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    Re: Is this good for braces?

    Here is an example of a top billet, ostensibly quartersawn but with bad runout. The black line is to highlight the nearly invisible lines that follow the true direction. 212522
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    Re: Is this good for braces?

    When we talk about runout it is the split perpendicular to the grain lines. On a planed edge of quartersawn spruce (like in preparing the top center joint or a bar) I can usually see it but it is...
  3. Thread: Art deco F5

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    Re: Art deco F5

    Black tops have been tricky for me with the methods I use and so I’m trying something new and doing this one before the rest of the body is totally done and before the fingerboard or extension are...
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    Re: Sourcing Archtop Spruce Billets

    I bought a good number of nice Engelmann cello tops from Steve Weill in Idaho some years ago. I have his phone number if you are interested.
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    Re: Art deco F5

    Some more progress. I want to clean everything up before gluing in the neck and making the fretboard extender. A black top is even trickier than a blond one in that it magnifies every single...
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    Re: Art deco F5

    Thank you! I’m looking forward to it too
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    Re: Art deco F5

    Lately I’ve been making the smaller more decorative pieces including the headstock overlay, the fingerboard and the pickguard. The fingerboard inlays are actually green but they appear beige because...
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    Re: Art deco F5

    Skipping far along ahead I have the top on and fit the bars. The binding is wavy grained ivoroid which will look great with the art deco theme
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    Re: Art deco F5

    After choosing the wood I got the ribs and plates made. The first top had a big knot run all the way across directly under the bridge. I’ll save this one for a personal instrument.
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    Art deco F5

    I have been working on this custom F5 for the last month and it’s starting to really come together. Working with my customer we decided on this mint green plastic that used to come on old Fender...
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    Re: Cutting binding ledge in scroll without CNC

    Here is a better photo of my form and template. You can see the tiny holes for marking the location of the index pins in the button of the scroll and the lower point. 211404211405
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    Cutting binding ledge in scroll without CNC

    This is my method for cutting the scroll binding ledge, and, by extension, the mold and templates I use. I don't have a cnc and only recently started getting into more fun with routers. I'm a violin...
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    Re: Wooden tailpiece cover

    I make them like that. You need a metal base to it because wood would wear out sliding on and off. I cut off the wiggly top part of the metal cover and build a wooden shell around it. It is tricky...
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    I finished up the woodwork today and got to staining. It’s now in the uv box while the sealer coat dries210608210609
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    Nice pinholes in the varnish! I’ve finished up the binding on this F5. I will glue on the fingerboard tomorrow. 210491210492210493
  16. Thread: Cherry F5

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    Re: Cherry F5

    The cherry mando is done. It’s a screamer with a very nicely developed bass end. I’m happy with how warm looking it turned out.

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    Re: Cherry F5

    Very cool!
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    Re: Cherry F5

    Thank you! I put the first real coat of varnish on today and the cherry really lit up. I like the way plainer wood highlights the contours. My old boss Will Whedbee has made many many (perhaps 100)...
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    Re: Cherry F5

    Here it is with a sealer/ground coat of varnish, a mix of plaster and oil varnish rubbed in then rubbed off. 208986
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    Cherry F5

    I’m building this mandolin for a customer who wanted it to match a custom cherry guitar he already owns. He shipped me the leftover bits of cherry and there was just about enough for a mandolin. It...
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    Re: Saw this today - What are your thoughts?

    I don’t know if a virzi can "produce" tone but there is something certainly to be said about damping. An unvarnished instrument will often sound kind of brilliant or uncontrollable in a nasty way,...
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    Re: Adjustable bridge ideas

    I have to respectfully disagree. The traditional brass thumbwheel design is under engineered. To apply the both then downward pressure and the tilting of the saddle with repeated tuning (round...
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    Re: Adjustable bridge ideas

    Like this, I guess

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    Adjustable bridge ideas

    I like the concept of the traditional adjustable bridge, and I’m not one who is concerned with super lightweight anything—I think controlled damping is an important part of fine tone. The thumb...
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

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    Not on my bench for the photo because I hung it up outside. Busy varnishing.
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