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Post by ashley on Jan 23, 2017 22:56:06 GMT
Definitely incredible in a good way, I've looked at loads of custom build threads but I've never seen anything quite like it. I'll be following with great interest, I wonder what the sound will be like compared with your previous builds?
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Post by R the F on Jan 24, 2017 8:19:17 GMT
You could, of course, get Nigel Forster (nkforster ) to make you one of these. Then you'd know for sure what a proper one sounds like!
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Post by andy3sheds on Jan 24, 2017 10:45:48 GMT
I hope you'll bring the guitar to the next Halifax meeting
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Post by R the F on Jan 24, 2017 15:02:16 GMT
We'll see. It might be a white elephant by then...
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Post by R the F on Jan 25, 2017 22:15:55 GMT
I've been struck down by my second dose of flu within 4 weeks despite having a flu jab for the first time ever in October so things have gone a bit quiet in the workshop...
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Post by leoroberts on Jan 26, 2017 9:34:40 GMT
I've been struck down by my second dose of flu within 4 weeks despite having a flu jab for the first time ever in October so things have gone a bit quiet in the workshop... Hope you feel better soon, R the F. Keep taking the Lemsip  |
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Post by R the F on Jan 26, 2017 11:40:53 GMT
Thanks for your support, leoroberts . Unfortunately, Mrs R the F is suffering equally and teenage boys aren't the kindest carers!
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Post by R the F on Feb 3, 2017 21:55:01 GMT
 Don't worry - you're on the right thread. I just thought I'd try to compete with Ted Åstrand's beautifully evocative pictures of his guitar building process. I thought if I turned up the light a bit, desaturated the images, brought in a bit of vignette round the edges, I might just achieve that clean organised look of complete control that scottish0177 's guitar is experiencing. I know I haven't got the sensor-size to get the full differential focus thing going but, nevertheless, I might get something of the cool north. It turns out I don't stand a chance: you see I just don't have a tidy workshop and things are done on the cheap here and very much along the lines of Heath-Robinson. Can you imagine Ted with bits of bicycle inner-tube and some toy cramps from Braintree market being used to clamp his sound-hole linings in position. Neither can I. I'll just have to carry on aspiring to his level of perfection along with everyone else and muddle through as best I can. So, let's start again in full technicolor:
These are pictures of the vertical liner being fixed in place. I used yellow glue (Titebond original) but it might make more sense to fill the gaps by using Cascamite next time I do this. The next step was to glue a strip approximately 2.5mm square around the outside of (and up against) the protruding parts of this liner. I did the inside one first and again made the wrong choice of glue; I used hot-hide glue for its instant tack since I couldn't think of a good way of cramping it in position. No photos, I'm afraid, but it should hold up okay even if it doesn't look too beautiful. It was a practice run for the outside ring, which will be on show, so here I had to sort out some way of cramping it all together. A quick trip into Cambridge this morning and along to Maplin's:
Once again, no prizes for elegance and it was all a bit sticky but this time I did use the right glue: Cascamite with some added Burnt Umber to fill up any unsightly gaps.
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Post by ocarolan on Feb 3, 2017 22:12:52 GMT
I love your approach to problem solving Rob. This is a great thread!
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Post by francis on Feb 4, 2017 8:15:27 GMT
R the F It's not the sensor size its the lens aperture that dictates how long a depth of field (depth of focus relates to the image at the sensor - that's different!) you attain in an image (plus some other things like subject distance and focal length and...)
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Post by R the F on Feb 4, 2017 8:52:50 GMT
Thanks for the knowhow, francis . Nevertheless, the upshot of all this is that, given my chosen camera-position/view/perspective/framing, I cannot achieve increased focus-differentiation (= reduced depth of field) without buying a camera with a bigger sensor.
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Post by jonnymosco on Feb 4, 2017 12:17:43 GMT
In addition to Francis' comment - select the widest aperture possible on your camera... f-stop 1.4, 2.0 etc. ... not f16 for example. That will achieve what you want. It's the lens, not the sensor. Let me know which camera you have and I can be more specific if you're not sure how to achieve this.
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Post by R the F on Feb 4, 2017 13:13:23 GMT
Thanks, jonnymosco (and francis again) but I'm afraid cameras like mine can only dream of apertures like f1.4 - wide open it's about f3.5. Incidentally, I do understand about apertures and depth of field and so on; in the good old days I was quite a keen amateur zone-system photographer; I used to use a medium format camera and carry three OM1 bodies with me at all times with films all set for different contrast development procedures - all black and white of course - and I used to develop and print in my own darkroom as did my father before me. I even dabbled in selenium toning... What I was trying to say last night was that my woodworking workshop and methods are not as organised and precise as Ted's. The differential focus thing was a bit of a red herring (but google "sensor size and differential focus" if you don't believe me)!
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Post by francis on Feb 4, 2017 16:02:48 GMT
R the F - Lets get this thread back to a guitar - some of the things written under the topic sensor size and diff focus are a load of bo**ocks...
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Post by R the F on Feb 4, 2017 16:19:59 GMT
R the F - Lets get this thread back to a guitar |
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