My “Only hand tools“ guitar build (also, I only used one hand)

Due to a wrist injury in October, I spent 8 weeks with a cast around my wrist and forearm. After two weeks without playing any instrument or building anything, I decided I’d try and make a guitar from scratch, using only one hand and using only hand tools. Lucky for me I’m right handed. I got the cast changed two times over the course of 2 months because my forearm kept shrinking and my wrist started moving again (I wasn’t supposed to be able to rotate my wrist in any direction), hence the color changing. This build took me 6 weeks to achieve, working mostly in the evening after work and on weekends. The cast was removed on December 2nd, I’m currently undergoing physiotherapy and hopefully I’ll be able to hold a guitar again sometime soon. As for the Shelf Guitar build, this was a form of therapy for me. If it doesn’t show in the video, this was actually a very fun build, I caught myself laughing out loud alone in the workshop on multiple occasions. Some disclaimers: - I did use a power drill, because I
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