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| Author: | Rob Flindall [ Sat Dec 07, 2013 1:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Shop Happenings - Weekend 6-8Dec13 |
I haven't seen one of these threads in a while so thought I'd get the ball rolling for the weekend of 6-8th of December 2013. So what are you guys up to in the shop this weekend? Work for me is progressing on a Zebrawood OOO. Here the rim is ready for final sanding inside :  And just before posting this thread, I've test fit my back bracing before glue up : 
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| Author: | Dkeddy27 [ Sat Dec 07, 2013 1:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings - Weekend 6-8Dec13 |
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| Author: | Colin North [ Sat Dec 07, 2013 2:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings - Weekend 6-8Dec13 |
Stuck offshore working until Tuesday. No pics but I've got a Bubinga parlour build started in the shop. Bend the sides successfully (first time using my new home-made iron) after breaking two on a previous SJ build on my bending machine with a blanket, so they are in the mold waiting for me. |
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| Author: | theguitarwhisperer [ Sat Dec 07, 2013 2:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings - Weekend 6-8Dec13 |
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 0467847841 I'm working on this bass build... |
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| Author: | Robbie_McD [ Sat Dec 07, 2013 2:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings - Weekend 6-8Dec13 |
Sweet Zebrawood there Rob! Quite the little helper you have there David! I am making progress on my Ziricote build:   
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| Author: | Terence Kennedy [ Sat Dec 07, 2013 3:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings - Weekend 6-8Dec13 |
A BZ/Adi dred, double side Rosewood/Sitka OM, and. Maple/Adi archtop in various stages. 
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| Author: | Dkeddy27 [ Sat Dec 07, 2013 3:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings - Weekend 6-8Dec13 |
Colin, I'm offshore as well, can't wait to get back to my OM build! I just made a hairpin turn into the Mississippi River from the Gulf.       Sent throughout space |
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| Author: | Colin North [ Sat Dec 07, 2013 3:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings - Weekend 6-8Dec13 |
I'm on an oil rig, doing something like this -  Nice looking build by the way ! |
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| Author: | douglas ingram [ Sat Dec 07, 2013 4:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings - Weekend 6-8Dec13 |
Mostly work on the viol: http://luthiersforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10101&t=42130 But I also find myself working on some Tele style Thinlines using this figured maple as a drop top on some elm bodies. And the canoe shop work marches on, as ever... |
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| Author: | Rob Flindall [ Sat Dec 07, 2013 4:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings - Weekend 6-8Dec13 |
From hairpin turns in the Gulf, belching fire off oil rigs, bracing, side bending, rim bracing, paddle making and more! Looks like a great weekend. 
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| Author: | Dkeddy27 [ Sat Dec 07, 2013 5:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings - Weekend 6-8Dec13 |
Colin , looks like she has a little gas! I see that on my route every night, doesn't help my night vision very well! Especially when trying to find navigation beacons. Sorry to side track this post, but I really miss being in the shop! Sent throughout space |
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| Author: | Beth Mayer [ Sat Dec 07, 2013 7:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings - Weekend 6-8Dec13 |
Wow, you guys have some adventurous jobs! And I thought that doing a digital exam on an angry Rottweiler was scary! I'm building my first cutaway. Decided I really like the shape of a classical guitar, so I'm making a steel string in the shape of a Hauser 1937, with Florentine cutaway (using John Mayes' instructional DVD). It will be called the Dreamsicle because it is all maple (cream color) with all the appointments being Cocobolo (orange). It will have a Lutz top from Shane, Andy B did the FB for me and Don Williams inlaid my logo on the headstock. Kind of an "OLFer Special"  This weekend, braces go on the top. Nice looking projects one and all. |
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| Author: | Mark Mc [ Sat Dec 07, 2013 7:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings - Weekend 6-8Dec13 |
I will be watching some cricket (Australia is thrashing England on day 4 of the second Ashes Test at Adelaide - a happy scene for all Aussies). Also finishing the binding for this Bubinga L-00 |
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| Author: | Doug Balzer [ Sat Dec 07, 2013 7:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings - Weekend 6-8Dec13 |
Trying to stay warm with -27 Celsius temps. Also scraped the first attempt at bending wenge. I think I used too much water and it cupped on me. So I acquired some new material and things went much better for this, my #4, a bouzouki. |
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| Author: | dzsmith [ Sat Dec 07, 2013 8:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings - Weekend 6-8Dec13 |
Trying to work on a Pecan stump end-grain Tele. Made a router jig last weekend and planed the top and back of the body. It's just too dang cold to be in the garage (44F). |
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| Author: | Colin North [ Sat Dec 07, 2013 8:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings - Weekend 6-8Dec13 |
