Made some progress on #4, an EIR/Red Spruce Slope D for a friend.
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| Author: | Casey Cochran [ Sun May 05, 2013 4:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings: Cinco de Mayo Weekend |
Glad you're okay, Chris. And thanks for the info. I think most of us have learned a tablesaw lesson the hard way. I learned to not use a mitre gauge and the fence simultaneously also-- took a 2"x2" block to the center of my chest and it hurt. The really dumb thing about that decision was the fact that there was a radial arm saw 3 feet away. Choose the right tool for the job! |
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| Author: | Doug Balzer [ Sun May 05, 2013 4:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings: Cinco de Mayo Weekend |
After battling a chest infection this past month I finally installed my 1 micron air filter that I've had all along but was not using. The dust from guitar building is so much more potent than what I have been accustomed to. I also rearranged my shop to function more as a luthiers shop as opposed to furniture building. Picked up a Lee Valley spokeshave for the imminent carving of the neck. |
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| Author: | Casey Cochran [ Sun May 05, 2013 4:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings: Cinco de Mayo Weekend |
| Made some progress on #4, an EIR/Red Spruce Slope D for a friend.
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| Author: | nickinbruns [ Sun May 05, 2013 5:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings: Cinco de Mayo Weekend |
finally got tired of high RH in the area. Not one day under 60% for 6 months. Started building a small Dry Room. 1.2m x 2m It has two work benches, and will have some shelves and I'll use the larger bench as a go-bar deck. Just need to finish the door this week, and I'll fire up the dehumidifier and see what happens.... |
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| Author: | Dan Miller [ Sun May 05, 2013 6:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings: Cinco de Mayo Weekend |
I haven't been working on my guitar projects 'cause of this:  This is the last of five bents for my soon to be workshop for building canoes and guitars. This is not the first timber framed building I've built, but it is the first scribed and first with curved timbers, and it is beating me up pretty good! Apart from the timbers coming from a sawmill and the concrete work, I've done it all by myself, and all of the surfacing and joinery is all hand tool work. Dan |
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| Author: | Clinchriver [ Sun May 05, 2013 6:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings: Cinco de Mayo Weekend |
Routing for and gluing purfling on the Nick Lucas |
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| Author: | Kent Wilkinson [ Sun May 05, 2013 8:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings: Cinco de Mayo Weekend |
Tore apart a grand piano. Not allot of good wood for building in this one but the sound board is nice. |
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| Author: | My Dog Bob [ Sun May 05, 2013 9:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings: Cinco de Mayo Weekend |
BRW / Euro Maccafferi Classical - in process... |
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| Author: | Pat Foster [ Sun May 05, 2013 11:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings: Cinco de Mayo Weekend |
Dan Miller wrote: I haven't been working on my guitar projects 'cause of this: This is the last of five bents for my soon to be workshop for building canoes and guitars. This is not the first timber framed building I've built, but it is the first scribed and first with curved timbers, and it is beating me up pretty good! Apart from the timbers coming from a sawmill and the concrete work, I've done it all by myself, and all of the surfacing and joinery is all hand tool work. Dan That's just plain awesome! Just recovered from the Portland Handmade Instrument Exhibit last weekend, where I showed these two, and getting back on track with an EIR/Lutz L-00 in progress for a dealer in England. Attachment: DSC_0066.jpg Pat |
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| Author: | Jim Watts [ Sun May 05, 2013 11:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings: Cinco de Mayo Weekend |
Just working on french polishing a Malaysian Blackwood classical. Attachment: french polishing malaysian blackwood classical.jpg
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| Author: | klooker [ Mon May 06, 2013 7:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings: Cinco de Mayo Weekend |
Last weekend finished fingerboard radius jig, this week finished fret slotting setup, sorry about crappy phone pics. Attachment: DeWaltFretSlotting.jpg Also getting close to closing the box on my L-00 13-fret Nick Lucas/Santa Cruz thing in Black Walnut & Lutz Attachment: 13-Fret.jpg Kevin Looker |
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| Author: | Colin North [ Mon May 06, 2013 7:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings: Cinco de Mayo Weekend |
"Tuning" body resonances. My head hurts. 
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| Author: | Marcus [ Mon May 06, 2013 10:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings: Cinco de Mayo Weekend |
Got some work done on my day off.   Then I went to Eastern Washington to hang with the boys. 
