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Author: | John A [ Fri May 07, 2010 8:52 pm ] |
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Looks like a great time at Todd's ! I think I forgot to post last week - but I have been progressing - Finished my rosettes, I give myself a B on them - not an A+ or A - maybe a B+ or A-, and I sealed them with shellac. I cut my brace wood into brace blanks for two guitars - I cut walnut and joined small pieces to make my headstock veneer - and I glued that to my neck. Today I used Robbie O'Brien's drill press headstock method to cut out the headstock shape, and I screwed up a little and I fixed it. I am still working on a "reshaping" and will be for the next few days. Then I will cut my second headstock - I'll post pics on Monday or Tuesday - |
Author: | Keith Lally [ Fri May 07, 2010 9:03 pm ] |
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Still working on #1. Routed the binding channels this week. Tonight I cleaned up the channels and bent the rosewood binding strips and purfling. Busted a few in the process. Tomorrow they get glued on. |
Author: | Glen DeRusha [ Fri May 07, 2010 9:07 pm ] |
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Wood bending 101. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And one of these. ![]() Glen |
Author: | WaddyThomson [ Fri May 07, 2010 10:24 pm ] |
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Making some progress on my new v-joint with the 5 piece shaft. Front Attachment: P1030567 (Large).JPG Back Attachment: P1030569 (Large).JPG
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Author: | jaguarguy [ Fri May 07, 2010 11:11 pm ] |
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I'm still working on getting my shop up - almost ready ![]() Workbench pics ![]() ![]() Some of the Tools in my shop ![]() Mike |
Author: | Chuck [ Fri May 07, 2010 11:12 pm ] |
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All I got done was unpacking some wood from the box it was sent in. I did take it outside and look at it in the light and it did look great. Not much done today in the shop. Instead I took advantage of the nice weather and went for a nice bike ride for the afternoon. Chuck |
Author: | Burton LeGeyt [ Sat May 08, 2010 12:38 am ] |
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Had some old rosewood stump sections left over from some milling and made a live edge jointer guard for my newly set up (old) jointer. I am pretty stoked on how it came out. Attachment: jointer-guard.jpg I also purchased some photo studio lights and I am trying to improve my guitar photos. So far they are much better but still not quite where i want them. |
Author: | Alexandru Marian [ Sat May 08, 2010 4:14 am ] |
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Waddy, that headplate... ![]() ![]() |
Author: | ChuckB [ Sat May 08, 2010 8:59 am ] |
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I am just finishing my 0size 14 fret larch/white oak. After the long curing time of nitro and a quick buff, I installed the bridge with my new homebuilt clamp (based on the fox style with some small mods) only to promply drop my portable light on the top! I was lucky enough to get only 2 small dents which I can drop fill, but now at least another 3 weeks before I can finsh buff. I don't have any pics of the dents, but here are a few of the brige install. Thanks for looking, Chuck |
Author: | ChuckB [ Sat May 08, 2010 9:04 am ] |
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Other pics |
Author: | Rob Warren [ Sat May 08, 2010 10:29 am ] |
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A lot of Ebony is breaking in my shop this weekend. ![]() Tried bending bindings for the baritone Uke last night. Two broke with minimal pressure, I was barely even touching them, then tried 2 that I used Super Soft on and didn't fare much better. These didn't break, and I got the bends I was trying, but they did come apart along the grain lines. I'm starting to think I'll just use something else, I'm out of Ebony as it is. The Explorer neck is carved, the fret board's on, and I need to route the control cavity, glue the neck in, then it's finish time. |
Author: | coke_zero [ Mon May 10, 2010 5:33 pm ] |
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Finally I have something to add after weeks of doing nothing due to my day job. New build, WRC top & Padouk back/sides. Cheap materials for a second build so I can concentrate on getting it done rather than ruin expensive materials ![]() So far I have managed to make & glue the rosette. Indian Rosewood with ebony/bloodwood purfling. ![]() ![]() Only used a block plane to level it out with a very quick sanding to clean it up. Sorry about the glare, the iPhone has an awful camera. Comments would be appreciated. |
Author: | Ken C [ Tue May 11, 2010 9:25 pm ] |
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Burton, That guard will class up any jointer!! Over the top! I've been noodling on some lights for some time. Share a few details if you will. No pictures, but I closed up the box on an EIR OM over the weekend. Ken Burton LeGeyt wrote: Had some old rosewood stump sections left over from some milling and made a live edge jointer guard for my newly set up (old) jointer. I am pretty stoked on how it came out.
