verhoevenc Posted November 28, 2010 Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 This is how I do it. Happy holidays. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim37 Posted November 28, 2010 Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 you had me scared for a min but you got it right in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessejames Posted November 28, 2010 Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 I use all my reject to practice techniques or tools im unfamiliar with. Although, nothing wrong with what Chris did either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted November 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 Oh, I used it a bit for that too. I used it to find out how hand planes react to pearl and recon stone since I like roughing out my radii in fretboards with a low angle block. The answer? They don't mind 'um. Planers? Not quite the same answer lol Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam_c Posted November 28, 2010 Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 Im all for a good bonfire, but a nice piece of ebony would be the LAST thing I would ever burn. Id rather give it away if someone might have a use for it. Im sure you get through more material than I do though! I tend to hoard anything i think i could ever use again at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted November 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 I assure you, I do the same for stuff that IS useable. NO ONE would ever have a use for a 1/8" thick ebony board (since I had to resaw it off to get the truss rod in a timely manner), already tapered, with fret slots almost all the way through, with inlays, and in 25.4" scale. Not so useful... Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam_c Posted November 28, 2010 Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 yeah i wasnt having a knock at you at all. When building on YOUR kind of scale, Im sure you create alot of scraps and offcuts that are just not worth keeping. Im not a builder, so any little pieces of ebony or pearl etc. that I acquire or have left over will be kept in a draw for me to sit and stare at from time to time like a kid collecting bottle caps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted November 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 My scale? Lol, I think you've got me confused with someone else hahahaha Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted November 28, 2010 Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 I stare at my scrap pieces for a year or two,and then I burn them once I am sure I can't use them...burning is cathartic and it erases all evidence of bad work...cleansing the soul of wrongdoing so you can move on and try to do better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted November 28, 2010 Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 I'm extremely disappointed and annoyed by this video of yours, Chris. I expected it to be twice and long and in HD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted November 29, 2010 Report Share Posted November 29, 2010 \mm/ Yes... burn baby burn! I like the idea of testing the joints. I have one staring at me that deserves a firepit death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted November 29, 2010 Report Share Posted November 29, 2010 It is very much a useful "proof of the pudding". Many of us just make those joints with no method of non-destructive testing, leaving us with pure faith in our prep and execution. Good to see you've got it down Chris. Except for whatever you cocked up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted November 29, 2010 Report Share Posted November 29, 2010 I once was fortunate enough to test an epoxy heel joint of mine with a rather sparse glued area...tested it with a 4 pound sledge. It came apart after four good strikes,taking some body wood with it,which really gave me alot more faith in glue joint strength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 *stands on guitar neck* Yep, that would have made a great guitar. Damn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihocky2 Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 I don't have speakers here at work, so I'm not sure if there was commentary with the burning, but I hope there was a nice glass of Scotch to go with that cigar. I do the same thing as Wes, I stare at the scraps until they get in my way and then right into the fire. My wife does a ton of small lathe work, so if it is in the scrap pile there is nothing special about it at all. I look at it this way, I enjoy my time working with wood to build a guitar. I enjoy the time on projects I get out of the scraps. I get my final enjoyment sitting outside on a nice evening sitting by a fire with a glass of 15 year old Laphroaig and a Man O' War cigar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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