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- Sat Aug 04, 2018 11:50 am
- Forum: Classified Ads
- Topic: WANTED: Osage Orange side stock
- Replies: 2
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Re: WANTED: Osage Orange side stock
Hi Bob, was hoping you would show up. I have a HUGE, clear 8/4 O.O. timber, but it's flatsawn so not usable. My back billets are QS. 6-8 sets 5 x 32 clean, defect free or one or two :) Larry@galleryhardwoods.com or Larry Davis or Gallery Hardwoods on Face Book. Thanks!! or...uncut blanks would be fi...
- Sat Aug 04, 2018 9:25 am
- Forum: Classified Ads
- Topic: WANTED: Osage Orange side stock
- Replies: 2
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WANTED: Osage Orange side stock
WANTED: Looking to purchase quartersawn Osage Orange (American) billet(s) or board(s) for guitar sides. I have the back billets.
- Fri Apr 13, 2018 9:22 pm
- Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
- Topic: Cordia rosewood
- Replies: 12
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Re: Cordia rosewood
Hey, I'm still around, too Yes, that pesky fungus still giving me fits with Burmese padauk and Amboyna. Seems the darker the color the more vicious the attack. Never in sapwood and never in orange colors. Freezing the wood for a week helps some.
- Sun Feb 04, 2018 10:27 am
- Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
- Topic: Finding figured maple supplier
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13106
Re: Finding figured maple supplier
Good luck with that. The expectation of buying high quality, expensive figured maple on the cheap is not realistic. Suppliers and vendors of this are not ignorant.
- Wed Nov 02, 2016 12:33 pm
- Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
- Topic: Wood supplier wanted
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5193
Re: Wood supplier wanted
What are your side specs? Your back width is smaller than a Dyer.
- Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:59 am
- Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
- Topic: Hard vs. "soft" maple for a carved top solidbody?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 31777
Re: Hard vs. "soft" maple for a carved top solidbody?
While not common or commercial, birds eye (true) figure is in Big Leaf Maple (soft) and Euro Maple (soft). I have a billet or two of the Big Leaf birdseye and Raymond Kraut has done a stunning Euro birdseye maple guitar last year. I was skeptic of the specie until visiting his shop and seeing the cu...
- Thu Aug 04, 2016 6:28 pm
- Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
- Topic: Wood supplier for harp guitar sized tone woods
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5791
Re: Wood supplier for harp guitar sized tone woods
Hi Greg, great timing as I'm cutting several sets for the Santa Barbara Acoustic Instrument Celebration first of Oct. I have several cut now and stock prepared for many more. Genuine Mahogany, curly claro walnut, steamed Makore and more.
- Mon Jun 13, 2016 10:48 am
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Buffing Fretboards
- Replies: 16
- Views: 18539
Re: Buffing Fretboards
A brown paper grocery bag surface is equal to 2000 grit sand paper.
- Tue Apr 26, 2016 11:57 am
- Forum: Jam Session
- Topic: 2016 NW Handmade Musical Instrument Exhibit
- Replies: 24
- Views: 28512
Re: 2016 NW Handmade Musical Instrument Exhibit
Coming out of "retirement" for this one and will be lots of fun!! I cut some special stuff to show including QS black and white ebony sets and matching head plates and finger boards. Will be showing some harp guitar sets I've been having fun with.
- Tue Dec 15, 2015 9:51 am
- Forum: Jam Session
- Topic: Lacey Act relaxed for traveling musicians
- Replies: 0
- Views: 9192
- Fri Oct 16, 2015 8:33 am
- Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
- Topic: Kiln-dried vs air-dried maple?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9399
Re: Kiln-dried vs air-dried maple?
(sigh) Bacteria can give you anthrax and pneumonia , but does not stain wood.David King wrote:Some maples cut in the growing season almost have to be kiln dried to get the sap out before the wood gets bacteria stains.
- Wed Oct 07, 2015 11:12 am
- Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
- Topic: Hard vs. "soft" maple for a carved top solidbody?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 31777
Re: Hard vs. "soft" maple for a carved top solidbody?
"Hard" and "soft" maple express botanical classifications, not relative resistance to denting or scratching. Also keep in mind physical characteristics vary plus or minus 20% in any given species. As often said here, it's not about the species so much as the wood piece in hand.
- Wed Aug 26, 2015 8:48 pm
- Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
- Topic: Stabilizing punky cottonwood
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7868
Re: Stabilizing punky cottonwood
Mysterious stuff, Cactus Juice indeed. Something he buys in bulk, re-lables and you do not get original mfg MSDS. Good luck with that stuff and "process".
- Mon Jun 15, 2015 11:54 am
- Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
- Topic: Yes I know it hard to do from Photos
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13347
Re: Yes I know it hard to do from Photos
Kerry, thanks for being a good sport with this. Thing about (single) photo ID of wood is variety of colors, grain, etc., within any specific species. For instance, your photo shows a cut near a crotch and crotch wood can have luster, grain and color quite different than cuts in a straight bole. Mari...
- Fri Jun 12, 2015 7:13 pm
- Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
- Topic: Yes I know it hard to do from Photos
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13347
- Fri Jun 12, 2015 7:19 am
- Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
- Topic: Yes I know it hard to do from Photos
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13347
Re: Yes I know it hard to do from Photos
It appears to be wood.
- Wed Jun 03, 2015 3:43 pm
- Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
- Topic: Please describe the physical properties of torrefied spruce
- Replies: 27
- Views: 22224
Re: Please describe the physical properties of torrefied spruce
As much as I enjoyed the late posts.... Did you guys know that I had a 1929 roadster pickup with an Olds V8, channeled with cheater slicks....how did I ever become a guitar maker? I know. You became a guitar builder because half a set of torrefied spruce might just be one big piece of biochar???? T...
- Tue Jun 02, 2015 12:21 pm
- Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
- Topic: Please describe the physical properties of torrefied spruce
- Replies: 27
- Views: 22224
- Mon Jun 01, 2015 1:34 pm
- Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
- Topic: Please describe the physical properties of torrefied spruce
- Replies: 27
- Views: 22224
Re: Please describe the physical properties of torrefied spruce
Mario, ton of biochar info on Google for all levels of study including commercial sources. Interesting reading and bet with your skills building a char stove would be a cake walk http://www.biochar-international.org/technology
- Sun May 31, 2015 11:58 am
- Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
- Topic: Please describe the physical properties of torrefied spruce
- Replies: 27
- Views: 22224
Re: Please describe the physical properties of torrefied spruce
Yep, increased brittleness and decreased strength are torrefaction results to some degree or another regardless of baking temps and baking time. This is a good article on early USDA torrefaction study and possible commercial value. Spruce tonewood is certainly not baked to the high degree of charrin...