Sometimes my favorite part of a guitar. This one nods at Rickenbacker but I just call it “Gumby head”. The dust has settled, the solvent evaporated, the contacts are solid and clean. Got down to the final set up on Earth II today. Clearly a tip o the hat to some rad instruments. The BCContinueContinue reading “Earth II. Born today.”
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Earth II in the final stages
Ready for polish, assembly and set up. I generally like to post complete projects but, I’m keeping my hands off this one for a few days till it’s totally sold to block, polish and assemble. Looks a bit more yellow in the tube lights than in natural light but I rather like it. Should lookContinueContinue reading “Earth II in the final stages”
1961 Caper Cycle Falcon Restoration
The restoration of my first minibike. A 1961 Caper Cycle Falcon.
1959 Economy Country Squire Tractor Restoration
This was what was still bolted together of my paternal Grandfather’s Tractor after a tenant of his blew the piston, took the whole thing apart, “LOST” the hydraulic pump and left it sit outside for a number of years. It’s a long story. Bought new by him in (around) 1959. He used it for everything from the lawn to the garden to grounds clearing. Pretty tough little unit, all said….
CONN. GENERAL 2557A HOME OFFICE.
An old filing cabinet module that belonged to my Grandfather. I was obsessed with my grandfather’s workspace when I was a kid. He did a lot of electronic work … televisions, radios, amplifiers…. Of the many many fixtures in his shop (one of which was a collection of vacuum tubes I’ll never see the likes of again), this was central to my understand of creative spaces and remains a central fixture in my shop to this day.
Studebaker Jr. Wagon
This was a kit build for a Custom Job client. All I had to do was figure out how to put it together, how/where to get the stencils made, how best to apply and protect them, put it all back together and deliver it. Smooth, right?
