Build a sculptured stand to compliment and securely hold your stringed instrument close by. Using my 1 hour of streaming video instruction found on YouTube at Charles Brock the Rocknchairman and 2 sets of full-size paper patterns you can craft beautiful stands for most of your guitars and smaller instruments too like a mandolin or a violin. I hang my Martin acoustic on the larger stand but sometimes use it for my Fender Stratocaster. My instruction even teaches you how to measure your instrument and craft your own stand to a custom height.
The stands have two important parts made from your choice of wood, the base and the column. I will teach you how to join them with a strong mortise and tenon joint that is fun and easy to make. Sculpting the round overs and tapering the column is easy and will add so much to the presentation of your instrument without trying to upstage your musical pride and joy! It will make you smile and keep your musical instrument close-by.
The hanger hardware provides a secure, padded cradle for your instrument at the headstock. It is not included but is affordable and readily available through an online supplier.
Working with Full- Size Paper Patterns
Make a set of permanent patterns from the paper patterns. Do not try to use the paper patterns on your stock. Glue (a Glue Stick is a good adhesive for this) them to whatever material you want to use realizing some patterns need to bend and some can be rigid. Leave a little margin around the black line when cutting them apart. After gluing, use a bandsaw to cut on or slightly to the black line, then sand away the black line, leaving the correct size of the pattern for tracing your parts.
To use your permanent pattern set, trace the patterns on the candidate boards. Trace around the pattern carefully with a Sharpie. When deciding suitability for project parts, look for clarity (knots, bark inclusions, voids), grain flow, and color. Each factor should weigh into the pattern placement decision. If you have doubts concerning an overall part measurement, trust the pattern size. Use the video instructions to lay out joint measurements.
Wood Choices
American hardwoods are best. I like Walnut, Maple, Cherry and Oak are good choices.
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CHARLES BROCK
