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What's happening in your shop this week? January 28
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Author:  douglas ingram [ Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:20 am ]
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OK, my turn to start one of these. It seems that the last one is off of the board.

Finished the 5th coat of varnish on a new canoe.

Sent out the "Y" stern.

Installed the tuning machines on my L-00 and did all of the set up. Details take forever!

Rough carved out the peg box on the peg head on the viola da gamba.

Thought that I had finished the paint on the new canoe. A yellow canoe is like a blast of sunshine in the shop on a cold January morning!
Author:  Colin North [ Sat Jan 28, 2012 2:58 am ]
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Love the yellow canoe!

At last closed the box on a double X-brace Black Walnut/Englemann SJ build and bandsawed out the laminated neck blank I started building almost a year ago (before work intervened)
Author:  Scott A [ Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:02 am ]
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Making progress on #2. It's my attempt at a sustainable wood build.
Reclaimed Black Walnut, WRC top, PO Cedar neck with Sycamore appointments.
Author:  Arnt Rian [ Sat Jan 28, 2012 2:26 pm ]
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Just sent this Euro / madrose steel string guitar out to its new owner

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Author:  CharlieT [ Sat Jan 28, 2012 2:47 pm ]
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Arnt Rian wrote:
Just sent this Euro / madrose steel string guitar out to its new owner[/img]


Arnt - I am always impressed with your work when you post it. It's consistently simple, elegant and classy. Very appealing to my eye. Thanks for sharing.
Author:  mqbernardo [ Sat Jan 28, 2012 3:16 pm ]
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top notch stuff!

as for me , the weekend will be filled with some very unglamorous binding work.
Author:  alan stassforth [ Sat Jan 28, 2012 3:23 pm ]
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Nice!
Working on a "Phin" commission,
and a tenor Weiss style for the build challenge.
Both unchartered waters for me!
Author:  woody b [ Sat Jan 28, 2012 4:33 pm ]
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Joined the top and back, bent the sides and made the fingerboard for an Adi/Wenge "W" body comission. Client is undecided on binding. Would Walnut be too dark, (or too anything) with Wenge? Top is going to be a fairly dark burst, with old Martin style herringbone purfling.
Author:  Peter J [ Sat Jan 28, 2012 5:58 pm ]
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Finished bracing a new classical commission and ran the second series of Chladni tests.
Author:  Robbie_McD [ Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:23 pm ]
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Nice work gents - Another beauty from Arnt - that is some sweet looking bracing from Peter.
I am spraying a burst on my current project, a DC electric:
Author:  Stuart Gort [ Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:41 pm ]
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I did a photo session of guitars #4 and #5.

See the whole thing here if you like.

viewtopic.php?f=10123&t=35169
Author:  gerry [ Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:31 am ]
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I decided to make my own hand painted 'mottled' photography backdrop, as I already have painting drop cloths, and grey and white paint.
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The first attempt (in photo) was a bit too light so I added in a little black water based stain.
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Why not just buy one? I really don't know.
Gerry
Author:  Mike Lindstrom [ Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:12 am ]
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Splined a crack in this top. Won't be invisible, but will blend in pretty well.
Author:  Bagotti [ Sun Jan 29, 2012 12:36 pm ]
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Making good progress on a Honduran/Cedar build.
Author:  George L [ Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:33 pm ]
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Nice work all around. Love everything about that guitar, Arnt!

I've been pretty busy with job-related tasks, but I did find time last night to joint and glue the back plates for my OLF challenge mandolin. Hope to start gluing braces in place today.
Author:  Colin North [ Sun Jan 29, 2012 2:24 pm ]
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Realised after I posted I didn't show the body on my post after it was closed.
SJ body in the background..

Now I'm resizing binding and purfling stock for it using my shop made "Luthier's Friend" for the first time. (I just bought the Robo-Sander) .
Author:  Mike Dotson [ Sun Jan 29, 2012 3:23 pm ]
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Money in and money out weekend. Boxed up a lap steel (money in :mrgreen: ) and started building my new router table that will house a new PC 892 and a Rockler router lift (money out wow7-eyes )

Nice stuff everyone but Douglas and Arnt are going on my permanent 'Hate Them' list. Wow!
Author:  B. Howard [ Sun Jan 29, 2012 3:33 pm ]
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As always, astounding work guys. As for me, I've been the demented jeweler. Spent most of the weekend cutting pearl and abalone for the 3 I am currently building. the first set of inlays are Paua heart, the ebony will fill the diamonds in the center. at first I was going to do pearl diamonds in the center, but I think I like the ebony peeking through better. The next set is a smaller version of my bow-tie markers done in white & gold MOP. At lunch I brought a sharpie and a piece of pearl up and had my wife Apryl sign it. I set this into a scrap of ebony just as a demonstration piece and as a cool little prize for my wife.
Author:  JoeUlman [ Sun Jan 29, 2012 3:39 pm ]
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pore filled EIR back and sides
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after 1 session of FP
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nice work everyone!

Joe
Author:  Steve Kinnaird [ Sun Jan 29, 2012 4:23 pm ]
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Agreed, very inspiring work gents. This is one of my favorite kinds of threads.
Special kudos to Douglas for the viola da gamba head...wow!

Steve
Author:  RogerC108 [ Sun Jan 29, 2012 5:51 pm ]
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I got my next telecaster body started-- cut out to shape and chambers drilled out. This is alder and will have a walnut cap

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I also finally got the finishing touch for my mili-tele. Someone from the AGF sent me a couple of .50 cal brass so I could finally make my knobs. As I said on the thread in the electric forum, they're not perfect, but nothing on this guitar is :P . I ended up using a JB Weld stick to fill up the brass. It seemed to work ok, but I think there's gotta be something better out there.

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Author:  Darryl Young [ Sun Jan 29, 2012 6:49 pm ]
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Bent the Cuban Mhogany sides for the 00 I'm building. This is the first set of sides I've bent (though I bent a couple of practice sides beforehand; 1 sycamore and 1 mahogany). Didn't turn out too bad. Here is a shot but I haven't yet sanded the water stains.

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Author:  Kitchen Guitars [ Sun Jan 29, 2012 6:58 pm ]
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Tonight I am putting on tuners, making a saddle and nut, fretting, putting on a Trapeze and maybe tuning up my first Tenor :) Gotta get off the computer first.
Author:  Kitchen Guitars [ Sun Jan 29, 2012 7:04 pm ]
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RogerC108 wrote:
I got my next telecaster body started-- cut out to shape and chambers drilled out. This is alder and will have a walnut cap

Image

I also finally got the finishing touch for my mili-tele. Someone from the AGF sent me a couple of .50 cal brass so I could finally make my knobs. As I said on the thread in the electric forum, they're not perfect, but nothing on this guitar is :P . I ended up using a JB Weld stick to fill up the brass. It seemed to work ok, but I think there's gotta be something better out there.

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My parents bought a house when I was 14. The fellow before was quite a workshop guy. 2 years after we bought the house it hit us that the drawers on the bench were marked Global "Explo" "sives" between two drawers. So cool. You need something like a C4 switch for a guitar effect ;)
Author:  WudWerkr [ Sun Jan 29, 2012 7:19 pm ]
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I love these threads also , but at the same time I look at what you guys do and wonder If my work will ever look so good . idunno Amazing work guys . I am in awe of the quality of craftsmanship on this forum ! [:Y:] [clap]
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