You'll likely learn something watching this....

[Cassiel]

Common interest, I think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpmjaymTWIs

*Damn wrong forum section. It's a guitar amp.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpmjaymTWIs

 

[M Gregg]

Thank's for posting,

its always interesting to watch this sort of thing..🙂

First time I've seen DIY carbon fibre..

Regards
M. Gregg

 

[soulmerchant]

Far too slick! 😀

 

[wicked1]

Great how he put together the dovetail jig!
It's a good lesson, that sometimes you have to build your tools before you can build your project.

 

[kevinkr]

Since the OP stated it is in the wrong forum, and it is a guitar amp I will move it.

The report button is so close by - if something needs to move just report it.

Edit: Moved to I & A..

 

[vinylkid58]

That guy has talent! Thanks for posting.

jeff

 

[dchisholm]

Great how he put together the dovetail jig!
It's a good lesson, that sometimes you have to build your tools before you can build your project.

(Emphasis added.)

Jigs, fixtures, and shop-built tools dominate this project from start to finish! They took as much engineering thought and effort to design and fabricate as the project itself. You gotta admire the guy for this alone.

From the time I started building things around 9 or 10 years old, my father often told me "Only a poor craftsman blames his tools.". At first I understood this to be an admonishment to take responsibility for your own work. Later I understood it as counsel to "know yourself" - and know what you are capable of doing with the resources available to you. Those resources extended beyond what was strictly a "tool", to include raw materials, time, money, processes, etc.

My most recent revelation came when I learned that, well into the 20th century, machinists fabricated many of their own tools. This practice was likely inherited from blacksmiths, who spent much of their apprenticeships making their personal set of tools. Sometimes a tool would be fabricated several times, with each attempt improving the basic function or adding custom features suited to the individual craftsman. Only after they had a set of tools that allowed them to do high-quality work on a regular basis could they risk leaving the shop where they had apprenticed and set out on their own as a journeyman.

Dale

 

[pdavis68]

I noticed the pick guard on the guitar he used looked a lot like the casing for the amp. Checked his other videos, and sure enough, he built the guitar from scratch. And when I say "from scratch," I mean he even built the pickups (out of wood!) for it as well. The guy probably has a metal shop and forge around back that he used to build the pots and wires from scratch too. lol. Very talented fellow.