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Post by Craig » Sun Nov 11, 2007 8:56 pm

Wow ! , just browsing through this thread , and I'm blown out by all the talent on this forum. That's a beautiful instrument Sam. I too would love to see that inlaying on spruce Tutorial.


Your probably tired of seeing my new 12 string , so here are some of my six string



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My very first inlay project

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Cheers all , Craig Lawrence


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Post by Dave Anderson » Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:54 am

Wow ! Such a great bunch of stringed instruments !
Well, Here's a couple I've done in the last year or so....

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Post by Sam Price » Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:20 am

Absolutely breathtaking guitars- world class if I may say so...

Thank you for the kind comments! This guitar building has taken my lifelong craft skills to a new level. A challenging one!!

I would love to post a proper tutorial sometime- but for now, if you can understand from an attempt to explain things clearly:

1) Tranfer your design onto the wood using dressmakers carbon- the finer the "scribing too", like a sharp, hard pencil, the finer the line and the better the accuracy.

2) Use a VERY sharp scalpel to score deepish lines into the spruce- it really IS the secret of neat work- because a Dremel bit, however fine, will produce those furry edges.

3) Use a Dremel with a very fine router bit (2mm!!!) to rout out those channels freehand- please make sure you aren't consuming a nice cup staming caffiene at the same time!!!

4) Headplate material is perfect for the inlay material, if you choose to use hardwood. To inlay those routed channels, you cover that channel with masking tape, and trace the outline of the channel in pencil

5) remove the masking tape, transfer it to the inlay wood, make sure it is firmly stuck, then use a jewellers/peircing saw to accurately saw round the pencil lines.

6) Now the wood might be a little thick for the channel- "resaw" it in half.


7) Now if you are lucky, the peice will fit perfectly- if not, then use good quality sandpaper rolled up to sand the inlay peice. Glue in using preferred glue. Sand flush when inlay is complete.

8) Obviously any gaps can be filled in using wood dust and CA, or the appropriate colour shellac filler stick. If the gaps are too big, the filler stick won't work.

9) The three most important aspects of this work is patience, a steady hand and sharp tools.

Now you may be wondering why I don't use thin veneer as used in marquetry. Well, I don't get that lovely lusterous depth of sheen in veneer.

Guys, I haven't perfected the technique yet, so I might amend the technique in the future.

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Post by Allen » Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:40 am

Thanks Sam, makes sense now.

A photo tutorial for the archives when you have time would be fantastic. I've not seen one on how to do this on any forum.
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Post by Dave White » Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:13 am

So,

This is where you OLF'ers go when the sun sets. Here's a few of mine:

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And one in progress - an all Cuban mahogany parlour (or more properly Concert) sized guitar:

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Post by Kim » Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:00 am

Welcome Dave,

Great to see you here, you have always been one of my favorite builders at the OLF.

Fantastic instruments everyone.

Cheers

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Post by Hesh1956 » Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:16 am

Welcome Dave White AND Dav Anderson !!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am sooooo glad to see you guys here my friends. We have a lot of fun here, there are great instrument related discussions, and farting is permitted too :f00 :lmao

Plus we have the one and only Serge being the world's kindest guy that he is :serg

And Billy keeping us all at constant risk of being turned into transvestites...... :lol:

Welcome aboard m8s!!!! :cl :cl :cl :cl :cl :bum

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Post by Bob Connor » Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:08 pm

Nice to see you Dave.

Looks like Hesh has been at the Everclear again. :wink:

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Post by kiwigeo » Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:28 pm

bob wrote: I've got another lot arriving from him in the next few weeks and Martin Turner has got a heap on the way as well. It's a pity that postage costs from Canada are so exhorbitant.
Tell me about it!! Postage nearly cost the same as the wood. If that wasnt bad enough the bldi stuff arrived the day after I left for NZ and I got a bollocking from SWMBO because she had to lug the stuff home from the Post Office.

