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This looks interesting.

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Brad, what type of file is that - I can't see it, just get a message "A plugin is needed to display this content"

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

It should be an inline youtube video. You'll need flash I believe, in order to play it. Here is a link without the inline youtube tag if it helps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iXaR-86es4

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That's Marshall. He and his dad are amazing. I have seen his dad put together a flamenco guitar in a week, including French Polish finishing it.

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It's YouTube...

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Pretty cool approach. Seconds, not hours.

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Nifty!

Wow that is really cool. I'm kind of surprised it works that well. Anytime I use power tools around a neck joint I make it worse! He's and entertaining personality as well. My only beef with it is... Where is the ear protection?

I try to floss at least twice a day....................even at that I still wear a partial..!!!
Tom

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I like it. David Hurd had something like that set up using a band saw.

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Pat

That is one smart fixture, but I get terrified when I hear the sound of a sanding belt seam whipping across a work piece. The seamless ones are so much gentler on the machine and the work piece, and do a much better job. It begs to question why they aren't all seamless by now?

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I've seen a factory tour on youtube doing a similar operation to fit a neck butt joint, but can't remember which one.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

I think that was Larivee...

Nope, not Larrivee. Seagull/Simon&Patrick

Thanks for sharing. Very initiative approach.

I remember reading his dad, R.E. Brune, describing this process many years ago. I think the article is in either the first or second Big Red book. If I recall, he borrowed the idea from a Japanese factory he visited back in the late '70's or early '80's (don't hold me to that-it's been at least 10 years since I read that article...and the article had been written at least 10-15 years prior to that).

wrong thread

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Collings does something like this except with a router/pantograph type of machine that they built.

Wow! Thanks for sharing.

I need me one o' them!!