GuitarMaestro Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Hi! Would like to do a chevron curly maple pattern like this one: How do I do that? I mean if I simply buy a usual bookmatched curly maple top and saw the middle line with an angle so that the curls meet at 45 degrees then they will not fit together anymore like in this picture. Please tell me how to do it.... Thanks, Marcel Knapp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syxxstring Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Direct from the Ed Roman site: Have a monster truck with maple treads drive over your guitar. Its an expensive and time consuming process used by few manufacturers. In fact the original monster truck driver finds it not worth his time so you will have to get one of the few ed has remaining in stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Marcel, what you said WILL work. Your piece will need to be extremely big though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 to do it right, the billet would have to be cut from the tree at an angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 to do it right, the billet would have to be cut from the tree at an angle. That is incorrect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 I mean if I simply buy a usual bookmatched curly maple top and saw the middle line with an angle so that the curls meet at 45 degrees then they will not fit together anymore like in this picture surely this would work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Yeah, what Perry said is correct. You'll need two -very- wide booked pieces, and you'll slice the inside edges at an angle to 'close the pattern in', and drop the outer edges down. I mean, this is pretty simple. Imagine you have 2 booked pieces sitting in front of you, and you take them and close them in on each other until you get the angle you want, then you just mark your pieces and cut them accordingly. Then you'll see why you need such wide pieces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Yeah, what Perry said is correct. You'll need two -very- wide booked pieces, and you'll slice the inside edges at an angle to 'close the pattern in', and drop the outer edges down. I mean, this is pretty simple. Imagine you have 2 booked pieces sitting in front of you, and you take them and close them in on each other until you get the angle you want, then you just mark your pieces and cut them accordingly. Then you'll see why you need such wide pieces so am i right in thinking that you just sit one piece overlapping ontop of the other one, and then move it until the grain matches a suitable amount? then mark, cut stick etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren wilson Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 You'd be better to close the "book" and cut/joint the two sides together, wouldn't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted March 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 thank for the answers....but if I do it they way I described and the way Drak says then I guess the curls will not have the same thickness at the middle line where they meet -> this will look ver ugly won't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Yeah, what Perry said is correct. You'll need two -very- wide booked pieces, and you'll slice the inside edges at an angle to 'close the pattern in', and drop the outer edges down. I mean, this is pretty simple. Imagine you have 2 booked pieces sitting in front of you, and you take them and close them in on each other until you get the angle you want, then you just mark your pieces and cut them accordingly. Then you'll see why you need such wide pieces so am i right in thinking that you just sit one piece overlapping ontop of the other one, and then move it until the grain matches a suitable amount? then mark, cut stick etc Incorrect, or just a bad way of doing it. Put the pieces back together, as they came apart, and recut the bookmatch line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 yeah, i get ya, just trying to picture it in my head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted March 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Incorrect, or just a bad way of doing it. Put the pieces back together, as they came apart, and recut the bookmatch line. This won't work as far as I see it....recutting the bookmatch line at an angle make you loose alot of wood with alot of figure on it. The figure at the resulting bookmatch line will not exactly fit together then. It could onyl work if you have a VERY uniform figure. Or do I get something wrong here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 methinks someone needs to draw a picture in paint (i'm looking at you rhodes) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank falbo Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 This won't work as far as I see it....recutting the bookmatch line at an angle make you loose alot of wood with alot of figure on it. The figure at the resulting bookmatch line will not exactly fit together then. It could onyl work if you have a VERY uniform figure. Or do I get something wrong here? Yes, because if you are taking the same off each piece (folding it together and cutting the angle) you still have a bookmatch. Any axis at which you "open the book" will be matched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted March 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Yes, because if you are taking the same off each piece (folding it together and cutting the angle) you still have a bookmatch. Any axis at which you "open the book" will be matched. Ok....got it at least....lol....thanks alot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 For those that disbelieve, cant work it out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 thanks...cleared it up in my head cheers dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 i don't know why you think rhoad's way won't work...that is how it is done...it would work especially well with a v i would cut the angle and joint the edge before bookmatching,then do the resawing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 who said it wouldn't work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 who said it wouldn't work? read the thread again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 i dont think anyone said it wouldnt work, just that they made 6 posts about it when only one or two are required. Must like seeing their names in print i guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 This won't work as far as I see it..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 i wonder how it would look with a quilt...hmmmm(contemplates somewhat quilted maple in corner) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Yes, because if you are taking the same off each piece (folding it together and cutting the angle) you still have a bookmatch. Any axis at which you "open the book" will be matched. Ok....got it at least....lol....thanks alot! hehe...you know...every time i read this topic,the page started past this reply,so i did not see where maestro said this... i guess this is for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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