I also purchased some photo studio lights and I am trying to improve my guitar photos. So far they are much better but still not quite where i want them. |
Author: | Robert Renick [ Tue May 11, 2010 9:39 pm ] |
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Burton LeGeyt wrote: Had some old rosewood stump sections left over from some milling and made a live edge jointer guard for my newly set up (old) jointer. I am pretty stoked on how it came out. Attachment: jointer-guard.jpg Burton, I would love to see more pics of your refurbished jointer. I love old tools that still work well. Rob |
Author: | DennisK [ Tue May 11, 2010 10:06 pm ] |
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Woohoo! Bent my first practice side today. I forgot to take a shot of my exhaust pipe+charcoal starter bending iron while I had it set up, but here is the result: Attachment: PracticeSide.jpg Took me over an hour, but it fits the pattern pretty closely. Quite pleased with it for a first try. And from a few days ago, cutting the tenon on the neck, and gluing together my 3 piece headblock that fits nicely around it: Attachment: Headblock.jpg Attachment: Headblock2.jpg The headblock may be just a hair too short though... I'll probably go with it anyway. The thickness of the top and back will get it very close to the target 4 inches. Maybe 1/8 too short. I wish I'd cut the tenon a hair longer too. I forgot to account for the thickness of the sides for how far it can extend into the mortice. I think there will be enough material in front of the holes I'll be drilling for the bolt barrels, but it's a little close. I could just shave off a bit more from the heel. Or it would probably be even stronger to shave the tenon narrower instead, and glue on some rosewood reinforcements with the grain going vertical, to lessen the chance of cracking along the grain. Or I could be lazy and glue a thin strip to the end grain to hold it together a bit, since I wanted it longer anyway. |
Author: | Daniel Minard [ Wed May 12, 2010 12:25 am ] |
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If you want to add some strength to the tenon, it's easy to drill down the tenon & insert a piece of hardwood dowel. I drive in the dowel & soak the joint with thin CA. Stop drilling just short of the truss rod slot. Of course, you want to do this before drilling for the barrel nuts. I do this on all my non laminated necks... ever since I had a break-out on a highly figured maple neck. It's not fun to hear a loud cracking sound the first time you tighten down the bolts! |
Author: | DennisK [ Wed May 12, 2010 1:06 am ] |
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Daniel Minard wrote: If you want to add some strength to the tenon, it's easy to drill down the tenon & insert a piece of hardwood dowel. I drive in the dowel & soak the joint with thin CA. Stop drilling just short of the truss rod slot. Of course, you want to do this before drilling for the barrel nuts. I do this on all my non laminated necks... ever since I had a break-out on a highly figured maple neck. It's not fun to hear a loud cracking sound the first time you tighten down the bolts! Yikes! So it really can happen. That dowel idea sounds pretty good, I may just do that. It is sort of laminated though, so it may already be strong enough. The neck shaft is a single piece, but for the heel block, I took a 6 inch length and cut an angle in it, laminated the two pieces together, and glued it onto the neck. So the tenon has a vertical seam down the middle of it on the heel block portion, which is where the bolts will be. |
Author: | Arnt Rian [ Wed May 12, 2010 6:14 pm ] |
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Or, simply glue the reinforcements to the sides of the tenon (its width has to be adjusted for this, of course). I do it by cutting a couple of dados in the rough shaped neck blank, gluing in the reinforcements, and routing away the wood outside the tenon later. The reinforcements extend all the way into the heel, in my necks. ![]() ![]() |
Author: | Arnt Rian [ Wed May 12, 2010 6:21 pm ] |
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Let's see if this works: I took this picture with my cell phone earlier this evening, sent it to Facebooks "mobile uploads", it showed up there, and this is just a link to that FB picutre. Its a coco dread I'm working on. ![]() |
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