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    Oh yeah, I did the whole thing. The very same thought occured to me as I was drenching.
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    Hey guys, just got home from the shop, let me tell you!!. Spalted wood bites. I am a wood patternmaker by trade, I have used all kinds of wood in my 35 yrs on the bench so working wood is second nature, but spalt. I get to just where I want the shape to be, and pow a spunky spot just falls away. I put so much ca glue on it I couldn't see without my eyes watering. It just falls apart. I think it is just the most beautifull stuff next to quilted maple I've seen but it works like ****. Sorry for that word but it is true. I think I have just ruined my guitar.
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    To reply to the original idea, a small home built machine with software will cost in the area of $8,000. I can not stress this any stronger but, do not buy stuff on Ebay. Use only ballscrews and linear bearings. Servo motors are better than steppers and require less power. Use a 1 Gig or larger ram memory in your computer, g code files can be very large. Do not skimp on anything and be very precise in your constuction methods. Gnome, the best site for homebuilt cnc is www.cnczone.com. Here you will find the best minds on the net for homebuilt cnc. And for the young monkey, before you buy anything make one by hand first to discover your strenghths and weaknesses and go from there. A good job would help the money problems and maybe a degree in Machine Technology will help.
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    I was thinking just for the top. Encasing the wood (spalted maple) with it's inherant soft spots seems like a good idea. I guess that, binding it would also be a must. And Drak is right it does not bind to itself. It leaves a joint line and a weak point that shows. I just thought it seemed like a good idae. I've got almost a gallon of the stuff,and need to find a use for it before it turns yellow from age. Hey thats not bad is it?.
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    I have some Auto-Cad files to share. How do I get a dxf. drawing on this site? Any help for this?
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    Here's a wild idea. Has anyone ever used or experimented with a product known as Enviro-tex. I believe it's claim to fame is a real deep finish with only one coating. Used mostly for bartops and craft objects. I myself have used it to mimic water on model railroad dioramas but never coated wood with it. What say you, any speculators?
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    Drak, I've shaped my body and I am very close to final shaping. I will drench the softer parts in CA soon . If I can I'll add some pics also. Thanks
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    I've got some stuff I think will interest some of us, but I don't know how to post the drawings and pics. Any help out there?
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    Thanks Drak. I guess I'l use the two part epoxy method. I plan on shaping the top wood first and then troweling on some 5 min. epoxy to stabilize sand and clearcoat. Sound good to you?
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    Got me some spalt and read here that someone used Drak's CA method to stabilize it so's he can sand evenly? Drak please send me that method, it will be nice to use it on my spalt top. Thanks, 'Killa
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    Newbie, the trem details are located at Warmoth website measured out in mm,s I think the truss in a squire is a single action bulett nut rod. Limba is heavy, would be nice for a neck though. Just my opinion of course.
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    Agathis: a spieces of the Alder family of hardwoods. I believe it's commonly found in Australia and Zeeland areas.
  13. stringkilla
    does anyone know how much stress, pulling power, is on a guitar neck. I mean how many pounds do the strings exert at concert pitch of A-440?
  14. stringkilla
    that item is like a finish coating give the image a cover so's it won't slip off as you apply it
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    Papillion.com has a paper for every kind of printer. try them out
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    about a year ago a friend and I scrapped an Epiphone Les Paul Jr. Used it for parts. Well when we scraped down thw finish we found plywood. I was shocked. To think a Paul made of plywood. So I would not hesitate to build with high grade Baltic Birch, use it all the time at work. A 5x5 sheet will run you about $60.00. At 19mm thick lam'd twice thats two bodies. Good stuff guys.
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    I'll send you the one I have as a dxf or dwg file
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    ok. I t seems that it may be next to impossible to creat an ergonomicaly pleasing guitar without being influenced by all that has come before. Recently Boyd Coddington, a custom hot rod builder said, " If I don't come up with something original from time to time, I'm doomed to just keep rebuilding what I've allready done." Thanks Guy's. Oh those Vox Phantoms are very much surfing guitars aye.
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    Hi guys. Have you ever noticed when looking at guitars there are only a few body shapes. I have been yearning for some power to steer us to a great body shape that is both radical and pleasing. I love the strats, LP's, PRS, Tele,s, but everone just varies those patented shapes, right? Man do I need a diferent face to look at. What say you, anyone got an idea?.
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    I've got the dwg/dxf files for the strat and for a double cut LP. send me a line and I'll email 'em to ya.
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    see next message
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    Here's some I've dallied with from time to time; Slabmaster, Burner, Gumbah, Treacher, Bone Yard Special, Oiler, Decimator, The 500, Hobble, Hoppy, Winged Soul, BadAss.
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    with all the custom painting going on I would think someone would make a sheet overlay for guitar bodys. These sheets would have cool graphics printed on them like flames and photos of famous people. SRV, Hendrix, and maybe some sensible designs. Anybody ever seen anything like this?
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    currently the accepted method of bending sides is with a heated pipe or electricaly heated bending machines, right? I have a bug about useing a common technique that some furniture and cabinet makers have been successful at for years. That is to mold the bent in a positive and negative mold. A two sided mold compressed together by clamps, left to dry and then shaped. No vacumm bags, no hot pipes or electicity, just glue and some off the shelf veneers. I was interested in the tonality, or lack thereof. I guess by the responce it will work and increase the treble end of the voice. Thanks guys
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    I use these daily. Ninety degree angle grinder, for rough forming, a straight die grinder with sanding drums, carbide burrs. plus air broom. A real handy dandy item to have around the shop. Great for air brushing too.
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