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  1. eddiewarlock
    No idea, Wes, it's just what it says on the label. BTW i forgot to mention that said epoxi is Araldit, which, and correct me if i am wrong, seems to be good.
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    5 minutes epoxy sucks, regardless of the brand. The one i have bought it's thin, sets in 6 hours, and resists traction up to 350 kilograms/cm2 ( roughly 305 lbs/ inch) which makes me think it has a great bonding strength
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    I was wondering about this same issue. Back in Venezuela i used this 2 ton epoxy made by Devcon. Great stuff, hard, easy to work with, cheap ( and it was top quality) and its setting time was around 8 hours. Now i have moved to Spain where the epoxy i have found is made by Ceys, which seems to be a top brand and top quality, but it is very expensive... the label reads that it's setting time is 6 hours. I have been tempted to buy polyurethane glue, but after reading this, i won't, now, do you think it'll be fine using this epoxy?
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    Beautiful!
  5. eddiewarlock
    4 or 5 for me...less is more.
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    yeah well, the only thing why i didn't wanna laminate it it's because i have just moved to Spain, so i don't have my tools here...and well, the wood shop near me i don't know how good are their machines... But it should be fine
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    Cool, so, well, i have to buy a shitload of clamps like i said, i rarely used one piece necks, no matter what wood was it....
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    Yep, if you can use flatsawn or even better quartesawn wood, then great, but when you've bought a plank of hard maple at a great price, that happens to be fairly straight, seems to be a waste not to use just because it's rift sawn... There are several guitars i would like to make, some for me and some for sale, obviously that the ones for sale will have the best pieces of wood, and was wondering what the problem was with rift sawn maple as i have found little information about it. But i didn't think PRS would use it
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    Btw what is the problem with rift sawn timber? I have seen plenty of bolt on necks with rift sawn maple...would it be ok for a neck thru guitar?
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    Yeah i was thinking about laminating it. I rarely use one piece necks, but i have just moved to Spain and left every tool i had to make guitars...so i have to buy a shitload of clamps...but if you guys say it's fine, then i feel safer. Thanks
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    Quartersawn piece: Rift sawn piece:
  12. eddiewarlock
    So, i finally bought that hard maple. Now, this is my first time using maple for necks. I have worked with purpleheart, mahogany, spanish cedar, apamate, lignum vitae...just not maple. I have this quartersawn piece, that has the grain straight but it curves gradually to a side. The other piece has a more straight grain, but it's rift sawn... which one would be better?
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    OK bought the maple and some alder, the maple looks clean. The cut it's ok, Flatsawn, but has a section that can be used quartersawn, it's a thick plank, 3 inches.
  14. eddiewarlock
    Maybe i can take advantage of the spanish summer, here in Seville temperatures reach over 131 degrees fahrenheit (55ºC)
  15. eddiewarlock
    vacuum bagging is a great idea...however, i just moved here and have no idea where to have that done... If the pesticides leave residue, i think it won't be a problem as the guitars i plan to build will be painted in opaque colours.
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    In the USA where would you find such pesticide? a supermarket? a hardware store
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    btw, what do you use to kill termites? In Venezuela we soak the piece in paint solvent...
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    that´s what i thought, but i had never bought a maple plank as it is not sold in Venezuela. I am very glad i asked. Thanks a lot for your reply
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    Hi guys i'm in Spain and about to buy timber to build guitars. I finally found hard maple, however, they have warned me it MIGHT have termites. I have never dealt with this problem as the timber i have used like spanish cedar, mahogany and purpleheart are not prone to have termites. The plank i liked and would like to buy seems free of them, but they said it still can have them. This is the only place that sells hard maple i have found here in Seville, it's a long and thick plank... I plan to cut and slice the plank into neck thru blanks to use in the future and that way i could see infected pieces and discard them... what do you think? PD: Other places sell Pacific maple, which i believe is soft maple, but i didn't see a quartersawn piece,,,
  20. eddiewarlock
    looking great Yetzer!! Korina truly looks a LOT like apamate from Venezuela/South America. I like the inlays
  21. eddiewarlock
    I might use as well the neck to the right ( the one in the middle is spanish cedar) Does it look like hard maple to you? any thoughts? i also became worried after seeing a neck Doug is selling, 5 piece neck and it is warped. I thought you avoided warping by laminating...
  22. eddiewarlock
    well...i am still not sure. Still waiting to see what i can find in Spain, but sure as hell they won't know the difference between the maple species. I have here in Venezuela a purpleheart blank i might use for that project, but i wanted to use it in a guitar with a translucent finish, not an opaque one, as i have built many guitars with purplheart but it doesn't show.
  23. eddiewarlock
    Spanish cedar works well as a neck wood. Ruokangas uses it, and has been used for decades as a neck wood for classical guitars. I've used on several guitars and it's fantastic. Just like working with mahogany, but ( it was) cheaper, even higher quality, and it smells fantastic
  24. eddiewarlock
    i don't mind it being "softer" like i've said, i've used spanish cedar which is softer than maple, like mahogany. There are certain woods, that even properly dried, when cut into a guitar profile will become unstable and warp, move sideways, or whatever.
  25. eddiewarlock
    my main concern is having a warped neck...
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