Hey Mark, that's some really nice Bubinga going on there. I'm just starting a Bubinga Parlour - did you have any problems with chipping out when cutting the binding ledges in the body? Just asking because I had some problems Safe T Planing the (fortunately oversize) sides. |
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| Author: | cphanna [ Sat Dec 07, 2013 8:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings - Weekend 6-8Dec13 |
A lot of you guys are doing some nice and fun stuff. Me? I'm installing base shoe molding around some freshly restored, 80-year-old red oak flooring in my 165-year-old house. I did take a few minutes to wipe another layer of Tru Oil on my tenor banjo project late today. Other than that, just moving stuff from one room to another, so the flooring guys can progress to another room. Boring work, but I'm looking forward to the eventual outcome! I think David Eddy's drill press operator looks like a cool shop buddy! Patrick |
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| Author: | Mark Mc [ Sat Dec 07, 2013 8:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings - Weekend 6-8Dec13 |
Colin Yes, this is nicely figured waterfall bubinga (got it from Bob Cefalu) and, like you predicted, I got about 5 areas of chipout when cutting the binding channels. Actually you can see one of them in the second photo. Nothing too bad though. I plan to fill them with bubinga dust and CA, they hopefully they will just look like part of nature's pretty pattern in this bit of timber. It is a pretty hard and brittle timber and seems very prone to chipping. I found it hard to plane it without tearing chunks out. Fortunately I thicknessed the plates using a drum sander, but I can imagine that a Safe-T-planer might make a few blemishes with this stuff. cheers Mark |
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| Author: | Dkeddy27 [ Sat Dec 07, 2013 8:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings - Weekend 6-8Dec13 |
Patrick, I have coolest shop buddy! He watched a Robbie O'BRIEN video on how to glue a back plate together. After he finished studying the process, he asked if he could do it! I can see it now " Eddy & Son Guitar Co."  Sent throughout space |
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| Author: | Robbie_McD [ Sat Dec 07, 2013 9:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings - Weekend 6-8Dec13 |
^^^THAT is the coolest thing ever...! |
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| Author: | cphanna [ Sat Dec 07, 2013 9:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings - Weekend 6-8Dec13 |
Robbie just said it, but I will repeat: The coolest thing ever! Patrick |
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| Author: | Colin North [ Sat Dec 07, 2013 9:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings - Weekend 6-8Dec13 |
Mark Mc wrote: Colin Yes, this is nicely figured waterfall bubinga (got it from Bob Cefalu) and, like you predicted, I got about 5 areas of chipout when cutting the binding channels. Actually you can see one of them in the second photo. Nothing too bad though. I plan to fill them with bubinga dust and CA, they hopefully they will just look like part of nature's pretty pattern in this bit of timber. It is a pretty hard and brittle timber and seems very prone to chipping. I found it hard to plane it without tearing chunks out. Fortunately I thicknessed the plates using a drum sander, but I can imagine that a Safe-T-planer might make a few blemishes with this stuff. cheers Mark Thought you might have had problems... I only planed the Bubinga to hog down the thickness before drum sanding. Fortunately I only had problems at the edges, but I anticipate problems cutting the binding ledges and will try to make a scraper like the one in Rob O'Brien video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRRc1evso7U |
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| Author: | Nick Royle [ Sat Dec 07, 2013 9:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings - Weekend 6-8Dec13 |
Lots of planning, getting ready to brace and close body of current build but I also just put together a "children's book" style album to show the young owner of it photos of the build process!  Trying to put guitar building concepts in to children's book language!!! Excerpt: "Wood for guitars has to be very thin, and making wood very thin is very hard, so I made this big machine to help me [picture of thickness sander]" Where's my OLF children's laureate position?  Another excerpt: "Now I'm joining the back. It is made from two pieces of wood that look exactly the same because they were right next to each other inside the tree [picture of shooting board setup]"  EDIT: Quote: ^^^THAT is the coolest thing ever...! Agreed!
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| Author: | SteveSmith [ Sat Dec 07, 2013 11:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings - Weekend 6-8Dec13 |
This week I've been practicing for a concert next week so haven't been in the shop at all. Last week I Pulled this '49 (I think) J45 back out to finish getting it back to playing condition. It's a bit of a mess. Clinchriver came over last week and did tracings and measurements so we'll have a set of plans for it. That got me energized to get back to work on it. Attachment: IMG_0543.JPG Back was a bit of a mess Attachment: backInside.JPG Made it this far a while ago. Attachment: IMG_0614.JPG
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| Author: | RustySP [ Sat Dec 07, 2013 11:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shop Happenings - Weekend 6-8Dec13 |
Presented this Baritone Ukulele over to my first born this past thanksgiving. Mahogany body, Sapele neck, WRC top, and nitro finish. Plans from ultimate guitar and custom case from Ameritage.  Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 |
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