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    Re: Bridge posts leaning

    The action height, absolutely changes intonation. It can be pretty extreme.


    Since I am almost always working on instruments that need complete setups, my work flow goes something like...
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    Compensated bridge for a cafe-member's Vega cylinderback:
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    Re: Finger plane designs - prototypes etc.

    This is all looking really great. I'll offer my $.02, FWIW. I think the handle angle is too high. I'm thinking it might be better if it were down at about 30 degrees where you'd have more forward...
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    Re: Finger plane designs - prototypes etc.

    I thought you might be interested in this simple design to add to your ideas.

    http://i.imgur.com/gpgHDkb.jpg

    http://i.imgur.com/Thb4h5X.jpg

    I like the thicker than usual blade iron on this...
  5. Thread: carving first top

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    Re: carving first top

    The links led me into watching how other folks are carving and I must tell I'm quite surprised that simple gouge and eye has somewhat gone out of fashion. Carving back from 3/4" thick plank of maple...
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    Re: Finger plane designs - prototypes etc.

    I think one thing to watch out for is to keep the line of force that pushes the plane forward either at the blade or behind/below it… right now you have the handle pushing it in front of the blade… I...
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    Re: Finger plane designs - prototypes etc.

    I suspect your screw adjustment mechanism will wear out fairly quickly. It will probably be difficult to get good engagement given the thickness of the blade that you have to work with. Choice of...
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    Re: Finger plane designs - prototypes etc.

    I'd keep is simple as well. The wood sole is not good idea. I made a bunch of fingerplanes myself and even those with ebony soles did wear rather quickly. They are used over ridges of gouge carved...
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    Re: Finger plane designs - prototypes etc.

    It takes some time with a palm knob to build the skill to control the cut, so knobs tend to be more useful for some aspects of finger planing but as mentioned they can seem awkward unless one...
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    Re: Finger plane designs - prototypes etc.

    'nice work there alfie. There's a lot of personal preference in plane design. Perhaps you can offer some choices. Personally, I like the simple traditional style fingerplanes ala George Walters.
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    Re: Finger plane designs - prototypes etc.

    Personally, I don't like the wooden sole idea. These things make a lot of trips over the wood to do their work, and they wear. The Ibex planes I have are bronze (not brass), the the one I use the...
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    Re: Finger plane designs - prototypes etc.

    Here are my reactions, Alfie.
    Number one will be hard on the fingers. Elegant little design, though.
    Have not seen an adjustment like that, built into the blade. Over time the pressure of planing...
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    Re: Bridge Tilting Forward

    Go back and tell this guy to put a new set on at his cost. He screwed up and he should make it right. If he says no, contact the owner of the store. If the owner says no go find another store to do...
  14. Re: how even can I expect to get an amber shellac finish?

    Darker grades of shellac are almost impossible to apply evenly by hand (french polishing). You can probably get better results with thinned solution and many thin applications (20 or so ) with...
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    It definitely looks fine to my eyes & Bob Clark got it right ! - Well done,
    Ivan
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    Applying the color in a greater number of less-tinted layers will give you a more even finish, whether applied by hand or sprayed. But I agree with John, if you want to do it by hand, accept it...
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    Just to confuse you with a different perspective... I've been through the same difficulty with similar results to yours and decided I couldn't live with the blotchiness (particularly around the...
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    How even do you want it? It looks fine to me. It looks hand done. "Perfectly" even would look more like plastic.
    For a more even look, you could spray the shellac, or you could "tone" (amber dye)...
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    In one shop, refinishing an older spirit varnished instrument with Enduro-Var:
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    And in the other shop, a 3d printed skeleton scanned from a live rat. Pretty cool.
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  21. Re: Comparing vintage (tortoiseshell) and modern picks...

    Interesting, as you say little to choose -main highlight for me is how nice that instrument is I love the shape and the sound, but why the sound port on the bottom?

    Might have been different if...
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    Re: Afraid to play for others - advice?

    The fact that public speaking is no problem is a dead giveaway: in emergencies, your declarative memory takes over (good at thinking and speaking, but not for playing music). Playing is for...
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    Re: Price Haggling??

    "There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey."

    John Ruskin
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    Quite common, actually...

    The Castelbarco Strad cello has a large inclusion in the poplar (or is it willow?) back, all filled in with mastic...
    Sounds lovely, even when I tried to play it... ...
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    Re: Dipping my toe in the water

    Always be open to learning from both the "traditional" methods and those you discover on your own. Each of us involved in the art of Lutherie have used both to achieve what we have. The more you...
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