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I always love your builds and these are certainly not altering my opinion. The scarf with the two white lines (maple?) really looks sharp. Keep up the good work AD. :D

Thanks, you have to be careful lining all that stuff up. If the lines are off it is a trip to the bandsaw. Yes the white lines are maple veneer and the black is died pear wood. I should have taken more pictures while I was doing the scarf but I was too focused to pick up the camera.

I think I am getting tired of scarf gymnastics... I might do a few scarfless builds in the near future.

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I am thinking about some clear (target coatings)... while she is still red. She might hold her color a little longer.

May be dark red but she will hold. Marylin is still dark red and it has been 2 years since I finished her (Tru-oil). My king V is still kinda red... but it got tung-oil and well... it may be brown in a few more years.

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I have a padauk top I haven't used it. I found this comment about preventing color change quoted from "Wood" magazine online. Don't think I want to try this, but you guys know more about finishing than I do and the science behind it. I've only done oil finishes so far.

"The way to prevent this and save the wonderful orange-red color is to treat it with a bit of Armor-all before sealing."

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I have a padauk top I haven't used it. I found this comment about preventing color change quoted from "Wood" magazine online. Don't think I want to try this, but you guys know more about finishing than I do and the science behind it. I've only done oil finishes so far.

"The way to prevent this and save the wonderful orange-red color is to treat it with a bit of Armor-all before sealing."

Can you say Fish-Eye? I am not sure I want to go that route. A UV inhibitor like http://www.targetcoatings.com/emtech-9300.html

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I have a padauk top I haven't used it. I found this comment about preventing color change quoted from "Wood" magazine online. Don't think I want to try this, but you guys know more about finishing than I do and the science behind it. I've only done oil finishes so far.

"The way to prevent this and save the wonderful orange-red color is to treat it with a bit of Armor-all before sealing."

Can you say Fish-Eye? I am not sure I want to go that route. A UV inhibitor like http://www.targetcoatings.com/emtech-9300.html

That is what I was thinking. Armor-all has got to be silicone.

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FLOOD CONTROL IS A PAIN.

I am not really fond of taking all night to update my threads. So if you are wondering why I haven't started any other threads it is because it takes too long. I can understand 30 or 60 seconds but 120 means I have to find something else to do for 2 minutes before posting another 4 pictures. It would be nice if flood control could be set on a per member basis. I donated last year and will do so again this year. Maybe a donation could lift the FLOOD CONTROL.

So back to posting...

Starting on the neck. Work on volute and heal first. This neck will get a soft trapezoid shape.

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After one pass with the shinto rasp I decided that the old clamp system for shaping the neck is not going to cut it.

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Don't bet on it going brown. My padauk Terz has been orange since day one and that's been several years now. So are the raw wood sister back/sides I have.

It seems to vary from piece to piece.

Chris

PS: Great headstock design! I'm NOT a 6-in-line guy, but this is nice.

I like the Orange so that is good news.

I am glad you like the headstock... it is a love it or hate it design. I get tired of the "The strings hang off" comments.

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New neck shaping support. I want to do an English horse but I really don't have time today. I cut the profile into a 5' 2x4 and ran it through the drum sander on both sides to make it flat. Then routed a channel down the middle and used a rasp to give it a dish radius. I made a small clamp system for the nut area but I will revise it later as it is not exactly what I want.

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