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cwood8656
PostPosted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:37 am 
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That's a great looking rosette, Neil.
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Chris Ensor
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Getting this one out to Joe for finish today. It is an indian rosewood/sitka spruce ES (a shape I started making while learning from Sergei). I am excited for this one.


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I drop filled, and rested.
Douglas, amazing!
Todd, cheap drain pipe stacked up makes nice storage for those things.
Filippo, you must be very proud!
Nice work everybody!
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rono
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Put the strings on my first. bliss

All I can think about is this scene from This Is Spinal Tap:

Nigel Tufnel: The sustain, listen to it.
Marty DiBergi: I don't hear anything.
Nigel Tufnel: Well you would though, if it were playing.

I've never done an entire set-up before. I wish I had a few years to apprentice in a repair shop...but that's just not gonna happen. I'll do my best not to rush this and give the top a week to rise before I start in on this. I'm so pleased with the sound I'm getting already. What a rush.

The state of the finish isn't so pleasing. I buffed it out but then wasn't careful with handling it- there are several fingerprints that weren't there before and don't wipe off....not sure what I'm going to do about this.

I'll share some finished pictures soon.

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Closed up the second of a pair of Weissenborn style guitars. Unfortunately I don't have photos of the back going on, but you get it...

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Well , since there is a 8 month old lil boy and a grandma involved you may better understand the following pics.

I had :cry: a stack of nice hickory that i was saving . And grandma decided that the 8 month old was needing a stallion to ride .

I bet you can guess who won that argument . [uncle] laughing6-hehe


SOOOO the grandbaby will be getting a romping new hickory stallion , and grandpa needs a new stash of hickory !

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Claro Walnut and Sitka...experimental shape and trying a new cutaway...
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HA! :D The tape on the cutaway is a note to Tony F. to look at a spot in the binding...he always makes me look far more talented than I am! The "bridge" tape is to save me a half hour of scraping later! [:Y:]

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Fred Tellier
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I finally got some pictures of the Coco wedge, I can't say enough good things about the Coco set from RC Tonewoods. The top is Lutz from Shane. I had a bad time with the Ebony binding cracking when I bent it, this is the 1st time I had problems with Ebony in 5 times using it but there was a lot of runout in the wood. I just need to do the Abablone purfling and the body will be complete.

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I can't WAIT to see that one finished. I love my coco Eat Drink
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Mike Kroening
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Here's what was on my bench this week. The cross member for a Roadside Marker of a young man killed in an auto accident. The man wants to pay me, but I just don't have it in my heart to charge him. The young man was 3 days older than my youngest daughter.

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John Mayes
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Just removed the tape on the bindings on this one. I'm getting a headstart on healdsburg!

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Arnt Rian
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I just got a new binding jig. Garry Hallam, UK machinist and guitar maker, made a batch of these arms for some of us regulars over on Luthiercommunity.

I mounted a laminate trimmer, and then screwed the assembly to a work board, and also made some adjustable brackets for levelling and holding the guitar (we just got a new oak kitchen counter top, this is the sink cut-out...). The board can be clamped and cantilevered from my bench, which gives access to the instrument all around, which seemed like a good idea. On the back is a "French cleat", for storing it on the wall and out of the way when not in use.

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wow, is that pink ivory?
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wow, is that pink ivory?


indeed!

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Stuart Gort
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Yep,

Pink Power says I....nice, John.

Here's my latest. Sapele, Peruvian Walnut, and Maple laminate necks with cocobolo fretboards. The tooling is a combination holding fixture for neck cutting ops and fret installation, and then as a fretboard gluing caul.


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verhoevenc wrote:
Zlurgh, with jigs like that your posts are starting to look like the Ken Parker lecture I went to. He had a similar looking contraption for doing the carbon fiber/veneered neck do-hicky thing on his archtops.
Chris


I have tons of aluminum. Making tooling out of it seemed better than dropping it on my foot. :)

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Alexandru Marian
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Joined and planed the bulk off the top and back of #11 (German/Madagascar) and inlaid the rosette for #12 (Swiss spruce/maple)


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Pat Foster
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Zlurgh wrote:
Yep,

Pink Power says I....nice, John.

Here's my latest. Sapele, Peruvian Walnut, and Maple laminate necks with cocobolo fretboards. The tooling is a combination holding fixture for neck cutting ops and fret installation, and then as a fretboard gluing caul.


Stuart,

You are herewith summoned to bring those to the meeting Wednesday!

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