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Ditto (...maybe it's a Canadian thing! )
(I did a tutorial long time ago on reverse style if anyone's interested)

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Dave
Milton, ON

My kerfed linings have all been purchased, but I'm tending now towards laminated linings, or using the individual little blocks when needed for classical builds.

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Jim Kirby
kirby@udel.edu

I make mine too. Three blades ganged together with spacers (.290" alum discs) and a sled like the one used to cut fret slots. I tape ten to twelve pieces together & go at it. In an easy few hours, I can make enough for ten or fifteen guitars.
If I was building one or two guitars a year, I buy 'em.
Nice thing about building your own is you can get them as flexible or as stiff as you want. And you can use better material than some suppliers use. (less breakage)
I'm thinking about solid linings too, these days. Next guitar, I'm gonna give 'em a try.

Us Canadians are a frugal bunch, it is said in Florida that Canadian tourists are like Catamaran sail boats, never tip.

So far I have used uncle Bob from RC kerf lining so I am the different Canadian, but some may think those of us in South western Ontario are not real Canadians anyhow.

Fred

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Fred Tellier
http://www.fetellierguitars.com
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So who is doing the tutorial on solid and laminated linings? <smile>

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Formerly known as Adaboy.......

ColinS had some pitures of his setup.

Steve

I sometimes use solid, sometimes kerfed linings. I took some pictures when I made a bunch of kerfed, triangular ones yesterday. This is probably the most efficient method you can think of, but I get reasonably good results, and its no too tedious. I have made them from mahogany, birch, poplar, spruce, ash, whatever I happen to have, and they all seem to work fine. Here I’m slicing up some poplar.









The thin slats are then thicknessed on the drum sander








Here’s my kerfing jig. Its a table saw sled, with a nail that indexes in the kerfs. One of these days I’ll stack 3 or more saw blades with spacers between them on the arbour, that should speed this operation up considerably. BTW, I’m using a Freud Diablo thin kerf saw blade.








Sometimes I slice them into individual linings and tape these into a wide “boards” up before I cut the kerfs in them. Here I’m cutting the kerfs first...











...and doing the slicing after








The next step is cutting the triangular shape. I attach each strip with double stick tape to an angled jig that rides against the table saw fence, and cut away the waste.








Finally, with the lining still attached to the jig, I quickly sand it on the edge sander.








And since I’m in the mood, why not make a few?








So, that took a while, but at least now I should have enough linings for the current batch of 11 guitars. Whew!

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Rian Gitar og Mandolin

I think Daniel Minard has brought up the most important point of why folks would want to make their own linings,......CONTROL...of the wood ,size.shape,flex etc. Using either Arnt's or Todd's super method will give excellant linings with minimal work. Nice job folks.
Tom

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