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I finished up my first Post-Somogyi guitar yesterday. I attended his voicing workshop back in november.

I've played it for about 4 hours so far. It's a real joy. I will hate to see it go.

I'll post some final photos on the OM gallery.

Cheers, Michael

Shellac, I command thee to come out of the pad and go onto the guitar!

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Pat

Took the neck off of my "Big Mouth" challenge guitar and started to rework the profile. First time I've gotten back in the shop in several weeks

Got the 1 and 9 profiles done now just need to connect the dots.

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Steve Smith
"Music is what feelings sound like"

Glued the bridge on a uke and realized I hadn't drilled the string holes in tie block. Todd S came up with a brilliant and elegant jig to extend a 1/6" bit, and got the holes drilled. Also sprayed first coats of lacquer for the very first time (on an OM).

Steve, what kind of vice is that?! Looks killer!


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Pat

It's a StewMac Ultimate Vise. An expensive present to myself last year and, in my opinion, worth every cent I paid for it. Earlier versions apparently had quality problems but I have not seen any of that with the one I bought.

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tools/Vises/Ultimate_Vise.html

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Steve Smith
"Music is what feelings sound like"

Been a while since I have posted, scored a new to me drill press, from the 1940's, Walker Turner, made in Plainfield NJ, right by where I grew up, not when though. Nicely restored, quill lock and depth stop, not all bench models have these. Smooth running and classy, very proud to have this in my shop. Not much new guitar work, but this kalimba is just finished. The wood is reclaimed from an old piano.
Rob

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Should have punched it just to teach the rest of your wood stash a lesson. Believe me, there have been no issues with any of my wood since I punched that challenge uke.

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PMoMC

He's right! when I went over his place to see his stash, all of the wood was shaking in fear when he walk in the room.

I was pore filling the 2 Ziricote guitars, the 12 fret 00 cutaway is ready for lacquer and I just put the thinned last coat on the OM. I really like the West system 105/207 combination that the Z-coat thread evolved into last week.

I posted this on the other thread but since it is actually on photobucket I guess it won't be a problem posting again.



The specks on the back are dust that I did not notice until I looked at the picture and I am too lazy to go do it again

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Fred Tellier
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Fretboard binding and fretwork on a 12-fret Serenade double top. Got them all made, semi-hemi ends and pressed in. They all leveled off with just the thinnest line of level, so I musta done somfin' right for a change.

Alan D.

Building a couple Parlors. 1st one is an Ind Rosewood/Sinker Cedar cutaway. The second is Black Limba (from the Sniggs) and a Lutz spruce top.

P#12 Ind RW/Sinker Cedar Cutaway (steel string)



P#13 Black Limba/Lutz Cutaway (nylon string)

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Here's a few I'm working on, currently in various stages of completion.

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Rian Gitar og Mandolin

More pore fill on the Newbie Challenge guitar and #3. Thicknessed, bent the sides and joined the back for #4 which will be an EIR/Adi slope D for a friend. Also a couple more tongue drums.

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Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from poor judgement.

While I'm waiting for a bit of dry weather and the attendant acceptable RH's to do much more on my two newbie challenge builds, I've been working on this toy.....

I know you're right about this, but then the uke gave me that look....you know the one that says "I'm so sorry and I'll never trouble you again" so I didn't do it. But you better believe I shook my finger (i not m) at it in admonishment!

Workin' on my harp guitar. Tuners are pegheds, so ream some holes...

Order of operations is important here, because the last hole is very close to the heel, so the handle of the reamer would run into it if I didn't do this before gluing the heel on. That headplate is curly osage orange, sliced from a chunk I found on the ground while hiking

Then lots of carving before and after gluing the heel... still needs final sanding.

Also working on the neck. So much more fun plow planing truss rod slots than routing them Especially when your only router is a dremel and thus takes a zillion passes while on high speed mode (i.e. loud) to remove that much wood.

Now if there was just a way to do saddle slots without a router (and without open slot ends, because that's too breakable for my taste), I'd be able to build 100% electricity free if I so desired.

Started my second build. A Tele shaped lap steel. Just did the rough cut out. Also installed the neck on a uke I am restoring.

Brace carving for me - one of the most enjoyable part of the build.

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Everything is a first for me in this. But I have to agree, brace carving in great fun.

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Doug

Don't let fear or common sense stop you from trying to build something

While I'm watching paint dry..

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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.

Spent the weekend developing a website, still needs tons of work. Check it out below.

Thanks,

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Set up on my new (to me) 1939 Recording King Carson J. Robison, Model K Jumbo, neck set on my new (to me) Carson J. Robison KG-11, and dis-assembly and X-bracing my new (to me) Carson J. Robison KG-14. All from the Spartanburg, SC guitar show. I've never owned a C.J.R., and I got 3 in one week. Go figure.

James

Hi,

I'm working on my #4, inspired by the Gibson J45, with bearclaw sitka and sassafras back and sides.
Tonight I will glue the soundboard on the rim

Rout blank with your Veritas, glue shim into slot ends, shape bridge?
(Wouldn't have to round the ends of the saddle either)

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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.