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HIGHLIGHTING STUDENT CREATIVITY AND THEIR SHOP

The new Stem guitar class has begun...

9/25/2017

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So here we have it, 22 freshly machined Maple necks and their fretboards, waiting to find owners.  The fretboards are the only pre-made portions of the guitars as we just don't have the tooling to do them ourselves.  The necks, however, were made right here in our shop on the Shopbot CNC.  They were pretty time consuming but I think we did a really nice job for our first shot at it.
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To the left we have our two           luthiers tool kits.  Each kit is supposed to be sufficient for 6 to 8       students, but I think that is a bit of a stretch.  I am hoping that a grant I applied for will come through   with another kit.
The image on the right is the beginnings of the guitar bodies.  We are using Alder and Poplar for the      bodies, Poplar for those who want to paint and Alder for the other           finishes. 
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Once again, our good friend and mentor John Page showed up to meet the students and answer any questions they had.  He is going to be coming in to work with the kids on a regular basis which is just a fantastic                opportunity for all of us involved.  It was one of my students that
hooked us up with John.  The students Grandfather, Wayne, is a good        friend of Johns.  Wayne brought in his John Page Custom for us to drool over, it was number 2 or 3 of Johns first custom line nearly ten years ago.
A beautiful piece of art and the kids had the opportunity to really take a   close look at the instrument.
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The students have chosen lots of different body styles to work with and
we are still machining some of the last ones over the next two days.
They take a lot of work but it will all be worth it in the end.  I am still      amazed each and every day with the creativity of these kids.  Their
excitement is so contagious when they get their hands on a new part of     their instruments.
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Here is a short video of our Shopbot in action, milling the profile of one of the bodies.
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Frometa Elenny link
9/9/2023 07:56:39 am

Lovely blog yyou have here

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Here at Grants Pass High School in Southern Oregon, we have a lot to be thankful for.  Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in vocational education.  Yes, College is still a critical destination for our kids but the way in which students get there has evolved.  Do you think you want to be an Engineer?  An artist?  A Scientist?  All of these areas of study can benefit from the hands-on approach we offer in our modern shops.  What if College isn't in your immediate post high school plans?  Maybe you want to enter the trades or manufacturing.  We can help you get to almost any place you want to be.  This isn't your Fathers (or Mothers or Grandparents) shop class anymore.  We teach practical applications of Science, Technology Engineering Arts and Math and we do it with a hands-on ability that is unmatched in any School District in the area.  All of this in addition to having the opportunity to create some of the most amazing and beautiful work to come out of any High School we can think of.

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