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maull

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  1. Very clean and clever work.  I like Scott's thought of using aluminum for the side pieces.  It machines easily with woodworking tools and could have openings machined in it to allow clearance for the bit in the event of too much skew. . . . Your designs always inspire me to go out and build something.

  2. On 4/26/2016 at 8:30 AM, ScottR said:

    Well, hello Maul, how awesome it is to hear from you again! I do hope things are rosy in your neck of the woods and you are still brewing excellent award winning IPAs. Do you still have a half finished Les Paul laying around?

    I have a couple of neighbors that have been watching the builds over the years. They say I really need to make a violin to be considered worthwhile. I must say that carving a violin neck and headstock scroll is a very appealing prospect. And the arched body....I'm still surprised at how much I enjoyed that.

    Thanks for the kind words too.

    SR

    I am just getting back to the point of being able to brew beer and work on guitars again.  2015 was not a good year for me.  My mother was diagnosed with lung cancer at the end of January 2015 and I became her full time caregiver on top of my own job and life.  She passed away almost one year to the day after her diagnosis and I just finally had a memorial service for her last weekend.  I built her an urn which took a little while and have been playing catch up with the rest of my life since she passed.  I am hoping to get back to normal soon.  That half finished Les Paul has been collecting a lot of dust but will be coming back out to be finished soon enough.  

    It is strange how everyone is starting to think of making acoustics or archtops lately as that has been on my mind as well.  I even managed to cobble together a homemade side bender while practicing my hand tool skills prior to building my mothers urn.

     

     

     

  3. Sure, a guy goes away for a while and comes back to see Scott is back at being awesome again.  This is looking really nice.  I would love to attempt one myself but need to get a few builds under my belt first.  With your skill and experience at carving I would love to see you tackle a violin or just do a very elaborate archtop.  Regardless of what you build I will gladly follow along as long as you are willing to post your progress.

  4. I have both a table saw and a band saw. Actually I have a lot of da*m saws. If you are going strictly luthiery I would push you towards the band saw. If you are doing general woodworking, the tablesaw is probably a better investment.

    I bought this saw from Grizzly last fall and am pretty happy with it:

    http://www.grizzly.com/products/14-Deluxe-Bandsaw-Anniversary-Edition/G0555LANV

    They normally have 20%off coupon codes, if you can not find a code, check out lumberjocks.com and they sometimes share them.

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  5. Man you've just got to love claro walnut! Sooo many details and inventive ideas working together here. I'm dying to see how you complete the treble cut-away (or not) area. And you've got to give us an interior shot before you close it up so we can see how the F-holes, binding, bracing and kerfing all works together.

    This is so cool! :hyper

    SR

    What Scott said. Loving this build.

  6. Wow. Been a whole year since I have updated this thread. This project had to be put on hold for awhile but hoping to get back on track with it. This weekend I was able to route for binding and install as well. Purfling is on order and I am hoping to get it installed before the end of the week.

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