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Stressed or not, that looks like a really fine job Fred.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

Don't know which of those parlour guitars I like more... Beautiful work, as always, guys!

That looks excellent Fred. I'm pretty sure (OK, I know for sure) Santa is sending me one of those Stew Mac binding machines for Christmas I've been using a homemade guide on my Dewalt trimmer for a few years now. It works quite well, but it's time to upgrade. I was at a demo by a local guitar and harp builder Will Hamm http://hammstrings.com/ who uses one and swears by it, even though he has the Ribbecke jig which he feels is too finicky. Each to his own obviously as many have great success with that and the Williams design. The quality of your work above just reinforces that my request to Santa is the right one

Great looking binding Fred. What are you using for purfling there?

Rosewood I found that is a close match to the side cutoffs I used for the rosette, between BWB Purfling strips I get from A&M. I basically did the same as when I do Abalone purfling except I glued in the rosewood. I am still not totally sure if I like it but it is growing on me.

Fred

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you guys do such amazing work....

still grunting this 1st one out-

and my fretting situation isn't ideal.



and my spray booth...is mostly just embarrassing.



i'm ready to play this thing and get it over with.

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rono

So much beautiful work!

Cwood: What's the laminate in your top transverse brace? CF or wood?

JoeUlman: Thanks for setting the bar high on first builds. Impressive.

Lots of killer binding/purf jobs this week too!

Rono: I'm also doing a lot of work on #1 without a real workshop. I liked the beer (?) in the background of your fretting setup.

This week saw the bridge patch, fan braces and back graft on. All with hot hide glue. Stressful as I'm not quite as speedy with it as I'd like.






Jake.

Hey there Fred - nice setup for your binding jig.
I am waiting on some supplies so decided to make a Williams-style binding jig.
I am just about complete, however I am having trouble finding a fabrication shop that will weld up the bracket for my Ridgid laminate trimmer....

chinito,

The laminate in the UTB, as well as the soundhole braces is some black walnut from offcuts I have laying around. Mostly done because I think it lends a little coolness to the inside of the box. Plus, I get bored waiting for glue to dry.

Fred, nice looking binding and purflings. I always stress over that step more than any other, so I know just where you're coming from.

Chris.

Nice stuff guys! I have had almost a full week in the shop without interruption. It's amazing how much you can get done. I've got two OM's and an archie going.

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Lots of lovely work, gang.

Fred, I love your binding/purfs/rosette execution. Original and very cool.

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Beautiful stuff going on out there. Fred, that binding is just stunning.
I've got a ziricote/cedar box together and then just finished the rosette on a german spruce top.

To break the paralysis from actually starting a guitar, I roughed out a neck from a cracked blank to gain some confidence. I'll start the real guitar the first of next year!
Mike

I found some very nice, perfectly quartersawn cocobolo recently. What to make with it?

Fretboards baby!

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StuMusic

I'm a hop, skip, and jump away from completing my second acoustic. Fitted the neck and finished the fretwork this afternoon.

Robbie,
You and I are working on the same project, how did you attach the two pieces of plywood together that make the "L" that holds the guitar. Maybe I am overthinking it a little.
Mike

Hi Mike,

It is a simple butt joint with 2 x 1 3/4" screws, and glue.
I may have figured out my laminate trimmer mounting issue - I was looking to get a simple "L" Bracket fabricated from 1/8" mild steel.
I got quotes back - like $180 for the bracket and the 4 x 6" x 3 " parallelogram pieces. Sheesh! I can buy a 110v MIG welder for less....
Anyway, back to the drawing board - I think I will use 1/4" acrylic for the parallelogram brackets, and rather than use an "L" bracket to mount the trimmer, I will bolster the bottom of the front plate of the parallelogram, mount the trimmer on a straight piece of 1/4" acrylic (7' x 3 1/2") and mount it to the bottom of the parallelogram.

Note that I got the knobs, metal channel, and 22" drawer slide from Lee Valley.

Rob

Monday I put the finishing touches on this bad boy .... and now learning to play it too .. Stephen Bennett's Issoudun, and Perestroika. Its sounds huge, and the natural reverb is unbelieveable - I may never play a regular guitar again.

Makore back and sides, lutz top, afr blackwood bindings, headplates and bridge. Spalted maple rosettes with blk/green/blk purfs, ebony FB, Gold/composite 510s.

Will have some pro shots soon, off to see the photographer on Friday ...

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"let my passion .. fulfill yours"

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Robbie,
Thanks for the information.
Mike

Worked on a lumber rack. The new shop space is slowly coming together. I have two more two shelf pieces to mount up high. The space under the rack will eventually be a bench with the RAS build in, so I didn't want the rack two run across too far. I checked for strength by standing on one of the shelf brackets. It held all my 195 lbs without a hitch. Lag bolted to the wall studs.

Mike/Robbie...here is a picture of the way my jig mounted up. Mine is just a piece of maple with the UHMW screwed to it. The parallelogram I used MDF and nylon bushings in the holes to keep them from wallowing out.

Darrin

Setting up this one. Intonation and dialing in the action

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Andy Z.
http://www.lazydogguitars.com

Guys, a favour.
Can you please load images as attachments, as intended, (rather than just copy/paste full size images), so threads don't take forever to load??
Much appreciated!
Thanks

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Dave
Milton, ON

I agree. I posted something over at the Build Forum, but no one seemed to notice. 8 or 10 big pictures from a Photobucket or other site really slows things down. Posting the uploads allows the forum to control things, and the thumbnails, even though reasonably sized, load much faster. Then if you want to see the bigger picture, you can click on the thumbnail. If you have a slow connection, you can see what's happening without your computer freezing up.

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

I didn't realize using OLF bandwidth to host pictures was "as intended". I must have gotten confused by the "IMG" button at the top when I was posting. Anyway, I removed my "offending" pictures. I'll try to do things "as intended" from now on.

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I didn't mean to say it, but I meant what I said.
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