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Really nice looking there sir.
I didn't know you had a floor in your shop...
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John

kiwigeo wrote:They did have some seagull sashimi I believe.

And then some. Tough lil dudes. They were starting to drink seawater because of the lack of rain

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/2 ... 88474.html

3 teens found after being adrift for 50 days off NZ.
Happy Thanksgiving to all.
John

In the same vien as the above topic's site

http://www.the-blueprints.com/blueprint ... struments/

A simple reg is required to get the full size images
Some interesting stuff as well
John

Taffy, I think the best finish for a finger board is finger oil. I guess I consider it a blues guitar so any discoloring is fair wear & tear. Hopefully the discoloring will be on the whole neck. :lol: Lillian, TY, I like the figure of walnut also. I've seen a lot of wood on this site with as much or...

I had to take some. For the life of me my photography skills sux! Anyway. A couple more.. img~ img~ Peghead. Maple as well img~ Maple bridge img~ I had that vintage Ivory FB & bridge in my mind for a look. Maple always seems to go with walnut. Must be all those high school chessboards we made. I've ...

You are viewing a re-constructed thread by the ANZLF recovery team. For more information click here . " Originally Posted on:Sun Nov 15, 2009 I have had this going for a bit. Actually had it strung up and playing for a month or so. L1 numero 3. Top, back & sides all " California Koa" (ok, walnut) I...

Nice job Nick! Thanks for posting the final pics. Lots of subtle lil gems there.

As a side note. I used to make a living remodeling old houses in Calif. Most were stick framed with DF. 50-75 years ago good older growth was a plentiful & common building material. The stuff can dry and season and be incredibly hard and stong. Tough stuff for a softwood. It was a bastid to demo out...

Next one's I start I think I will loose the graft.
It's nicely done Nick, what's not to like?

He was one of originals. Yup, I always like to put on some little Feat.
Some pretty amazing stuff came from that band back then...

Allen wrote:
Top thickness around the perimeter ended up at .035 inch or a touch less. The rest of the top is .080 inch. .

Wow, that is thin .

Cool thread Allen. It will be fun following along. Those soundholes look great BTW. Same as the last one it looks like. Has a better look to me than a single port up there. I'm curious what your top thickness was after you routed? I listened to the Smallman interview a while back, so I kinda underst...

Check out the OM drawing here:
http://www.grellier.fr/plans.php?lang=en
Definately not parallel...
J

I remember back in my construction days that drilling any hole in glu-lams (laminated engineered beams) was a big deal. The engineers would come running with load calcs and such showing how much a simple 1 inch hole for a conduit degraded the beam's integrity. My simple understanding of wood is that...

At the risk of asking the obvious; Why not just patch the hole? Clean up the hole, Overlap a patch on the inside, and flush matching wood out. Not uber elegant but considering the hole....
J

How shall I put this....

S H I T H E A D S !!!!!


They're talking 'maybe' August having the relief well drilled and then they're not even sure it will hit right.

Good to hear a perspective from someone who has spent considerable time on these things. (thx Martin) For the sake of the families and loved ones of the missing 11; I hope they find them pissing hammered in a raft singing motown. Between the 29 miners and now this, I keep telling people freakin' use...

This just keeps getting even better and better. Thanks for taking the time to post your progress. Great solutions. And the color of that old spruce is pretty amazing.
We're all behind ya!

If they had only bent those nails over properly instead of just driving them in straight, that joint would never have failed. :lol: :lol: :lol: Flat head slotted screws would have showed a future thinking of repairs... This is a pretty cool thread Matthew. Thanks for taking the time to post so many...

I never would have thought it fought you so much looking at it. FWIW I think you pulled it out for sure. We should all be so fortunate. Sorry aboot the ash comment. Stems back from when the wife and I were on the porch having a glass and watching the sun fall. Betty, neighbor; just a nice woman, cam...

Yup, pretty damn spectacular. Didn't catch the binding and knot on the FB first time around. 5 piece top? How's that?
J

Hello Jeremy;
I know the moving thing all too well. You look like you found something pretty cool amid the boxes!
Really like the look. That gidgee sure looks nice, any other pics of the FB?
J
ps
Sorry, I can't help myself... nice ash.

Hey Craig;
Not sure if it will help but take a look for dental bits. They are pretty cheap and come in mm sizes. Their limits seem to be in depth of cut (6-8mm). I can round up a link if you'd like.
J

Hey Bob; Your wood looks a lot like the coastal redwood here in CA. tight grain, light, but weaker than spruce. I've only built 3 guitars out of redwood, my 2nd, 3rd, and one of the L1's I posted here a while back. If your King Billy is like I think it is, I think you're spot on. Thicker top with lo...