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Author:  Ti-Roux [ Fri Jan 13, 2012 11:08 am ]
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Just return from christmas break. Lot of things..!

-Closed to finish the Koa / adirondack OM. Neck is almost done, fingerboard too. Still need to ajust the neck joint, glue the fingerboard and carve the neck.

-Friederich inspired classical is on the way. Cocobolo / redwood. WRC bracing, the plan I draw is highly inspired by Friederich actual works. The neck is almost ready to glu on top. Still need some carving on the headplate, as you see the drawings...

-Left handed stringer on his way for a friend of mine.

Francis
Author:  Michael.N. [ Fri Jan 13, 2012 11:09 am ]
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This weekend I gained another month on my life.
Author:  Timbo [ Fri Jan 13, 2012 11:58 am ]
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Man, I dig these threads, but they can be both inspirational and rather humbling for a new builder working on his first... most of you guys could accomplish in a few hours what might take me a few days. But hey, I'ma learnin'...

- Finished up the rosette on the top
- Started and finished building a bending iron last Saturday ("light bulb in a pipe"-type)
- Split and planed a set of braces from a few billets on Sunday. Not ever having really done extensive wood working before, this was actually kinda cool... learned a bit about grain and where it can "go" when you're splitting a billet - even in what looks to be very straight grained wood!!!
- jointed and glued up the back on my first this past Wednesday.

Hopefully I'll be able to find a cabinetry place nearby this weekend that will be able to help me rough thickness my back and side set. Then it's on to side bending for the first time... wow7-eyes
Author:  Arnt Rian [ Fri Jan 13, 2012 12:33 pm ]
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Hopefully, this thing can be rubbed out and buffed over the week-en. Italian spruce / Madrose steel string

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...and maybe do some more work on this A-style mando

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Author:  John A [ Fri Jan 13, 2012 1:14 pm ]
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Attached my cedar soundboard to my walnut neck -
humidity in my house has been stable lately - I hope it stays that way - as I just realized I did not make my back yet. It will probably take me a week to make a back I am happy with.
Author:  Bryan Bear [ Fri Jan 13, 2012 1:25 pm ]
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Drywall is up and done (save for a very small touch-up I'll do tonight), with any luck I will finish all the painting this weekend. Then I just have to move the tools in and build a new workbench. I'm too anxious to get back to work now so I may end up just putting stuff away and figure out the best place for it as I go. . .
Author:  Fred Tellier [ Fri Jan 13, 2012 1:25 pm ]
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I have been binding and scraping binding on 3 guitars the last few days, I have 1 complete, 1 is ready to be scraped once I pull the tape off and the 3rd will get bound today. I still hate binding, my hands hurt and my patience in taxed, though it is getting to be easier each time I do it.

Pore filling and binding are my least favorite tasks.

Fred
Author:  Mike Baker [ Fri Jan 13, 2012 3:37 pm ]
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I've been working on what I call a faux acoustic. It's my idea of a guitar kind of on the same line as Taylor's T5, but without the magnetic pickup.
White ash body, spruce top with spruce bracing, maple bridgeplate. Bolt on 24.562" scale figured maple neck, Martin-style acoustic pin bridge. It will have a Fishman powerjack preamp and a Schatten SBT.
I still need to carve the braces.

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Here's a shot of the front of the top.

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Author:  Don Williams [ Fri Jan 13, 2012 4:26 pm ]
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Arnt Rian wrote:

...and maybe do some more work on this A-style mando

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There's something familiar about that picture...
Author:  Arnt Rian [ Fri Jan 13, 2012 6:48 pm ]
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I have no idea what you are talking about... :lol:
Author:  Chris Ensor [ Fri Jan 13, 2012 9:08 pm ]
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Started work a few days ago on my newest commission- a coocoo for coco parlor. This thing will have coco everywhere. And, just about everything is going to be book matched- fingerboard, and headstocks included.

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Author:  John A [ Fri Jan 13, 2012 10:16 pm ]
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John A wrote:
Attached my cedar soundboard to my walnut neck -
humidity in my house has been stable lately - I hope it stays that way - as I just realized I did not make my back yet. It will probably take me a week to make a back I am happy with.



ugh I noticde a little hump around the 14 fret - so I unglued it with the clothes iron. Just fixed a couple of small cracks in the same area from a little too much force while ungluing - I will have to glue the soundboard again to the neck tomorrow. At least I won't live with the hump.
Author:  Alexandru Marian [ Sat Jan 14, 2012 6:14 am ]
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John, how do you make sure the soundboard seam is perfectly aligned to the neck center? Even if you use alignment pins, the material is thin enough to allow for a lot of movement. My method is to clamp a straight edge on the neck center. Paint the glue, insert the top, align the edge to the seam (two pencil marks, at rosette and at tail) and only after making really sure it has not moved, clamp it. You can use a plastic clamp at the tail.

http://chitareconcert.files.wordpress.c ... opneck.jpg
Author:  Clinchriver [ Sat Jan 14, 2012 7:36 am ]
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I also make target rifle stocks. Finished up, delivered, & got payed for two yesterday. bliss

Ordered a 2hp motor and extension kit for my Delta bandsaw.

