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The member formerly known as erikbojerik....

Yo, Padma,
Nice little tutorial on plane making, and it ought to de-mystify the process for some of the lurkers who have never done it. I do agree with Howard about careful grinding. Probably no annealing, hardening or tempering needed if approached with patience. Okay, Dude....finish that beer and get back to archtop building. You've got some fans out here waiting to see what's next!

Patrick

Ok dudes ...here are the pics of carving the top plate.













constantly checking the smoothness.













The waist is not carved in bilateral symmetry nor is the lower bout...but you will not be able to see the difference till the end of the carving.


















Break time.

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back to defining the tops arch.



































doin the eyeball thing to the profile...me do dis a lot, constantly eyeballing and feeling the
curves...the thing here is me don't really use no pre cut curved templates although me do has a set for a 17 Benedetto. No me prefer to rely on the feeling in me hands...as in when me caress her do she feel smooth like me beloved. Are the curves visual smooth? if so me happy.
You als get a double wammy in dis pic...on the back wall are two of me paintings, on the left is Vajrapanie and the other is Green Tara.




















well after a while me stop messing with the planes and start with the scrapers










flipped her over, drilled holes and started hoggin her out. Sorry lost the pics of drilling out the back.













Well eventually the top and back end up being carved, scraped and sanded and here they are. Notice the shape in that the lower bouts have a slight Fender Jazz quality to them...told ya she weren't gonna be no Benedetto.


Here they are before the finally scrapping.






So now me handing this one up for 2 weeks while me do a quickie Classical in me Traveler Guitar style...for me lady friends birthday. Pics when its finished. Ya.


hopes you likes all the pics.


blessings
Padma

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Great work as always. Thanks for taking the time to show us how to make a few mini planes with a file.

Wow, Padma....carving uphill! You da man! But you made it all work out when you started planing and scraping that recurve. Okay, man, don't go away for too long. We're all waiting to see the next progress.
Patrick

CNC carving--Chisel 'N' Cerveza.

Cool guitar and always fun to see what the Padma has in store, and despite the cool stuff going on in his shop, he always keeps it light. Me like.

Well Padma , Ive heard people say your fulla it , and when I comes to talent I have to agree !

Beautifull work !





" Taking red pill now "

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Um wud...
in your case it wood probably be a waist of time.


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Then I better take TWO !!

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
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Quite impressive, especially resawing by hand. And you have a band saw too?

That in those pictures is one happy Loofier! Thanks, Padma!

Beth

Boy, am I ever glad I took the coward's way out and used laminated top/bottom plates!

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Rich Smith
Issaquah, WA

The right way is more fun though......

Im enjoying this one Padma..thanks
Any chance we could get the recipe for this Black beer that keeps you away from your tools?
Not sure which board that belongs in........
Cheers!

Padma.... back in the 80's it was common to compliment someone with something along these lines... "Your (male appendage) is a monster!". And I offer it with utmost respect. YOU ARE THE MAN!

Also, you do my old heart good by recycling old files into tools. I still have a leftover box of broken ones to make tools from - nothing beats good steel for an edge! I even made custom knife blades from them for awhile. Well done, bro!

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I nominate The Padma for president!
Oops, sorry, no politics allowed.

Das right...no politicen for Padma.

No more meetings, AGM's, or directorships ... nope, none dat der stuff ever again, no how, no way!

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So dudes,

me sobered up from me black beer binge and the week long wedding bash. Finished building the doggie's fence to stop him from wandering around the mtn. Bottled 20 liters of me Xmas beer and put up another 20 of pumpkin beer for Thanks Giving.

Did a week of juiced carrots, beets and apples to straighten out and get back into an Ayahuasca vibe, (remember this build is for a curendero) and now with that all done me back into the shop.



First me coped the F'en holes






Scribed, cut and sanded the braces to fit the top...








Glued on the back and the top parallels



Now me` go clean up the basement shop.

Tomorrow me shave the braces and close the box.


Blessings
Padma

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What made you decide to go with parallel rather than X braces?

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Nice, Padma.

Well the truth be know

Me hate to cut them friggen x brace notches....simple eh.



@ alan stassforth thank you... me have looked at the wood you sent me twice this week... hmmm.... me thinks ... hmmm....


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There's a way round that ya know.....

Ummm ya right Ian but um....NO!

Building is complicated enough... why make it more so?


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Ok Ok,

Is like dis...

and here me quote master Benedetto

"a thinly carved top with parallel braces will produce a louder voice with greater projection than a thicker top with 'X' bracing, which will typically produce a softer mellower sound."

A thinly carved and parallel braced instrument is stronger and louder .....

So to get the " softer more mellower sound " without the weaker "X" brace ...we gotta go to

the
TONE GENERATOR

Besides... it adds a few extra partial harmonics...how about that!

Stay tuned for

the TONE GENERATOR

coming up next on "Me build a 17" Jazz Arch Top thread."

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