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I'm goin' for Larsons' Prairie State!



I'll do Coco one more time and dye it dark.

BTW, I use a 13CFM D/A running at 90 PSI and have a 60 gal tank compressor. It runs almost continuously when I wet sand.

I'm not sure if there is a big trend away from the norm. I build three models, all Vintage Gibson style, but there is obviously way more martin clones.

The guitar I showed I just sent off for finish. It's for Steven Curtis Chapman (his 2nd Mayes)

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New Balance running shoes are still made here.....They are also very good for sitting on a stool in the shop. Boy....they sure make you want to RUN to the house for a brew on a hot day.
I tried to read instructions on a newly purchased lazer level this morning....made in China...battery made in S. Korea...instructions in Spanish. Luckily, my vague Latin let me translate. Hate to say it....but, the individual Luthier, living in the US, could be the last of the "Made in the USA".

Kent

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Holy groupthink Mr Golding. And by the way my statement was "electric orbitals are not for professionals" and furthermore Festool products were designed for on site renovators. I never implied a builder using an electric orbital made he or she unprofessional, nor did I imply that using one yielded a substandard product. All said, electric orbitals have tremendous shortcomings. They are heavy and top heavy, they have a limited range of orbit size and an extremely limited range of pad durometers. They wear out quickly and their imbalance yields a quite imperfect finish. Of course their shortcomings can be overcome with more labor, but after reading post after post of how it is so difficult to make a living as a luthier why would you not understan efficient finishing. Every woodworker, even we lonely cabinet and furniture trolls know that efficient finishing is a necessity. You need only a 80 gal compressor to run 1 or even 2 dynabrades, they are available in a range of sizes and orbits, they are made in America and they last literally forever. T

P.S. The only MDF in our shop is on staging table for tools.