After a monumental shop clean up I'm back on my three OO's

I recently cut some tree's off my place, Sassafras, Persimmon & White Oak. Its been cold so I have the wood stove fired up. Split some of the smaller pieces of Sassafras and its really nice straight grain and good color. Splits incredibly easy also, one whack its busted :D
I have quite a bit set out to resaw.
Author:  ernie [ Sat Jan 14, 2012 8:28 am ]
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The past 2 weeks have been my least favorite activity repairing my 15 yr old delta sanding center.The repair didnt cost much 50$ but was to say the least, very time consuming.Basically i had to tear the whole machine apart, to get at the 2 idler pulleys and replace the worn out bearings on both.It took 6 trips to my friend the machinest, and 2 trips from another friend, who helped me disassemble and assemble the machine back together again, and some help from my son, for that I am eternally grateful.Now I have to tackle other minor problems on my other aging shop machinery.Oh well.
Author:  douglas ingram [ Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:21 am ]
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I am declaring the finish on the L-00 done...at least for now. After slaving on it over the last few weeks and suffering the inequities of errant dust, I reminded myself that the purpose of this particular guitar was that I have something around that my hard picking friends can thrash on instead of despoiling my delicate nylon string guitars.

So, with that personal edict in mind I glued on the bridge and bolted the neck on to start checking and refining its alignment (I think that there's too much back set).

While it was all together I decided to get a couple of glamour shots (especially for Filippo) of it sitting in one of the two canoes that I am building right now.

The canoes are nearing completion. One got the paint finished this week and the other got its gunnels on, sanded, and the first two coats of varnish.
Author:  James Ringelspaugh [ Sat Jan 14, 2012 9:18 pm ]
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Sprayed lacquer for a *gasp* strat commision. The things we do for money...

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Author:  dpm99 [ Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:37 pm ]
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Mike Baker wrote:
I still need to carve the braces.

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Mike - I'd love to hear some insight on your bracing decisions for this guitar. It's my kind of thing.

Oh! And so as to not go off-topic, I'm shaping a neck for a semi-acoustic bass. I'm trying a new technique with a 1" roundover bit. I think by this time tomorrow I'll either be very happy with it, or very angry with it.
Author:  alan stassforth [ Sat Jan 14, 2012 11:04 pm ]
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Yo, Mike,
that is very cool looking!
Ya want some more figgered stuff for fret markers?
Author:  Don Williams [ Sun Jan 15, 2012 8:33 am ]
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Todd Stock wrote:
So far for Saturday...

- Trimmed, filled, and shot fretboard extension shim on 1928 Washburn restoration, which allowed me to set the neck and get the bridge on...need to refret and string up tomorrow.
- New Graftech Tusq XL nut for an LP...now no issues with detuning or other nut issues for the owner
- Stripped a Warmoth Strat of active PUPs and built up a blank guard with single humbucker with tone & volume...this same guitar will get the Graftech Ghost saddles on it's F-R when I find a machinist to do the baseplate. Got to figure out where the battery goes for easy swaps...guess we'll see.
- Pulled bridge on 1970 D-28...trying to convince owner to do a reset and refret, versus throwing money away on a chopped down bridge reglue and a fret mill.
- Pulled guard and filled saddle slot on a Lakewood in prep for a RH to LH conversion...this one gets routed at a 7 degree angle, so need to build a shim for the base of the saddle mill.


Is that all?

Slacker...

pizza
Author:  Mitch Cain [ Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:20 am ]
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Put in the end graft and finished bowl sanding the rims on a mahogany OM. Will start bracing today if football gets boring... pizza
Author:  WaddyThomson [ Sun Jan 15, 2012 11:33 am ]
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Learning that Tru-Oil may become my go-to finishing material instead of French polish!
#10 in process - not done yet.

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Author:  John A [ Sun Jan 15, 2012 1:10 pm ]
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Alexandru Marian wrote:
John, how do you make sure the soundboard seam is perfectly aligned to the neck center? Even if you use alignment pins, the material is thin enough to allow for a lot of movement. My method is to clamp a straight edge on the neck center. Paint the glue, insert the top, align the edge to the seam (two pencil marks, at rosette and at tail) and only after making really sure it has not moved, clamp it. You can use a plastic clamp at the tail.

http://chitareconcert.files.wordpress.c ... opneck.jpg


Yes - I did pretty much the same and it looked as in your picture. But after 5 to 10 minutes I remove the ruler and reclamp to make sure I am getting max clamping pressure.
Author:  John A [ Sun Jan 15, 2012 1:17 pm ]
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WaddyThomson wrote:
Learning that Tru-Oil may become my go-to finishing material instead of French polish!
#10 in process - not done yet.

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Waddy - are you brushing it or spraying it ? How about the soundboard - will you still French Polish ?
Author:  WaddyThomson [ Sun Jan 15, 2012 2:21 pm ]
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I glue mine in the solera. Everything lines up nicely.
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