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by Randy Roberts
Sun Feb 02, 2020 4:14 pm
Forum: Tools and Jigs
Topic: Shop air filtration build - Advise welcome
Replies: 23
Views: 21481

Re: Shop air filtration build - Advise welcome

Nice job Chuck!

Also noticed you probably have the only garage in the US with sound baffles . Is that to block the sound of you working from leaking into the house? I would think the kids are old enough they have probably heard all those words before. Or is your playing the problem?
by Randy Roberts
Sat Feb 01, 2020 4:58 pm
Forum: Jam Session
Topic: It's Been a While
Replies: 11
Views: 18174

Re: It's Been a While

Really sorry for you both to have gone through what you have.
As you can see, we are all glad to have you back on the forum. You've been missed, and have a lot to contribute.
Randy
by Randy Roberts
Fri Jan 31, 2020 9:17 pm
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: matching the chayotiance of a four-piece top
Replies: 2
Views: 6438

Re: matching the chayotiance of a four-piece top

You got it right Bob, "flip" it to the "other" side. The other Bob is also right. Whenever I did this, I always had the straight edge of the cut out waist piece to abut to the straight edge of the opposite side lower bout, and the "bump out" of the cut out protruding ou...
by Randy Roberts
Mon Jan 13, 2020 5:06 pm
Forum: Tools and Jigs
Topic: Shop air filtration build - Advise welcome
Replies: 23
Views: 21481

Re: Shop air filtration build - Advise welcome

And where are the rosettes on the exhaust ports Chuck? Shoddy, shoddy work if you ask me......
by Randy Roberts
Mon Jan 13, 2020 4:53 pm
Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
Topic: "Kelobre"?
Replies: 11
Views: 14498

Re: "Kelobre"?

Peter, Really pretty rosette. If it's pithy, which a lot of spalted wood can be, you might want to "toughen" it up with thin CA before putting it into the top. Just use a small amount at a time so that the glue doesn't Chernobyl on you and turn white. And don't forget to paint the trough i...
by Randy Roberts
Mon Jan 13, 2020 9:55 am
Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
Topic: "Kelobre"?
Replies: 11
Views: 14498

Re: "Kelobre"?

Peter, Not to change directions, but check the library for a ton of ideas with the rosettes. http://www.mimf.com/library/Methods_for_making_rosettes_from_plain_or_highly_figured_spalted_woods__construction_techniques_and_the_use_of_multiple_fitted_or_bookmatched_pieces__or_one_solid_piece__Pictures_...
by Randy Roberts
Mon Dec 30, 2019 7:55 pm
Forum: String Instrument Repair: Practical and Political Issues
Topic: Replace or re-configure rattling truss rod?
Replies: 27
Views: 20851

Re: Replace or re-configure rattling truss rod?

Thanks also for the photos, makes the description perfectly clear.

And nice inlay work, by the way.
by Randy Roberts
Sat Dec 28, 2019 9:58 pm
Forum: Tools and Jigs
Topic: Shop air filtration build - Advise welcome
Replies: 23
Views: 21481

Re: Shop air filtration build - Advise welcome

Oh geez, Walnut Rescue. I'd forgotten. not to sidetrack the thread, but I gotta ask, do you still have the video of when you were resawing it and trying your best to cover your surprise at the un-oxidized yellow wood that appeared?
I'd give my eye teeth to watch that again.
by Randy Roberts
Sat Dec 28, 2019 4:22 pm
Forum: Tools and Jigs
Topic: Shop air filtration build - Advise welcome
Replies: 23
Views: 21481

Re: Shop air filtration build - Advise welcome

Chuck, May not apply to your garage shop situation, but I remember many years ago Mario posted about his system. It involved using the space between the studs as his ducting. I think he converted the door of a floor level cabinet to hold the filter(s), so it drew off the lowest air in the room, had ...
by Randy Roberts
Wed Oct 09, 2019 11:52 pm
Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
Topic: Osage Orange slab- yes, no?
Replies: 9
Views: 14046

Re: Osage Orange slab- yes, no?

Osage Orange has been discussed quite a few times here. It is considered by many to be a dead ringer acoustically for Brazilian Rosewood, though obviously not visually. do a search of the library, that's what it's there for, and I think we forget how much really valuable information is there. Here's...
by Randy Roberts
Fri May 17, 2019 11:02 pm
Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
Topic: color change of Cherry sapwood and maple?
Replies: 7
Views: 6538

Re: color change of Cherry sapwood and maple?

