~john~

I tryed to glue the top on a few times, but the glue keeps setting befor i've spread it all the way around the edges.

Would adding more water to the hide glue than it says to to make it thiner and easyer to apply effect the strength of the joint?

Shame sears don't have stores in the UK, i'll check out the place where i got the saw cause i messed up the blade last week

I used to have an 8" bench-top bandsaw. It actually worked quite well with GOOD blades. I was able to resaw 4" thick Ebony.....

I wouldn't even try to do that with my saw, it would just stop

What the hell blade where you using?some sort of diamond coated mentalist blade?

Try stewmac, i have got alot of stuff from them.

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Bodies,_necks,...ngerboards.html

I have that bandsaw, appart from a few problems setting it up(which where no falt of the saw) its working out fine for me, you do have to go a bit slow with really hard woods but it gets there in the end.

Im going to glue the top on when i get the time, tommorow maybe.

I used to do it with a hand saw, but now i i do it on my bandsaw cause its way quicker.

I like you hair MATT, very nice guitar aswell.

I love that, what about the headstock?

I looked into both and went for a bandsaw, once ou get past setting it up it really is a good tool to have.

It's ugly as hell, i wouldn't put that on a guitar if i was payed to do it.

thats really handy personally i just trace the back of the guitar body then i have a basic template, il try this method when i get a new camera

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I trace them aswell, but its a bit hard when you don't have anything to trace.

I worked this out last night and it seemed to work for scaling up some pictures, provided they where taken looking straight on at the guitar.

First you get something on the guitar that you know is a definite size like the scale length, if its in inches convert it too MM. Then you then measure the scale length on the picture, divide this number into the real scale length and then to get to the real size times any measurement on the picture by the number you just got.

My friend wants me to make one of these

http://www.espguitars.com/basses_signature.htm

Now i've got the scale length and number of frets but i need some body dimensions.

Little help

MATT that look so good. congrats to you.

You going to get any sound samples?

It only has top wheel adjustment, it seems to be working fine now anyway.

I just have rather a huge bit of it sitting around and nothing to do with it.

Thats hot!

See it started working now i asked people, tipical eh?

Ok i got a bandsaw today, but whenever i turn it on the blade comes off the bottom wheel.I set it up as the booklet that came with it said to.

I'v just given up with it for now, anyone got any ideas?

Yes i mean c clamps, C ans G look nearly the same.

Would beach wood work for a violin top MATT?

loudandproud did you get the date 1721 from the inside of the violin?

You do realise thats about 286 year old if its right my family have violins from about 1880 and i tourght they were old. Do you have any pictures of it?

http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...opic=17707&st=0

Was it this?

I think it was a BC RICH iron bird 7 string copy, i forget the name of the guy who di it though.

Anyway, cool kit dude, ive always wanted to build a violin.

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Rhoads have you seen the guitars you make, you could make a violin, just do it.Hell make a heavy metal violin if you want, it would still be cool.