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Author:  John Kinnaird jr [ Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:23 pm ]
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Cocobolo tuner buttons as ordered by the customer. This was like cats eating grindstones, but I think the next batch will be smoother. There is dust all over the tuner cases that I did not notice until the pics came out. disregard that.

Thanks for looking

John
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Author:  Laurent Brondel [ Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:27 pm ]
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Very cool John, and they look beautiful. Could you teach us? I'd love to make some.
Author:  SniderMike [ Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:32 pm ]
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Sharp.
Author:  Billy T [ Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:33 pm ]
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Gorgeous! Are those finished or polished?

Yeah! Up for a tutorial John?
Author:  John Kinnaird jr [ Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:33 pm ]
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Thanks Laurent.
I think I can make a half way decent explanation. I need to make some drawings because all the forms and jigs I made were so modified, and I made so many mistakes in the process that I did not take pics and I need to reherse the proper sequence before trying to teach anyone.

John
Author:  John Kinnaird jr [ Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:35 pm ]
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Thanks Billy and Mike
Those buttons are polished. No finish. I did touch them to the buffing wheel so whatever waxes are in that buffing compound is on the buttons
Author:  Steve Kinnaird [ Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:00 pm ]
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Cool beans, bro!
Well done for sure, and I've got loads of wood for ya to turn into even MORE buttons!

Heh-heh...

KBW
Author:  Big John [ Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:52 pm ]
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Those are beautiful....I would love to hear more about how you made them. Eat Drink
big John
Author:  Hesh [ Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:54 pm ]
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Very cool John!!!!!
Author:  Terry Stowell [ Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:11 pm ]
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John,

Go ahead and make a few more sets, get the process effective, efficient, and well rehearsed. Then post a tutorial. You'll certainly become popular!
Author:  Dave Anderson [ Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:19 pm ]
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I love wood buttons and these look great ! Very nice job John.
I too would like to see how you did it.
Author:  John Kinnaird jr [ Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:46 pm ]
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Thanks guys
Really it was just a matter of ripping a piece of cocobolo about 3/8 inch thick and as wide as the buttons are tall and long enough to make 8 so I would have a few to make mistakes on. Next I drilled holes in that plank of wood for the shaft, then sliced off each little retangle of wood and using that hole as an index, I made a number of holders that pivoted on a radius. when the pivot bearing the button was held to a sander and pivoted through its arc, it sanded a matching arc on the button. I did this on 4 surfaces, top, bottom, and the two faces. I will make better tutorial if you guys want.
Author:  Don Williams [ Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:16 pm ]
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Those look great!

Of course, they are just going to darken up a lot, and then you might not be able to tell they're coco, but they came out great!

;)
beehive

Nice work John... would love to see the tutorial.
Author:  Pat Foster [ Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:57 pm ]
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Beautiful, John!

GROUP BUY!!!!!! :D
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