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  1. Lex Luthier
    Does it look like poplar? Soft-ish, light pale color, probably with ugly green or gray streaks through it.
  2. Lex Luthier
    pencil
  3. Lex Luthier
    What Tsl said. Nice guitar though.
  4. Lex Luthier
    Not sure yet I haven't tried it.
  5. Lex Luthier
    Righto! I have actually started drawing bodies right onto the 1/4" MDF I use as the routing and tracing templates. I tend to figure out neck angle and stuff as I go along building. I use a long ruler for the center line, then a pencil and a good white eraser for mistakes. it takes me while to draw up a body, because all my bodies have been somewhat original, or variations of designs, I have to spend alot of time looking at the drawing from different angles and in the mirror even.
  6. Lex Luthier
    I think it's another name for Poplar. I'm going there today to look at spray guns.
  7. Lex Luthier
    This would probably be the smallest. It can most likely take a riser to doulbe the cutting capacity.
  8. Lex Luthier
    To resaw a top you need about 7" of clearance. The Delta 10" was the smallest, cheapest bandsaw I knew of that could do that, but I think they discontiued it. This is why I'm just gonna go ahead and get the Delta 14" with riser, then I can resaw 12" thick!
  9. Lex Luthier
    What do you mean by 10% of the roads? Can MACS not go on evry website or something?
  10. Lex Luthier
    My tower is on a lower shelf just above the floor, so I tend to kick it when it's going mental.
  11. Lex Luthier
    ME TOO!
  12. Lex Luthier
    I did a small test piece a month or two ago of an alchohol based dye stain with polimerized tung oil over it. The dye blead into the oil a little, just like it does with lacquer. It didn't affect anything, except the rag I used to apply the oil got kinda burgundy. Looked nice actually.
  13. Lex Luthier
    I made my first guitar, an acoustic, just before I turned 13. Looking back now it was total CRAP, but I thought it was great, and that's what kept me going. Give the kid time, if he sticks with guitar building he'll be selling them in a few years... trust me.
  14. Lex Luthier
    Those things are called neck bolt ferrules.
  15. Lex Luthier
    Yeah, yeah, I know - but I have no reputation behind me to command higher prices... yet.
  16. Lex Luthier
    I found using bolts to hold it in the areas that are to be cut off worked well.
  17. Lex Luthier
    It's not hard at all. Should say on the container. What I do is apply it with a piece of T-shirt. I like white cotton. Apply it heavily. Let it sit for 5 - 10 min, but that probably depends on your brand of finish. Then I rub off the excess. I then continue to rub and kinda buff/polish the surface with a clean piece of shirt. I then repeat after about 8hours, until I am happy.
  18. Lex Luthier
    I was always wondering about those. I want mine to be "The Evil Luthier!"
  19. Lex Luthier
    Bits with a positve rake on the cutter minimize tearout, so do spiral bits, which are what I'mthinking about using next time.
  20. Lex Luthier
    This one. I had it on consignment at Act 1 Music since sometime in the summer, or maybe late spring. I think I started at $1200CDN first, then went down to $800CDN because I really wanted to sell it. The buyer has been making payments for a month or so, and finally paid it off and took it home yesterday. He plans on getting a Roland pickup system or something installed by the tech at Act 1 Music. The buyer also plays in a local band, so it'll be seen on stage.
  21. Lex Luthier
    I do the router method. I've had tear out a few time, but I do it in one pass with a 2" long bit.
  22. Lex Luthier
    What kind of finish is on this guitar?
  23. Lex Luthier
    It must mean $65 a board foot. That's still a HUGE piece though!
  24. Lex Luthier
    That'swhat I do. I have like this file folder thing, you can probably get them at business stores, I mark each folder section with a grit number, and put each grit back in place once I'm finished. I used to do what soapbarstrat does, but it got out of hand.
  25. Lex Luthier
    I can get 800grit, but I don't because I don't use it.
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