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by Randy Roberts
Sun Jul 23, 2023 10:11 am
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: First Guitar as done as it's going to be.
Replies: 26
Views: 44521

Re: First Guitar as done as it's going to be.

Sure doesn't look like a guitar #1 from here. Really really nice work! Love the sound of cedar and walnut, can't beat the warm earthy tone. My first use of red cedar was also a piece of siding, and your post brought back fond memories. Spent 4 hours of contortions on the second floor of the lumberya...
by Randy Roberts
Fri Jul 21, 2023 1:26 pm
Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Neck Laminations / Deep Penetrating Stain
Replies: 9
Views: 12442

Re: Neck Laminations / Deep Penetrating Stain

Nelson, I'd be a little wary of using multiple died veneer laminations, but this one with just 1 layer of purchased, commercially dyed (I think LMI's), black veneer using 24hr Epoxy (can't remember who's) has had no problems over the past 14 years now. It has been mostly a wall flower lately though,...
by Randy Roberts
Wed May 24, 2023 11:28 pm
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Side Port Binding Progress
Replies: 11
Views: 7378

Re: Side Port Binding Progress

Eric, Really nice. your scarf joint is nearly imperceptible. And it's pretty near impossible to hide the joint of any kind on light color woods. Just an idea, but if you were to make a butt joint instead, but have it be at 12 o'clock. Then cut your oval in two equal pieces, through the butt joint, (...
by Randy Roberts
Wed May 10, 2023 11:22 pm
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Binding Side Ports
Replies: 9
Views: 8422

Re: Binding Side Ports

Carl's idea works well, and is easy if you have the top or back still off. just bend a short piece of a couple contrasting woods at the same spot on the bender as your sound hole location, glue them in, and then cut the sound hole. Hard part is getting yourself to ram a forstner bit into a perfectly...
by Randy Roberts
Sun Jan 15, 2023 12:26 pm
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: We're Still Using Wood
Replies: 18
Views: 10091

Re: We're Still Using Wood

Barry, I'd recommend using a laminate trimmer rather than a dremel. You can see the gaps caused by the slop in the dremel bearings on the side pic if you click it twice to enlarge the picture( I don't think you can beat the DeWalt 611, great depth control). Those guitars were done in the early days ...
by Randy Roberts
Sat Jan 14, 2023 3:02 pm
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: We're Still Using Wood
Replies: 18
Views: 10091

Re: We're Still Using Wood

Barry, Definitely. Don't know how you would possibly do so after bending. Below is a picture of another ( crotch wood) back, that pretty much sums up everything as to how. Sides done same way. Just need to figure out what pattern you want to end up with. Using the jig with a pencil instead of router...
by Randy Roberts
Sat Jan 14, 2023 11:03 am
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: We're Still Using Wood
Replies: 18
Views: 10091

Re: We're Still Using Wood

Chuck, great to see you back! The walnut Chuck is referencing was the first of a batch of billets from one of my get rich slow schemes. Due to this guitar building addiction problem, I got to know the head sawyer for the largest walnut processor here in the Midwest. They milled 1.5 million board fee...
by Randy Roberts
Sun Jan 01, 2023 11:42 am
Forum: Jam Session
Topic: Happy holidays and best wishes for 2023 to all
Replies: 5
Views: 8321

Re: Happy holidays and best wishes for 2023 to all

Thanks Charlie,
And thanks for all the time you've given to this forum over the past ten years.
by Randy Roberts
Sun Jan 01, 2023 11:36 am
Forum: Tools and Jigs
Topic: Dust Collection
Replies: 8
Views: 8176

Re: Dust Collection

The Oneida series of cyclone collectors are pretty hard to beat.

The great thing about a garage shop is that you can just open the garage door and take the leaf blower to the shop.
by Randy Roberts
Sun Jan 01, 2023 11:25 am
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: We're Still Using Wood
Replies: 18
Views: 10091

Re: We're Still Using Wood

Bob, Your post brought back so many memories. In '75 I did an internship on the big island, and on my days off would ride on equine calls with Billy Bergan, the only horse Vet at the time, seeing places and sights no tourists ever get to see and meeting some of the kindest people I've ever run into....
by Randy Roberts
Sat Sep 03, 2022 11:28 pm
Forum: Jam Session
Topic: Mistakes? Fess up!
Replies: 9
Views: 11148

Re: Mistakes? Fess up!