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Post by Serge » Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:36 pm

What? My bud Dave White is here?!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D


Yaaaaaahoooooooooooo! :D :D :D :D :D

Hey Dave, so good to read you and post back to you my friend, just want to thank you also for all the great sound clips that you've posted at the OLF, as you know, i'm collecting every pice of music that comes from you, so glad to have you here with us!

Oh and your guitars are still breathtakingly beautiful!

:cl :cl :cl :cl :cl

As brother Hesh would say:

Welcome here mon!
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Post by Dave White » Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:10 pm

Thanks for the welcome everyone and the "down under" salute from Hesh. It's nice to be here.

Serge as you like them so much here's a soumdclip you might not have - it even has a French Canadian link. This was done on the fan-fret guitar. It' a waltz and a jig in DADGAD Capo II. The first piece is “Mornings at Bonny Doonâ€
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Post by BillyT » Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:38 am

Good to see ya Dave!! You ever wear a bikini? :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Post by Sam Price » Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:39 am

Dave!!

Great to see you here! :)

I feel greatly honoured that I saw the instruments you posted in real life- and handled some of them.

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Post by Arnt » Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:07 am

Hi Dave!
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Post by Alain » Tue Nov 13, 2007 1:11 pm

Yo Dave! Smashing!!!
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Post by Serge » Wed Nov 14, 2007 8:59 am

[quote="Dave White"]Thanks for the welcome everyone and the "down under" salute from Hesh. It's nice to be here.

Serge as you like them so much here's a soumdclip you might not have - it even has a French Canadian link. This was done on the fan-fret guitar. It' a waltz and a jig in DADGAD Capo II. The first piece is “Mornings at Bonny Doonâ€
Jesus, family, friends, guitar and mandolin : D

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Post by Serge » Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:16 am

For those who ae wondering what La Bottine souriante sounds like, here's a clip with pics of my province and their music playing in the background

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy_lvxwLGyE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er-U9u9gGPI

They are one of my favorites folk music players in Quebec! :D

Thanks again Dave, that name brought me great memories!
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Post by kittykatjaz » Wed Nov 14, 2007 1:39 pm

Hi Guys,

My name is Jaz and I am a newish cello maker. Just about ready to string up number two cello in the white and am having so much fun in the process.

I have to say there are some "very impressive" guitars on this site. and I feel really humbled by the level of workmanship displayed.

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Hey Matt, your second bass is looking really great :D

Regards,

Jaz

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Post by Dennis Leahy » Wed Nov 14, 2007 1:41 pm

I never tire of looking at beautiful instruments, but it does leave me with a strong desire to play them with my own two clumsy paws. Not Tim's violins or Matthew's basses or Jaz's cellos, however. Someone would shoot me with a tranquilizer dart - and deservedly so - if I were to attempt to coax music from those.

Welcome to Dave and Dave and Tim and Jaz! Thanks for sharing your instruments. I know Dave White already does this, but I would at least love to hear sound clips from all of these instruments!

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Post by Hesh1956 » Wed Nov 14, 2007 1:45 pm

Welcome Jaz your cellos look wonderful!!!!

Dennis buddy Valium works for me :lol:

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Post by Lillian » Wed Nov 14, 2007 2:28 pm

Wow, lots of new and old faces. Good to see everyone.

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Post by Ron Wisdom » Wed Nov 14, 2007 2:52 pm

Welcome to all the newish guys!! Man the Aussies are getting thick around here. I'm surprised more of you guys haven't shown up on the OLF. I feel like an outsider (almost).

Dave White, it is really great that you have shown up!! This is gonna be a great gathering.


Ron

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Post by Paul B » Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:03 pm

Welcome Jaz and Dave,

Jaz, those Cellos look great. I've been thinking about building one of those for a couple of years. Don't know much about them tho, so I guess I've got a pretty steep learning curve ahead.

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Post by Kim » Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:13 pm

Welcome Jaz, your Cellos look wonderful. Great to have you with us and look forward to seeing more of you fine work.

Cheers

Kim

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Post by Tom Morici » Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:47 pm

Hi all!
All the builds shown here sure look great, and I think at least a couple of names sound at least a little bit familar. :lol:
How about a Dobro and a Mandolin, just to mix things up.
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