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    I'm pretty sure 'die-cast' is molten metal poured into a mold, and 'metal' is milled from a block.
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    Regarding speeds, the instruction manual may list recommended speeds, but generally the larger the bit, the slower the speed, and the harder the material the slower the speed.
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    1/4" bits are fairly common, but 1/2" bits are better. I don't think I've ever heard of 5/16" bits. You should check your local buy & sell.
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    The link has been reposted near the end of that thread.
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    These ones, right? http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...ndpost&p=187921 Those are sweet. Miro - I believe Pink Ivory is a rare and expensive wood, at least around here. Can you get enough of it? I don't know what it is like at all, I've never used it.
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    Do you mean the wood Pink Ivory, or Ivory from elephant tusks?
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    Pinus=Pitch Pine Do a search on 'Pine' and you should have your answer.
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    Wes makes a good point. When I did a laminated neck, I used flatsawn pieces at least 3" wide that I fliped on edge, so the neck blank ended up being a 3" thick quartersawn piece. I you must do a liminated + scarf joint neck, I would laminate the main neck piece, but use a single piece of wood for the headstock for a cool effect, like this from Warmoth's Gecko bass's: http://www.warmoth.com/gecko/images/gecko_neck_stripe1.jpg
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    One thing, I couldn't figure out how to move images from folder to folder, and ended up deleting and re-uploading 173 of them into the appropriate folders. If you find out how to move images from folder to folder, let me know.
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    I found a new pic hoster with unlimited bandwidth, so I reposted all the pictures back to visible images.
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    I found this new free photo hoster today. They offer UNLIMITED BANDWIDTH & FILESIZE, as well as remotelinking. Reminds me alot of good ol' fullserve... The catch to the UNLIMITED part is that any excessive/abusive usage will not be tolerated, but it should be fine for what we would use it for. They also have a feature where you can upload 100's of images in a .zip file, and it's automatically unzipped and loaded into the specified folder, saving alot of time. OOPS! I forgot the link! http://photojerk.com/signup.php
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    I think you're right. The treble side is alot more flatsawn and has that knot around where the pickguard would go. Not to mention it's got lousy figuring. What a joke.
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    I got my Performax from a Canadian retailer called House of Tools. They are regularly $1399CDN, but every 4 - 6 months or so they go on sale for a whole month for $999CDN, or %30 off. They also include a stand, infeed/outfeed tables and extra rolls of abrasive. That may be something to think about. Performax are manufactured by Canwood Industrial. Canwood make three lines of tools (kind of like grizzly with their industrial line): Household or Regular - These byte ass Professional - Much better quality Industrial - Way better quality, industrial grade tools
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    Yes. Hard & soft woods are not catagorized by their apparent hardness, they are catagorized by their leaves. There are some softwoods that are harder than catagorized hardwoods. Hardwoods (yes, even balsa is considered a hardwood) loose their leaves in winter. Softwoods don't really have leaves, they have bristles, which stay green all year 'round, and they produce 'cones' as seeds. Softwoods are used as exellent tone woods more so in acoustic instruments, typically in soundboards. Could be cedar?
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    Regular tung oil, yes, it's thin and it just seeps in, but not polimerized oils, like Tru Oil. That stuff can build fairly thick and buff out to a nice shine if you know what you're doing. I believe Toddler's guitar that just won GOTM is Tru Oiled. ← like i said.i don't care what anyone says.i have experience with true oil,tung oil,boiled lindseed oil,shellac,rattlecan nitro and rattlecan polyeurethane...and all of the oil finishes,including tru oil,are very poor in the durability department. and i won't argue with you about it.i know what i know...and everyone just wants to love it because it is easy ← I don't want to start another 'oil finish' arguement either. To each his own, bro.
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    For that Kinda money, it better be presented at my front door like this.
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    Regular tung oil, yes, it's thin and it just seeps in, but not polimerized oils, like Tru Oil. That stuff can build fairly thick and buff out to a nice shine if you know what you're doing. I believe Toddler's guitar that just won GOTM is Tru Oiled.
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    You can get around that by flipping the piece around, but then you are spending twice the amount of time...
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    Good for you for relizing and admitting you made mistakes. That's part of growing and developing your skills. If you never relize, admit to, or just plain IGNORE your mistakes, you will probably end up having a thread like THIS started about you.
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    A properly setup bandsaw can be a precision tool, have you heard of re-sawing? I've always cut my headstock angles on my bandsaw, then smoothen out the faces on a stationary beltsander.
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    I've always wondered what grit you run too, on your dual drum. To me, it seems kind of redundant to have 80 - 120 on the drums, because with every pass, you re-sand the 120 smoothness back to 80 again, and will just where out your 120 quicker. However, it would be nice to not have to shut everything down and swap out the 80 for the 120...
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    http://www.mykaguitars.com/gallery.htm Your instruments have alot of class. The designs are very elegant, and quality is very consistant & professionally executed. You are one of the few, true professionals on this board, and are humble about it, which I like. The design of this particular instrument is too 'out there' for me, however, you did an excellent job, as usual.
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    Uh, 1/8 or a turn, or 1/8". There is no thickness sander out there that I know of where I'd recommend taking a 1/8" pass with. That's way to much for sanding. ← Didn't notice I added the inches symbol, that coulda been bad! OBVIOUSLY I meant 1/8 of a turn of the height adjustment knob, which is 1/128".
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    Did either of you guys get the promotional video featuring the guy that builds 'ukuleles?
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    BigD, this may help with your photography issue: http://www.bunnybass.com/e-zine/phototips/intro.shtml
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