1. Drum Sanders: Buying? Building? Using?
- ... wrapped rolls of 2" 50 or 60 grit cloth backed paper. I also run a ...
... it.No sense in going to a fine grit, it just burns up fast. All of ...
...have used many different width and grits of sanding cloth. I don't like to...
...rosewood. I finish off with a fine-grit, feeding the wood straight through...
... Velcro attached sandpaper. We use grits from 60 to 220 with it for all ...
... I tried a rosewood back the 80 grit 3m abrasive just clogged up solid ...
...I have found that starting with 36 grit and working up to the fine grits ...
... wood removal by over working one grit. David D. Berkowitz - 11:21am Jan ...
... things set-up properly. The right grit, feed belt speed and depth of cut ...
... enthusiast I really like the Grit Laskin model that was in Fine ...
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2. Suggestions for building a Laskin style armrest on an acoustic guitar
- ... My wife saw a picture of one of Grit Laskin's guitars with a beveled "...
... such an animal or has seen one of Grit's instruments up close. I only ...
... ASIA Symposim in Nashville, I met Grit Laskin, and talked to him about it...
..., but he did say he dyed it ebony. Grit has several other innovations on ...
...The only information I have about Grit is the series of articles he did ...
...Suggestions for building a Laskin style armrest on an acoustic ...
... maker and player Jay, I made a Laskin armrest. I just trimmed a piece ...
... and he wanted it called a Laskin Armrest in any written ...
... a nylon-string guitar, but even Laskin's steel strings are Torres ...
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3. Building Your Own Thickness Sander
- ... do you do if you want to change grits? I don't do production so the ...
...glued up panels. I'm not sure what grits I'll use for the various ...
... Apr 16, 1999 I'm not sure what grits I'll use for the various ...
... the sander to rough sand -- 80 grit -- if I remember right. The rest ...
... and sides). Being able to change grits would be great and since you say ...
...-pass thicknessing. Pass 1 with 50 Grit corborundum to get down to about ....
... 100", then a fine pass with 100 Grit to get another .020-.030 off the ...
... one to be kept in a about a 60 grit for "hogging" off stock when I ...
... which you refer was one built by Grit Laskin. The table shuttled under ...
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4. Tony Karol's Englemann/wenge OM with integral beveled Laskin-style armrest [Pictures]
- ...but it was an execution of the Grit Laskin armrest, complete with ...
... cedar - just because thats what Grit uses - its light, easy to work, ...
...with a koa veneer. I also followed Grit Laskin aproach. Sorry for the poor...
.../wenge OM with integral beveled Laskin-style armrest [Pictures] tony ...
... and binding an integral beveled Laskin-style armrest on an acoustic ...
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5. redwood.htm
- ... both tone and the structural integrity of the top. I'd use redwood again...
.... Rub out the shellac with 220 grit open-coat paper. I like to use ...
...brush coats. Rub this out with 320 grit. I sometimes continue beyond this ...
... coats which I rub-out at 400 grit. Then a final brush coat which I ...
... insurance where structural integrity is concerned. David C. Hurd - 12:...
...that Schneider liked redwood, but Laskin's experience with it was awful. ...
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6. Flamenco guitar: string clearances and string recommendations?
- ...:02pm Jan 19, 2000 A few years ago Grit Laskin wrote an excellent article ...
...Far be it from me to disagree with Grit Laskin, but I would find it hard ...
...of Stringed Instrument Artisans). Laskin provides the following setup ...
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7. Inlaying radiused fingerboards and addressing fret slots in a complex inlay.
- ...your way through increasingly fine grits of sandpaper then feel free to ...
.... Sheldon is a former student of Grit Laskin and put on a seminar with ...
... a plane and finished up with 60 grit garnet rubber cemented to the ...
... sun. Sanded off the epoxy with 60 grit which also leveled the pearl. I ...
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8. "Popping" the figure in the grain before finishing and what to use as filler for pearl engraving
- ... I bought from Canadian luthier Grit Laskin several years ago. It's ...
...StewMac was thinking about making Grits ink formula but hasn't yet. Mark ...
..., what should I sand down to? 400 grit? 600 seems a bit fine..I tend to ...
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9. First guitar: comparing a floating bridge and tailpiece to a pin bridge
- ... cedar) top. The design comes from Grit Laskin's Fine Woodworking articles...
...-patch, a fairly large one as Grit Laskin uses, and you would think ...
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10. Lars Rasmussen's extremely untraditional classical guitar based on the "2000" model by Georg Bolin: eight strings, tipped top; with construction pictures, including asymmetrical fan bracing [Pictures]
- ... work, and brave to attempt it. Grit Laskin tried one of these awhile ...
... gal and Im thinking on contacting Grit too, to hear about his project and...
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11. Tony Karol's photo-essay on making and binding an integral beveled Laskin-style armrest on an acoustic guitar [Pictures]
- ... fun begins ... binding ledges. As Grit said he does in the Guitarmaker 14...
... and binding an integral beveled Laskin-style armrest on an acoustic ...
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12. Pulmerized turpentine (polymerized turpentine)
- ...The book was authored by William (Grit) Laskin. The specific reference in...
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13. Are the Larry Robinson inlay videos good value for the money?
- ... and techniques borrowed from Grit, Larry, David, James, and every ...
... one of the best (He and Willioam Laskin are my favorite inlay artist). On...
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14. Sources and working techniques for thin pieces of turquoise, minerals and alternatives for inlay
- ...is a very nice composite rock that Grit Laskin uses that is made in thin ...
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15. Opinions and alternatives to the Stew-Mac pearl cutting jig [Pictures]
- ... Did anyone see the set up that Grit Laskin made? It's in the last ...
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16. Bending padauk
- ... into the wood as it's being bent. Grit Laskin told me he bends his ebony ...
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17. Pros and cons of using Redwood as soundboard material
- ... not call any of them "thuddy". Grit Laskin thought that the guitars ...
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18. Cutting pearl: StewMac's new pearl cutting jig w/ dust blower, pearl dust safety issues, scroll saw for cutting pearl
- ... pump blowing away from me (and Grit Laskin has an even better version ...
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19. Thicknessing top, back, and sides: machining vs. hand-planing
- ... cat though, and I am building the Grit Laskin sander for backs and sides...
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20. Tools for engraving inlayed shell and pearl [Drawing]
- ...but other shapes are easy. I know Grit Laskin does some stipple effects ...
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