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- Tue Jan 19, 2021 4:51 pm
- Forum: Tools and Jigs
- Topic: Wow! Rulers Are Not the Same! Recommend An Accurate Straight-Edge?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 302
Re: Wow! Rulers Are Not the Same! Recommend An Accurate Straight-Edge?
@Paul, when doing things like laying out a non-standard fretboard, a long rule is invaluable. Guitars are more or less standardized, but other instruments are not. The cumulative errors trying to use a short rule would be unacceptable. I build folk and world instruments, and a good yard/meter rule h...
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 5:04 pm
- Forum: Tools and Jigs
- Topic: Wow! Rulers Are Not the Same! Recommend An Accurate Straight-Edge?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 302
Re: Wow! Rulers Are Not the Same! Recommend An Accurate Straight-Edge?
First, be very aware that rulers and straight edges are two entirely different things, and are not necessarily found together on the same instrument! If you need a straight edge, buy a straight edge. Our sponsor LMI sells some inexpensive acrylic straight edges designed for guitar making. I think th...
- Tue Dec 22, 2020 11:02 pm
- Forum: Ukuleles
- Topic: Tenor uke plans?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 381
Re: Tenor uke plans?
You missed one! The MIMF has uke plans here, and sales help support the Forum.
- Mon Dec 07, 2020 10:59 pm
- Forum: Tools and Jigs
- Topic: Planning The Rosette Mosaic.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3315
Re: Planning The Rosette Mosaic.
The mosaic planner didn't disappear, it just moved. Try here: https://www.theedkins.co.uk/jo/mosaic/easy.htm or here: http://macropolis.org/banderillas/famosaic/easy.htm
- Wed Nov 25, 2020 2:19 am
- Forum: Electronics
- Topic: 50mm Spacing Saddles Needed for Hardtail Harmony Marquis
- Replies: 1
- Views: 519
Re: 50mm Spacing Saddles Needed for Hardtail Harmony Marquis
Welcome to the Forum, Kenny! This should probably be in Repairs, but I will wait to move the discussion until after you have seen it.
- Wed Oct 07, 2020 1:00 pm
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Five Years In The Making...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1927
Re: Five Years In The Making...
Mark is still building and pops in occasionally, but not very often right now.
- Tue Sep 29, 2020 5:57 pm
- Forum: Wind, Percussion, and Miscellaneous and Experimental Instruments
- Topic: Historical approach to the tone hole position on a reed instruments
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5290
Re: Historical approach to the tone hole position on a reed instruments
Sorry, no pictures or old experiments laying around. Most got discarded in our last move. I think I mostly used the small reamer off a Swiss army knife to enlarge the holes, which works well on PVC. Very controllable, and you can easily hold it so it cuts the walls perpendicular to the flute. A norm...
- Wed Sep 23, 2020 3:41 pm
- Forum: Wind, Percussion, and Miscellaneous and Experimental Instruments
- Topic: 3D Printed Rackett
- Replies: 4
- Views: 883
Re: 3D Printed Rackett
Very cool! I've always wanted one. Maybe I can print one at the library now. Here's another guy trying to 3D print racketts , with links to modeling software and historical info. That paper mentions that the Toronto Consort put out a A step-by-step guide to the construction of a Renaissance rackett ...
- Fri Sep 18, 2020 10:09 pm
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: slim hollow body with P90
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3696
Re: slim hollow body with P90
New Library, searched "Daniels slimline"
- Fri Sep 18, 2020 4:25 pm
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: slim hollow body with P90
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3696
- Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:09 pm
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: A different look for maple fingerboards?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1243
Re: A different look for maple fingerboards?
Lots of cheaper violins have white fretboards that have been ebonized. Check your favorite supplier for fingerboard stain. Relatively cheap!
- Tue Aug 04, 2020 4:34 pm
- Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
- Topic: Maple log
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2765
Re: Maple log
That piece would make a couple great djembes!
- Tue Jul 28, 2020 4:20 pm
- Forum: String Instrument Repair: Practical and Political Issues
- Topic: This got me mad!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3275
Re: This got me mad!
Welcome back, Max!
- Sun Jul 05, 2020 2:18 pm
- Forum: Jam Session
- Topic: Happy 23rd Birthday, MIMF!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1564
Happy 23rd Birthday, MIMF!
We don't seem to have big on-line parties like we used to, but the MIMF turns 23 today! Still informative and sane after all these years. Thanks to all the participants here who freely share their knowledge and experience and keep it civil, thanks to LMII and all our previous sponsors, and thanks to...
- Sat May 16, 2020 9:51 pm
- Forum: Other Stringed Instruments
- Topic: Anyone Building Spinets
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16983
Re: Anyone Building Spinets
Congratulations on retiring, Clay! But where are you going to get all that Formica from now?
- Thu May 14, 2020 5:18 pm
- Forum: Classified Ads
- Topic: Luthier Workshop Liquidation - Lots of Violin and Viola Backs
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1487
Re: Luthier Workshop Liquidation - Lots of Violin and Viola Backs
Anthony, your link is apparently incomplete and does not work. Could you please post a complete link?
UPDATE: The link appears to be fixed now.
UPDATE: The link appears to be fixed now.
- Mon Apr 13, 2020 6:01 pm
- Forum: Jam Session
- Topic: New shop lights?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6472
Re: New shop lights?
Don't even think about fluorescents for an outdoor shop! The LEDs are no more expensive these days, last longer, give better light, and are instant on. Win-win no matter how you look at it. Same opinion for CFLs indoor or out, they have outlived their usefulness and LEDs are superior in every respect.
- Fri Apr 10, 2020 1:53 pm
- Forum: String Instrument Repair: Practical and Political Issues
- Topic: Help Identifying an old Parlor Guitar
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4729
Re: Help Identifying an old Parlor Guitar
I'm no expert on identification of guitars, but I own a Supertone banjo, and the inlays and fretboard wear are remarkably similar.
- Sat Apr 04, 2020 9:01 pm
- Forum: Introduce yourself here!
- Topic: Intro
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3852
Re: Intro
Welcome to the Forum, Alessandro! We have a whole section on Bowed Instruments for discussing violins, etc.
- Fri Apr 03, 2020 9:30 pm
- Forum: Wind, Percussion, and Miscellaneous and Experimental Instruments
- Topic: Band instrument repair
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3454
Re: Band instrument repair
You might also look in our Library of archived discussions. One of our former staff members was a professional brass and woodwind repair expert for the Army, but he unfortunately not around this board any more. We have a lot of archived discussions on band instrument repair. One thing I found in the...