ScottR

Resto, you scared all the entrants away in the first week. Awesome beautiful guitar. Excellent display of not giving in to the beast inside that thing. Watch out for a huge number of entries next month. SR

+1 Is it a drop top or thick enough to carve? SR

Pardon me, I completely missed the cue. "Yes it is". SR No it isn't. Yes, it is.

Pardon me, I completely missed the cue. "Yes it is". SR

Give me a moment to get some popcorn and grab a beer. Ok. Proceed. SR

The best thing to do would be to de-solder them at the pots, switch and jack. Leave them connected at the pickups in case you end up re-using them. Be sure to mark all your connections first. SR

On the same subject: http://www.andymanson.co.uk/photos-group-16.html Apologies for posting this in two threads....but this one made more sense. SR

Probably better. If I were doing it again, and I probably will the next time I wear out a blade, I would likely go narrower and longer. I'm not sure an 8" stroke would get used much, but narrower would allow it to be used in smaller areas. I don't think this would ever replace a quality set of rasps, but it is something useful to make out of a used bandsaw blade. SR I would go 11" or 12" with the really heavy teeth... You could go shorter as you increased the number of teeth. How about a curved surface? Maybe one with a 1 1/4" radius and one with a larger 4" radius. That would allow you to use them for belly carves and shaping heals and other inside curves. Those are good ideas, especially the curves. With the lower PTI counts it would probably help to put the blades closer together and stagger the points better than I did here to help close the gaps between the cutting surfaces. SR

Probably better. If I were doing it again, and I probably will the next time I wear out a blade, I would likely go narrower and longer. I'm not sure an 8" stroke would get used much, but narrower would allow it to be used in smaller areas. I don't think this would ever replace a quality set of rasps, but it is something useful to make out of a used bandsaw blade. SR

Here we go. I cut quarter inch 7TPI blade into roughly 4.75" pieces with tin snips. I cut grooves into a piece of scrap bubinga with .....the bandsaw. Got a pretty good fit. The grooves are about 2mm apart and about 3mm deep--roughly. I glued them in with medium CA. I eyeballed everything. This was just a test to see if it would work. I decided to orient all the teeth in the same direction and use a pull cut. I decided to put a handle on it for leverage. The I chewed up this piece of jatoba in the amount of time it took Joe Bonamassa to sing Who Killed John Henry. It worked pretty dang good. It is already the most aggressive rasp I own...but I do not own any Japanese rasps so have no basis for comparison there.It did clog every so often, but was very easy to clean out with a stiff scrub brush. Better attention to detail--things like uniformity of groove depth and spacing would likely yield improved results,but all in all I'd call the experiment a success. SR

Me too. That's what I was trying to avoid when I started folding this one up.... The trial piece is pretty much done and actually works very well. I'll get some pics up in a day or so. SR

The answer to that is pretty sad really, when you divide the dollars by hours.... In this case though, its not about time or dollars. Its just about having an idea, and trying it out to see if it works. Hell, I hardly ever use rasps anyway. I use chisels and palm gouges where most would use a rasp. On the other hand those Shinto rasps are pretty sweet. I'm pretty sure I'll have one before long....for those times I do use them . SR

I did it... it sucked. Went out and bought a Shinto rasp... The blades I use have too few tpi to be used as rasps. I think the one I've got is 8 or 10--not in a position to check right now. It may well suck too...but I'm between projects anyway. How did you attach them? SR

What is the actual string angle, or range of angles on the tele headstock? The shallowest angle (G-string?) might shed some light.... SR

I'm going to make the attempt to mount the quarter inch blade and test it....we'll see. SR

Yep, smells just like dill when its being worked. SR

+1 I was thinking that was Zebrawood. SR

I'm having a really tough time getting my head wrapped around that first shot. Do I spot some metal flake or sparkle of some sort in there? Pretty killer Kill. SR

I changed out a bandsaw blade this weekend. I folded the old blade in half and then that in half again crimping the ends as I went so it wouldn't spring open. I kept at it till I had a little bundle about 8" long, the plan being to wire tie it closed before tossing it out. At that point it looked and felt like a sharp little rasp. I have a couple of slabs of live oak in the garage and tested it out on the endgrain of one and holy cow! That thing cut better than any rasp I own. I need to come up with a way to mount it in a handle. Actually I should wait till I change out a half inch blade as this quarter inch one doesn't leave much to work with in terms of attaching to a block. So, has anyone else done this and if so how did you attach the blade to the block? I'm thinking that cutting the blade into 8" lengths and gluing them into a block that has grooves cut in a series of narrow "W" patterns, maybe with the teeth in alternating directions. SR

I think that came out pretty nice, man. SR

Thats cool. Realy realy cool. Not as cool as the bear (thats gona take some beating ) but still seriously cool Lovin the carved back. Bit of a fan of carved backs, think we need more of them. Thanks Paulie. You came to mind when I commented on carved backs. I entended to point out your builds as one place we can find them regularly....and very well done at that. I think my brains are leaking out or something . Maybe I can teach Ol' Bear to play rhythm. SR

Thanks guys. CBG, I've always enjoyed your garden. WM and Muzz, I'm looking forward to seeing what's next. SR

Thanks guys. I'm a little surprised we don't see more back carves in custom builds. As far as inspiration goes, I think that's great. I'd love to see some of these ideas show up in future builds...especially if they are improved upon. Go forth and build! SR

What a great complement! Thanks John. SR

It might. When are we going to see some of those others that it maybe could play with...at Phil Collins' place aka "Home By The Sea"? SR The tiny glimpses you have thrown up have looked quite nice.