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[Music] have you ever wanted to build yourself a guitar stand but couldn't quite figure out how to do it well that's cuz you don't know dick hi I'm dick and I'm gonna show you how I built this guitar stand out of a two foot piece of 1x6 pine a two inch loose pin hinge and a piece of self-adhesive felt here we go the first thing you want to do with any material you buy from the lumber store is to square off the edge next hook up your measuring tape and measure 11 and 7/8 of an inch when you're cutting this material make sure you cut on the left side of the line I usually make a mark [Music] you're going to have to do this twice as you'll need to pieces to make both sides of the stand [Music] next you're going to have to measure each piece and make a mark at two and three eighths of an inch from the left side then set the table of your compound miter saw to 12 degrees square up the piece of wood to your fence line up your saw blade and make your cut [Music] with your two pieces of 11 and 7/8 material cut simply separate them flip one end over and you can see what the stand is going to start to look like I'm gonna describe these pieces you have a back brace you have a foot you're going to have a cut edge and you're going to have a factory edge along with a heel I'm going to refer to these while we're making the stands so it'll be easier to follow it's also important to know the depth of your guitar so that when you're setting the back brace on the foot you have enough room for the guitar this is going to vary from guitar to guitar for example if you do an electric this space will be a lot smaller for most acoustics 6 and 1/4 inch is a perfect size you're going to need a stop on the end of the foot typically I make that out of a piece of 3/4 inch stock cut it to three quarters of an inch in length and then I glue it to the end of the foot [Music] next measure the center of the back brace it's going to be approximately two and three eighths of an inch to the center transfer that mark to the foot to join the two pieces together I'm going to use my biscuit joiner I'm gonna mark the center of my foot and my back brace to make sure that they line up with a cutter on the biscuit joiner for safety it's always a good idea to clamp down the piece of material you're going to be working on it's important to line up the center line of your biscuit joiner to the mark on your board once you've made the cut check your biscuit to make sure it goes in about half weight repeat this procedure for the back brace as well before you glue the two pieces together double check your measurements to make sure there's enough room for the guitar that you're building the stand for mark the position of the back brace on the foot this will help you when you're applying glue later I also like to use parchment paper to help keep glue off my workbench make sure you apply enough glue into the joint so that when you place the biscuit into it you'll have some squeezed out brush the excess glue on the face of the foot in between the two marks you made earlier as well as to the biscuit fill the back brace cut and assemble the two pieces make sure to align the pieces where you want before you clamp them hang on a minute I know what you're thinking hey dick I don't have a biscuit joiner no problem there is another way it takes a little longer I'll show you how it's done let me back up a bit I'm going to use a 5/16 by inch and a half dowel to join the two pieces together remember you only want to drill three quarters of an inch into each piece to do this I'm using a 5/16 Brad point bit and I'll be marking it with a piece of tape at three quarters of an inch next I'm going to mark the back brace I'm going to stay back about an inch to an inch-and-a-half from the factory as well as the cut edge I'm going to double-check my measurement to make sure that the back brace is located on the foot where I want it then I'm going to line up the foot and the back brace and transfer the marks from the back brace to the foot I'm going to stand up the foot and transfer those marks to the short edge I'll do the same thing with the back brace next I'll mark the center of the three-quarter inch edge which will be about 3/8 of an inch then I'll clamp my material and drill the holes try to make sure your drill is level and square to the material and don't go deeper than the tape dry fit the pieces to make sure everything goes together the way you want it to and if it does glue it together and clamp it I'm just gonna add a note here make sure that when you're gluing these two pieces together that the factory edge of the back brace is facing towards the long side of the foot otherwise the angle of the stand will be wrong I like to use a couple of additional clamps to make sure all the edges stay in line if you've got a bit of extra glue because of the squeeze out you can wipe it off now or you can sand it off later [Music] remember that little 3/4 is square you cut well now is a good time to glue to the foot as well don't forget to line up the grains otherwise it'll look bad I like to use a high tack adhesive tape and a clamp to keep the edges straight I usually like to let the glue sit for at least an hour before I remove the clamps [Music] so things don't get too confusing I like to mark the left side and the right side of the stand because there are two more cuts to be made and each one of them is different to each side if we put the two pieces of the stand together this is what we end up with this is what we want to end up with so you can see the sides are very different I'm going to mark a 45 degree angle on the cut side of the left side of the stand [Music] I'm going to transfer this mark and take it over to my compound miter saw I want to make sure that the factory edge is going towards the fence I happen to have a sub fence so I need to move it out of the way next I'll have to set the blade at a 45 degree angle I tilt it to the left line up my mark and make the cut to make the cut on the right side of the stand I have to bring the saw blade back up to 22 and 1/2 degrees again you want to make sure that the factory edge is going towards the fence make this cut with the blade lining up to the very edge [Music] now when you set up the pieces together they should look like this now that all the cutting is done it's time to sand out any rough edges and any excess glue I'll start with an orbital sander and finish any other imperfections by hand once you're finished sanding you can put your hinge on I like to use a loose pin 2-inch hinge I want to be able to remove the pin so I can put each piece on either side of the stand easily to make sure I locate the hinges on the proper side of the stand I like to mark them the left side hinge gets measured a quarter inch from the factory edge and one inch down from the short side of the 45-degree cut that you made earlier the right side gets measured a quarter-inch from the factory edge and two inches down from the long side of the cut with both sides of the hinges installed is simply a matter of putting the stand together inserting the pin and then tapping it in [Music] you now have a collapsible guitar stand now it's time to add the felt I usually put this at the contact points where I believe the body of the guitar will touch the stand I start by marking a three-quarter inch piece and then cut eight pieces four for each side of the stand because the felt has a self-adhesive backing there's no need for glue there's one other place that I like to put a piece of felt and that's at the top where the back of the guitar will come in contact with the stand of course you can always stain or paint your stand to help protect the wood it's up to you well that's how I did it but if you're like me you probably own more than one guitars so I've got to start building another one [Music]

Channel: You Don't Know Dick TV

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Id: U5RWqsK2b_E

Length: 10min 16sec (616 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 07 2019