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Waiting for good bracing weather. Looks like it will be a few more days.

In the meantime, I plan to get the backstrip glued in, and devise a redneck contraption to produce a stream of water for wet-cutting shell, so I can safely do it indoors, or at least without that hideously uncomfortable respirator mask.

Dennis, just step into the shower. Solve two problems at once.


Hey, you said redneck...

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Hey guys,
Thanks for all the kind words for the bench.
I am not too worried about water, as the top is soaked in wood oil (around 10 coats) and water now rolls off.

Nothing in the shop today but my stainless steel slats did arrive from John Hall and I did get them unpacked and put away. It was great weather here in the Seattle area and I spent the day with my wife outside checking out a place about 20 miles from my home.
Chuck

I've gotten pretty good at it and if I recall, I can do it in about 2 to 3 hours now a days. Of course, I've re-strung about 10 times now on various instruments. It is a huge pain in the arse though, let me tell you.

I actually just ordered some diadario EXPs for the main row (I use PB guitar strings) to try and get some extended life from them. Problem is it cost $90!!!

p.s. you can see the 25o radius gauge you sent me in the background there.

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Brilliant, if I only had a shower. But perhaps the bathtub faucet and drain could be used, rather than my previous idea of siphoning from a pan of water up high, with the cutting table sitting in a cake or turkey pan. But the cake pan with a fountain pump would be even better. I bet there's one around here somewhere...

In other news, the backstrip is in. Pretty successful mission, just a tiny gap around it. It has some nice figure near the top.

Cleaning shop today and a photographer coming over tomorrow. Building 5 oak guitars, 3 parlors, a GC 6 and GC 12, sanding and buffing 2 mandolins and building 3 more...

Hi Haans,

I look forward to seeing pictures of your progress - I love your guitars.

Glenn

It's important to note that Hans is "retired"

I finished my sled for cutting the head stock angle on a 1 piece neck and cut the angle on two necks. Next I'll remove the wedge and use it to hold the neck while I thickness sand the back of the head. I plan on adding another jig to the left side of the sled for a lower angle slotted head when I get around to making a slotted head.
I might also change the base of the sled to aluminum since this is just a prototype. If I make the base alu. it would be stronger and I could tap it and I probably could use it for other jigs in the future.

Got the walnut tricone being lacquered and this new one coming together

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Dennis, use an IV bag or an old (lol, maybe new is better) enema bag. You can hang it up, drill a hole the size of the hose through a block of wood clamped in place , run the hose through the block to aim the direction of the water flow and use the flow control on the hose to control water out put.

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Tim

Chris. over on the right end of the bench, is that a vise? If so, what is it for?

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Tim

You guys build benches and jigs that look better than my guitars.

Bob

I hope to someday build guitars that look as good as the bench.

I drilled headstock holes in neck #1 - looks like it was done by a third grader. It is a slotted headstock - I will probably fill in the tear-out on my holes and then cover them with a veneer that matches my headplate.

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Silicosis
A chronic lung disease due to continued inhalation of Silica dust.
That's what you can develope from shell dust. The fine dust will get it your lungs and stay there and scare the lung tissue. The more you inhale the more scared lung tissue you will get. A respirator that will filter microns like for aspestos is needed. Or a vacuum and the vacuum should have a HEPA filter as to not just blow the dust all over the shop or house or better yet be vented out side.
Go over to MIMF and check out the library about shell dust. It's bad news for your lungs.
Sorry to disagree with you Todd but a nusiance mask isn't good enough protection. Same thing for concrete dust from grinding and sand blasting. Larry Robinson also has his dust collector out side.
It might not get you now but you might be walking around with those little green 5ths of O2 in your old age. It's a gamble, do you feel Luck Today?

Todd ,
How's the sloped shoulder sound? Are you happy with it? Is it a 24.75 scale?

For the first time I have a "batch" of 7 instruments cooking-


all hog soprano uke
birds eye maple/spruce Mandolaetto (guitar shaped mandola)
Cuban hog/adi 12 fret O
indian/adi triple O
Stella repro 12 string (pin bridge) Honduran hog/adi
Jumbo 12 (J-200 mold) string-Killer Macassar ebony/bear claw Sitka
16" archtop-quilted maple/sitka.

All the bodies are done except binding-necks all started.

I am waiting for some purfling to come in so I can finish off the bodies to my L-00 and Jumbo PS. In the meantime, I worked on the necks and fingerboards.

Hers's the Jumbo PS (my version of Larson Prairie State) waiting for the Mad RW bindings, Mad RW herringbone End wedge, and neck w/ Mad RW headplate and fingerboard (I used gold pearl dots for the fingerboard inlay):

Close-up of the headstock and fingerboard, and L-00:

And 3 bodies I am working on: L-00, Jumbo PS and OM in the background:

Thanks!

Glenn

WOOOO HOOOOOO

Just closed the box on #1 today. Finally feel like I am getting some where.
Martin style dread.
Sitca spruce top.
Mahogany sides and back.

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