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  1. Richie, Hi. Sure id love to offer some help if you need it on your bow. I dont know much about building guitars but bows i do know a thing or two. take down recurve sounds like a fun project. my specialty is miqmaks, primitive compound built by the miqmak tribe in canada said to be 1500 years old. http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=2074ayb here is a early prototype. reflex/deflex longbow/miqmak thing going on. Im one of the few guys in the world developing this desighn. I think it has potenital to out perform regular recurves and what not. But then i just like being the odd ball. take care, ill help in anyway i can just shoot me a msg adn ill give you my email. remember the ticket to a high performance stick bow is "Stiffer tips with out adding mass" to bad we have to compermise so much. bamboo seems to be my fav bow wood ( its a grass i know ). oops sorry folks. i get excited about bows. chris.
  2. I like them, simple yet buitful. great work. chris.
  3. Hi, nice webpage. ill be tuning into your build. im new to this stuff. I have no experience in ash with a acoustic. BUt i do haev experience working with ash. I use it in building bows ( archery ). Long as the grian is strait, and you go slow you probably wont pull any fibers. ash is some tough stuff. Pretty also. makes a nice English longbow. good luck. chris.
  4. Hi, well iv decided to hold off on spending a lot of money up front. So i bought a fret scale ruler, and the saw, im holding off on the miter box till later. I orderd some fret wire. and i orderd a radius block, and i have several files already. so ill go from there. I know ill end up buying the miterbox probably later but i figured id give it a go with out it first. But i was thinking, and just seem logical to go slow till i figure out what im doing first hand. I apreaciate all the responces. Im working on a cigarbox guitar now and im thinking i need to make a acoustic bridge for it. so i did a search and ill be darn if i can find any info on building one. About all ic ould find is they sell a tool to ream the hole out in 5 degrees or i forget what teh other one is. is this tool needed for making the bridge for a acoustic? if so ill need to get one since thats best way it seems to ancore the bridge down on these cigarbox guitars. chris,
  5. Hi, Nathan. Naw i have no way to record. maybe later on. Its fun to play. But the more i read the more I realize how much i messed up on this thing. no one you are the only one who said something. I guess if you dont haev something nice to say dont say anyhing at all and taht would be 200+ people. I dont blame them a kid probably could of done better. But, we all have to start somewhere. I started anouther one this time im gonna go with just a box and see how it sounds compared to the V. Lets hope the next one turns out better and plays just as good. i dont mind constructive critisem. hammer away. im big boy. only way ill learn. Thx for the responce tho, least i know im not being ignored witch i thought for a day or two. Laughs. Chris.
  6. Hi, thank you. I have one of the hammers already. so that will save me a buck or three. looks like i need a lot more than i orginaly thought. guess ill order some new toys tonight. Chris.
  7. Hi, im getting ready to start on my second cigarbox guitar i plan on using frets this time. I plan on ordering the following from stew-mac: Fret Slotting Miter Box scale template fretwire reason im even asking is because when i started building bows years ago I bought a bunch of stuff i neevr ended up using. So, i dont want to make the same mistake twice starting a new hobbie. Thank you very much for any info. chris.
  8. Hello, so i figured id try to build a cigarbox guitar out of some scraps i had in the shop. im in this thing 4.00 strinsg. its a 4 string fretless. the freboard is IPE. the neck is Oak, with a core of bamboo to act as a wanan be truss rod. laughs, since bamboo is stronger in tension than steel. ( i work with bamboo a lot in building bows. we deal with tensions and conpression and a crap load of compermises in bowyer stuff. ) Anyhow the tuners came off a fender i had, never thought id ever haev a use for them. laughs. T his is a string through body. the top and back are 35 year old laminated thin poser board or something of such. the paint job orginaly was gonna be a desert camo, tan base, brown and black stripes. One should test all paint first. the black turned out to be blue. O well. The lightning bolt could of turned out better but all i had to cut it out was a dull exaxto knife. but it gives it some charater. Im gonna start anouther one. and do a better job i hope. the bridge and the nut are corian, a friend gave me, funny thing about this is one day a rock looking this showed up at my door with no name or nothing just the cost of shipping. i tripped on this for a few hours trying to figure out who would send me a rock in the mail. later on i found out it was him. still not sure why it aint pretty but its a sure is fun to play way more fun to play than my expesive guitars. maybe because i built it? or maybe i just dig the blusey sound. here is a phot of her : http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=23jomxe well lets hope i do better next time. bows are much easier to build than instruments, or maybe its just easy cause thats what I know. Chris.
  9. Intresting. I wonder if it works or just sales pitch. can you really tell the diffrence? chris.
  10. http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...;hl=Buzz+Feiton search brought this up. INtresting read. I dont have perfect pitch. So, ill stick with the slop i guess. chris.
  11. Hi. I have bought some ( Archery Bow Riser, ie. the handel section ) riser blanks off ebay. Curly maple and what not. Iv had no problem at all. Just be sure to ask all questions first and if you are concern about something as for a pic of the spot. only problem i see is paying for shipping. heh, wood is heavy. BUt its a valid option. Im lucky to have a lumbar yard near by. BUt they just dont carry some stock all the time. Iv also bought wood from specialty places on the net for real figured stuff. Only advantage buying from stewmac is you know you gonna get a good peice of tone wood. or id hope so anyhow. so you pay a little extra but no gambel. Its up to you i say give it a try. Chris.
  12. I was just thinking about glue today. I build bows, and I use 2 part glues. Smooth on, This is used for FIberglass/wood lamination, and Urac the brown st uff you guys mention in the first page for all wood lams. These two glues are ideal for bows. It gets expesive. Im glad to hear tight bond will work, I really dis like mixing up 2 part glues. ( messy ) Also the brown powder stuff you mention is just ground up walnut shells. cheers. Chris.
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