Brian, I've used a fair amount of cherry, (5 pieces of furniture, and redid the bathroom in cherry, and a couple guitars), and really love the stuff. But it darkens unpredictably so I would make your ascetic choices on the other characteristics, like your quartersawn rays, sapwood pattern, etc. My e...
by Randy Roberts
Tue May 07, 2019 11:16 pm
Forum: Glues and Finishes
Topic: Laminated neck glue
Replies: 11
Views: 9095

Re: Laminated neck glue

This might be off topic, but make sure your middle lamination is thinner, or else wider than whatever truss rod channel you will be subsequently cutting into the neck. If the center lamination is the same width as the truss rod's bearing end, you can end up with the force of the truss rod being a sh...
by Randy Roberts
Mon Apr 15, 2019 10:55 pm
Forum: Jam Session
Topic: Growing my own osage orange forest
Replies: 6
Views: 8506

Re: Growing my own osage orange forest

For a while many years ago I had the largest coffee plantation in the state of Nebraska...4 trees about 5 feet high in pots planted from green beans I brought back from Kona, and dragged in and out of the house each fall and winter. Dropped all their leaves every winter after being dragged inside, b...
by Randy Roberts
Sat Apr 06, 2019 7:54 pm
Forum: Jam Session
Topic: safety shoes for woodworkers
Replies: 6
Views: 8171

Re: safety shoes for woodworkers

Bob,
I don't see how you are going to keep them at 40% relative humidity. And how do you sand out the scratches...a walk on the beach?
by Randy Roberts
Fri Apr 05, 2019 8:36 pm
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Please help: neck reshape: yes or no
Replies: 14
Views: 11674

Re: Please help: neck reshape: yes or no

AS far as templating the shape of your reshaped neck, you might want to consider this stuff....

http://www.mimf.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=5838
by Randy Roberts
Mon Mar 25, 2019 8:43 pm
Forum: Glues and Finishes
Topic: Retail CA - which is best?
Replies: 27
Views: 24556

Re: Retail CA - which is best?

I've always used the Satellite City "Hot Stuff" CA. Just bought it direct from them in 2 ounce bottles. Still have 3 or 4 in the freezer and last ordered probably 8 years ago. Last order I spent a great deal of time talking to the owner on the phone and learned a lot from him. CA will keep...
by Randy Roberts
Fri Mar 22, 2019 8:17 pm
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Need some advice on fingerstyle guitars
Replies: 16
Views: 17478

Re: Need some advice on fingerstyle guitars

Tim, What you hear, whether it's a guitar or someone's voice, or the birds chirping, no one else hears in same way. The same for them. Every single person's hearing is completely unique. Seeing comments, good or bad, is, and should be, meaningless for you. What they think they're hearing is no guide...
by Randy Roberts
Sat Mar 16, 2019 5:11 pm
Forum: Tools and Jigs
Topic: Pattern repair
Replies: 3
Views: 4456

Re: Pattern repair

I've used similar stuff called Friendly Plastic and have found a lot of uses for it over the years, and with it being reusable, a jar lasts forever. Makes great cauls. If you have someone that just loves the profile of the neck on some guitar, you can duplicate it exactly. Just cut an arc profile, l...
by Randy Roberts
Fri Feb 01, 2019 12:06 am
Forum: Glues and Finishes
Topic: Odorless mineral spirits as lubricant for French Polish
Replies: 32
Views: 27579

Re: Odorless mineral spirits as lubricant for French Polish

Wow Bob...one of the best typos we've had around here in quite a while. Let me suggest a beard and dark glasses.

Chuck,
Want to add my " great to see you here again" to all the others. Good to see you building again.
by Randy Roberts
Mon Jan 21, 2019 11:11 pm
Forum: Classified Ads
Topic: Thickness Sanding?
Replies: 6
Views: 10926

Re: Thickness Sanding?

call a few cabinet shops in your area. They may well be willing to sand them down for you. You should probably take a sled ( a board as wide as your top and back or as long as your side, usually plywood, for your pieces to go through on top of) as the sanders they would run your boards through might...

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