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PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:47 pm 
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Made some progress this weekend on my nephew's koa 000.





Lutz and koa came from BobC.

Next weekend, close 'er up!

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Pat-
It's looking good.
It's also great to see a bench with some tools that don't look like they were made yesterday! (Still a bit too neat, but there's hope for you yet!)

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Thanks, Hesh.

John, I like those old tools. I like how some of them have picked up mojo in their working lives.

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Pat, Yes! Looking real good!

Very neat work on the braces!

Curious though, why the hole in the brace?
Could it be access to the truss rod nut?

Robert

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Yes, that's it, Robert.

Thanks!

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Very nice indeed!
You will love that Lutz....


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Very graceful parabolic braces. Beautiful to look at.


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Super job Pat!

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Sure looks good to me.  Nice clean work.  It'll look good inside for sure.

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It's shaping up nicely Pat.


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Thanks for the kind words, all. This time (#3, with #2 still in the wings), I've matched the resonant pitch of the top and back per Alan Carruth's generous posts here and elsewhere. If all goes well, the top will drop a half-step or so with the bridge on and I'll get smooth response with the back adding to the top's output. Here's hoping!

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whats parabolic bracing?


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Jeremy,

Parabolic describes (sometimes approximately) the shape of the braces, in their profile along their length and also in cross-section.

This search of the archives should give you some background.

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Looking very good Pat. Keep the pic's coming.

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