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Love that silverburst Mike!

I just finished closing up the box on an OM. Always a fun step and sign of progress.

Recovered from near-catastrophic cracking due to worm holes on this 40-year-old side for a BRW 12-fret L-00. Worm holes usually run straight through a plate if it's quarter-sawn. These are flat-sawn, and the holes ran for 1/4" to 1/2", nearly parallel to the surfaces of the side, cross-grain and right in line with the bend, which made for weak spots at the upper bout. While filling them before bending, I didn't make the connection. I got cracks while bending, but CA, creative clamping, and some work with the hot pipe saved the side.



Pat

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formerly known around here as burbank
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http://www.patfosterguitars.com

Hey Hesh, I also cleaned and reorganized my shop after looking at the pics of your shop!
Jason

I used brown cloth ribbon from Walmart for $1.49, and drenched one side of it with gorilla super glue.





This weekend I closed the box on my second, a mahogany 00.





My wife thinks I'm ridiculous when I play around with the parts (for hours) laying them together to get an idea of how everything will look...

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"...you have to get over your strict adherence to your largely imagined notion of absolute perfection..."

I know that there are many opinions on the topic of workbenches some of them rather strong. For me, I needed something that was definitely functional and practical but also aesthetically pleasing. My version of the workbench is a variation of a traditional bench and it's....finally DONE! Back to the guitars.

now that's a great looking workbench !

I finish gluing up three tops today for the 2 guitars I am making - I used Shane's wood - and it is excellent ! I can't wait to thickness all three - I joined the packing top he sent - thanks Shane ! Hopefully I won;t have to use too much of the packing material to make soundhole reinforcements etc....

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It's this new idea from recent decades that everyone gets a participation award. - MUX

I got some French polish work done on #4. But I also had to re-fret the fingerboard above the 12th. I had a slight radius in it that was creating havoc with the middle strings which are apt to rattle a little anyway, and filing frets wasn't getting it done.

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Waddy I like your work area, cluttered like mine, I'm glad I'm not the only one who really gets into his work and not spending all the time putting things away. I keep getting more storage but I seem to get more stuff to store so it never ends.

Fred

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Fred Tellier
http://www.fetellierguitars.com
Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/FE-Tellier-Guitars/163451547003866

Now that I have my guitar projects out of the way I can turn my attention to getting paid work done.

Oh, yeah, and I am finally getting some work done on my wife's Viola da Gamba project! I have the mold made, the back and sides prepared. The sides are bent and the c and lower bout sections are in place. The neck is under way and rough carved, I have to prepare the drawing for the carving that adorns the back of the scroll. I thought that I had the top plate assembled until I decided to change from using cedar back to its historical spruce/pine, so I need to make a new top plate.

I'll take some current photos when I go back to the shop after lunch and post them later.

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Expectation is the source of all misery; comparison the thief of joy.
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I started building in a shop that was too full to do any work in. I threw out a bunch of stuff, then moved in guitar making stuff. Being a pack rat, does not help the situation. Yesterday, I spent 30 minutes digging the nut out of the trash can, where it fell. I have to put my trash can somewhere else besides under my work area, but it's so convenient! I always tear open the bag on my vacuum, to see what's in there before I toss it. I know of three things awaiting retrieval now!

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

I have been scrambling to get this little guy done. All that is left is the neck!



I am also enjoying my new wall mounted press for installing the frets. I had it loose before but the added structure of the wall and bench make it much more reliable.

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Burton
http://www.legeytinstruments.com
Brookline, MA.

As promised, looks like this...

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Expectation is the source of all misery; comparison the thief of joy.
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