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| Author: | ZekeM [ Mon May 06, 2013 10:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings: Cinco de Mayo Weekend |
Nice Marcus! What did you use for purfling? I like it. |
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| Author: | Marcus [ Mon May 06, 2013 10:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings: Cinco de Mayo Weekend |
ZekeM wrote: Nice Marcus! What did you use for purfling? I like it. Zebrawood. |
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| Author: | ZekeM [ Mon May 06, 2013 11:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings: Cinco de Mayo Weekend |
Sweet I really want to try radial purfling one day |
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| Author: | Evilfrog [ Mon May 06, 2013 11:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings: Cinco de Mayo Weekend |
I think this is my first post in one of these. I did some pore filling on #1. Built a few jigs, and installed the rosette on guitar#2 |
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| Author: | Jim Watts [ Mon May 06, 2013 1:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings: Cinco de Mayo Weekend |
Filippo Morelli wrote: Beautiful, Jim! When do we get to see the rest of the instrument? Filippo Thanks! I hope to have strings on it in a couple of weeks. I'll post some photos when done. |
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| Author: | Rob Flindall [ Mon May 06, 2013 2:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings: Cinco de Mayo Weekend |
My Bubinga is finally finished and I'm having professional photos taken of it today! Woot! Pics to follow in another thread 
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| Author: | James Ringelspaugh [ Mon May 06, 2013 3:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings: Cinco de Mayo Weekend |
Braced and voiced #56, a little 12.5" wide bubinga/mahogany guitar for a kid. |
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| Author: | Stuart Gort [ Mon May 06, 2013 4:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings: Cinco de Mayo Weekend |
Finally with the topcoats on this new model. The fretboard is polished Purple Heart so I added a thin layer of Purple Heart between the body and headstock facings to carry the color throughout. The body and neck are bamboo. |
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| Author: | ZekeM [ Mon May 06, 2013 4:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings: Cinco de Mayo Weekend |
Coooooool! How do you like working with bamboo? |
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| Author: | Stuart Gort [ Tue May 07, 2013 8:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings: Cinco de Mayo Weekend |
ZekeM wrote: Coooooool! How do you like working with bamboo? It's interesting stuff. I was initially dubious of it but it's, stable, stiff, and light...kind of pretty too. It's a bit stringy but it machines and sands easily. I don't think it has any acoustic applications but rapping a neck prior to gluing on the fretboard surprisingly produces a clear tone. |
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| Author: | Stuart Gort [ Tue May 07, 2013 11:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings: Cinco de Mayo Weekend |
verhoevenc wrote: Where does one get bamboo billets? Or did you chop and billet-glue yourself? Chris Hate to say it but I just stumbled across this and I doubt it would be all that easy to get...except through Windsor Plywood in Spokane. The stuff comes in 4/4 (really just .75" thick) planks roughly 6" wide. It's made by taking chutes roughly .2" x .75" and splicing them end to end. Then the spliced strips are put through a shaper of some sort so they have a tight rectangular tolerance. Then all those are glued side by side under intense pressure to make a plank. I say intense because even under magnification I can't see the glue line. I can see where the pieces come together....I just can't see the glue...pretty cool really. I take the planks and edge glue three of them together to get a body plate. Since the material is just glued strips anyway there's no chance of finding my glue lines and the thing looks like one continuous plate. I guess the sound of it is going to be what it is...but after working the stuff I'm optimistic that it won't be half bad. It has a weight, stiffness, and tone not unlike Peruvian Walnut. The tap tone on the neck was a tad clearer than a Maple and Sapele neck I made at the same time and not quite as clear as a Peruvian. Not that I really know what I'm doing tapping necks but perhaps the habit of tapping my necks will one day unravel some arcane knowledge. My assumption now is that the clearer the tone...the better off you are. Btw....that's a nice walnut board...wish I had a place close by to get stuff like that. I have to drive 300 miles to lay eyes on something like that. |
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| Author: | Burton LeGeyt [ Tue May 07, 2013 1:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings: Cinco de Mayo Weekend |
Finally got it together to make my own custom CF inserts that I have wanted for a long time. Should be an improvement in all ways over what I have been using. Many thanks to Jim Watts for some advice-      Also found another little bench mill that I never would have hoped to own. Been modifying some parts to use on it (and have a replacement table), can't wait!!! 
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