Jim & Clay, Glad I checked back in, I think you are both right... When we switched over to this software I checked a number of my old posts in the library, and many of them were missing parts of peoples posts, or they suddenly stopped, when I know the original thread continued for several more p...
by Randy Roberts
Wed Jun 22, 2022 5:16 pm
Forum: Jam Session
Topic: Mistakes? Fess up!
Replies: 9
Views: 11148

Re: Mistakes? Fess up!

Pat, Your 11 fret neck really brought back memories for me. https://www.mimf.com/library/Randy_Roberts_decides_to_make_a_too-long_neck_shorter_after_shop_error__Pictures_-12-03-2005.html probably my best other screwup was completely finishing a really involved tree of life full length fretboard inla...
by Randy Roberts
Fri Oct 15, 2021 11:05 pm
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: How to fix these flaws?
Replies: 14
Views: 7325

Re: How to fix these flaws?

Eric, The white areas are where too much CA flashed too fast. You are looking at the tiny bubbles that were created when the liquid CA turned solid while boiling. The CA turning solid is an exothermic reaction and if there is enough of it still liquid when this process occurs it essentially boils th...
by Randy Roberts
Mon Mar 01, 2021 12:32 am
Forum: Other Stringed Instruments
Topic: HG wheel surfaces
Replies: 5
Views: 7637

Re: HG wheel surfaces

Bob,
Sign in and go to the "Library" section at the bottom of the page. click on Search Library ( there are two, search both).
There are a lot of threads on HD's, I just grabbed one for an example below:

https://www.mimf.com/old-lib/make_hurdygurdy_wheel.htm
by Randy Roberts
Wed Feb 24, 2021 8:48 pm
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Walnut Classical - Chuck Tweedy
Replies: 26
Views: 29424

Re: Walnut Classical - Chuck Tweedy

I'd give my eyeteeth (or a bottle of scotch) to be at the next GAL. I'll certainly be trying to be there, it's been far too long. Us old farts can test out each other's walkers.
by Randy Roberts
Sat Feb 06, 2021 5:40 pm
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: 12 fret 000 / 14 fret body shape
Replies: 7
Views: 7232

Re: 12 fret 000 / 14 fret body shape

Andy, This may be a total red herring, and I'm working from memory of about 10 years ago but: Through a subsequently fortunate mistake, I once made a 14 fret neck for a 12 fret OOO that obviously screwed up the bridge placement. The solution to that particular problem ended up being (if I'm remember...
by Randy Roberts
Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:29 pm
Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
Topic: Brazilian rosewood square piano lid
Replies: 23
Views: 32351

Re: Brazilian rosewood square piano lid

If there is an unobtrusive spot you could sand down through the finish to the wood, if it's BR, it will have a beautiful chocolate odor with a hint of roses to it that I don't believe any similar wood will have.
by Randy Roberts
Tue Feb 02, 2021 12:03 am
Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
Topic: Brazilian rosewood square piano lid
Replies: 23
Views: 32351

Re: Brazilian rosewood square piano lid

As I assume you know, if the flat surfaces are truly solid Rosewood (which the ink, age of the piano, etc., would suggest) then yes, you could likely find a market for the solid wood on any of several guitar builder sites. Even solid wood of 1 1/2 x 6 x 3/8 would find a home in a guitar as bridges. ...
by Randy Roberts
Sun Jan 24, 2021 7:10 pm
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Walnut Classical - Chuck Tweedy
Replies: 26
Views: 29424

Re: Walnut Classical - Chuck Tweedy

Beautiful guitar Chuck! And thanks for the memories… A local mill here is one of the largest processors of black walnut in the country, running some 1.3 to 1.5 million board feet of walnut a year. By chance, I got to know the head sawyer pretty well and after explaining in detail what was needed for...
by Randy Roberts
Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:18 pm
Forum: String Instrument Repair: Practical and Political Issues
Topic: Viola damage repair question
Replies: 5
Views: 7099

Re: Viola damage repair question

If you click twice on the bottom picture to enlarge it, it looks like the wood is missing, not compressed.

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