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Post by davewhite on Jun 14, 2013 11:56:26 GMT
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Post by ocarolan on Jun 14, 2013 12:14:36 GMT
Oh no!   How many tone faeries have been made homeless by smallening the body??!!  Major fabness - the grain on the back and sides is going to look lovely.  keith |
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Post by davewhite on Jun 14, 2013 12:20:28 GMT
Oh no! How many tone faeries have been made homeless by smallening the body??!! keith An unavoidable consequence of the Tone Faeries Bedroom Tax I'm afraid  |
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Post by Phil Taylor on Jun 14, 2013 15:09:41 GMT
What are the carbon tubes for Dave?
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Post by davewhite on Jun 14, 2013 16:48:43 GMT
Phil,
They are to help support the forces of the string tension on the top and stop it sinking in around the soundhole. The rim with the carbon fibre tubes under compression is a very stiff structure indeed.
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Post by Phil Taylor on Jun 14, 2013 17:12:42 GMT
Phil, They are to help support the forces of the string tension on the top and stop it sinking in around the soundhole. The rim with the carbon fibre tubes under compression is a very stiff structure indeed. Is that common in mando building then Dave? |
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Post by ocarolan on Jun 14, 2013 17:14:15 GMT
It's common in Dave-building!  Keith |
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Post by davewhite on Jun 14, 2013 17:20:53 GMT
Is that common in mando building then Dave? Phil - no not common, it's "elite" Sorry, couldn't resist  I don't know as much about what other mandolin makers do as I do guitar makers but in my "research" I think I've seen the odd photo of a similar use of CF tubes by one mandolin maker. As Keith says it's pretty fundamental to my building philosophy and in guitars I use the CF flying buttress braces anchored on the sides. With floating bridges the forces are different (and the shape of mando style instruments is too with no curved waist in this case) and this is an adaptation to deal with this that has worked very well in my mandolins so far. |
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Post by ocarolan on Jun 14, 2013 18:38:28 GMT
What Dave really means to say is that the tone faeries have to have some clothes rails on which to hang their spare outfits. keith |
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Post by davewhite on Jun 14, 2013 19:30:21 GMT
What Dave really means to say is that the tone faeries have to have some clothes rails on which to hang their spare outfits. keith Yes - and just wait to see what it looks like when I fit the sliding wardrobe doors  |
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Post by Phil Taylor on Jun 14, 2013 20:24:28 GMT
What a great job you have Dave. I wish had been able to spend time making this type of stuff:  than designing the electrical installation in this, one of my last projects:  and nobody drools over electrical features on the inside of this  Lucky man Dave - keep the pictures coming  Phil |
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Post by davewhite on Jun 14, 2013 20:44:22 GMT
Phil, That looks pretty impressive to me - top stuff.  And it's never to late to have a go at making stringed instruments if you have a practical nature and a lot of patience. |
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Post by davewhite on Jun 15, 2013 15:04:10 GMT
The Colombian Rosewood central rosette ring is cut from a back off-cut using the circle cutting jig:   Next after applying a shellac wash coat the rosette channel is routed out of the top:  The central Colombian Rosewood ring flanked by black/pear/black purfling is tested for fit and glued in using white pva glue:  |
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Post by ocarolan on Jun 15, 2013 22:16:37 GMT
Busy weekend then Dave - exciting progress!  Keith |
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Post by davewhite on Jun 16, 2013 14:29:25 GMT
The European Spruce soundhole patch is glued on using hot hide glue:  Then the soundhole is routed out:   The European spruce back X braces are profiled to a 10' radius and notched. The centre strip is notched and the X braces glued on in the go-bar deck one by one using hot hide glue:   The lower bout ladder brace is profiled to a 10' radius glued on using hot hide glue:  |
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