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Well, hell must have frozen over, because I finally cleaned out my garage. Now, I have a fair-sized stack of tonewood that I need to figure out how to store. In this case, "fair-sized" means larger than a suitcase, smaller than a Volkswagen. Maybe the size of a dishwasher or a stove, all in. I'd lov...

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I am cleaning my garage out and found a box of running pegs, a tuning lever, and four rolls of music wire (sizes 7 to 10).

Any one want to try making a hammer dulcimer? I'll mail you the stuff. First claim gets it.

Please include me. Thanks!

Doug Shaker

Thanks for the help, folks. I knew it had to be something like that, but I couldn't figure out how it could attach to a router. The missing item of information was that it went with the StewMac Dremel base and screwed into that. Seeing the photos of it in action on the StewMac website brought back m...

No blade. The post nearest the quarter has a sleeve that rotates easily. The knurled knob on the other side is used to move the cross bar back and forth. On the under side, there is a bolt with a flattened head to lock the cross bar in place.

I was looking in the bottom of my old guitar-making toolbox (oh, for the days where one tool box could hold them) and I found this tool. File Jan 02, 4 43 35 PM.jpeg - the photo appears to be rotated to the left 90 degrees in the preview, but not when I click on it. Hunh? - Does anyone recognize it?...

I'm close to done with a multiscale baritone and, with the player for whom it is intended, I should probably put on a pickguard. I bought a sheet of "pickguard adhesive" from LMI. What I received was a sheet of 3M 467MP adhesive film. One removes one backing layer, attaches it to the pickguard, trim...

Trevor, I'm thinking about your suggestion to increase the impedance of the sides. However, I usually build with a live back. I took a look at the design book and tried to figure out the connection between high impedance sides and a live back. I had thought the possibilities might be: 1) whoa, usele...

I would, in any case, try to build pretty light. I've made my beginner's overbuilt guitars and now I need to err on the other side so that I know where that line is. The suggestions that are operational, at least for me so far, are: -test the soundboard for stiffness (using tap methods from Gore & G...

I am planning a steel-string for a friend of mine and he particularly likes it when his guitars "ring", that is, when they continue to make sound for a long time after his last strum. I am trying to think of what characteristics will lead to a guitar that rings. I would say a light bridge and a ligh...

I don't know you will get a good guitar out of it, but I'll bet you learn alot.

OK, I had been using a slower speed on my Dremel. I will switch to a higher speed. I expect I was going too deep at first, too. [Not the first time that I have unwittingly sacrificed quality for speed. My history of orange-peel finish problems bears testimony.] Also, I will try cutting the outline ...

I ended up buying a cabinet-maker's rasp, 200 mm in length, #11 grain pattern from Liogier. It was the cabinet-maker's rasp that was marked as "indispensable" on their website. I wanted a relatively fine grain pattern because I sometimes use African Blackwood for decorative elements. That stuff is h...

I don't use a rasp all that often in my guitar building, but I do use rasps when I am shaping a neck. I have heard great things about the rasps from Liogier http://www.liogier-france.fr so I am thinking about buying one or two. Does anyone have any thoughts about what kinds of rasps are the most use...

OK, I had been using a slower speed on my Dremel. I will switch to a higher speed. I expect I was going too deep at first, too. [Not the first time that I have unwittingly sacrificed quality for speed. My history of orange-peel finish problems bears testimony.] Also, I will try cutting the outline w...

I usually do a reconstituted-stone decorative inlay in the headstock of my guitars. I think I do a reasonable job of cutting out the stone. I make several photocopies of my design, then cut out the parts that I want from the photocopies, glue the little bits of paper to the stone, then try to cut on...

$75!

-Doug

$60!

I'll start with $45.