
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Michael Dales retweeted
Maker: @EFGuitars
When traditional guitar building meets modern digital fabrication - come see how one guitar builder is trying to take the best of both worlds to create new musical instruments.
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#LivMF22 #makers
A week in the shop: a mix of pushing towards my deadline for @LpoolMakeFest, and re-evaluating some of my assumed truths about guitar building.
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A week in the shop: pondering what I want to communicate at Liverpool Makefest; getting Älgens fretboard ready for fretting; and I award myself a B for my first binding effort.
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A week in the shop: my Älgen build finally starts to become a guitar in my eyes, fun with 3D prints, and so so much sanding.
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A week out the shop: some important 3D prints are delivered, and a trip to #EMFCamp
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A week in the shop: two guitars in a similar stage of build but with their own distinct process going on, and some notes on the lack of CNC-router in my builds.
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A week in the shop: we hit an epic milestone for the part-3D printed guitar design, and I walk through some of the small details as I refine the CAD model for my other build:
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A week in the shop: dealing with 3D print shrinkage; looking at the tiny design details users will never see; how a damaged guitar body leads to a better design; and just what makes a guitar a Michael Dales guitar?
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