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 Post subject: Number 21.
PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 6:25 pm 
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Bubinga / spruce / maple :)
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 Post subject: Re: Number 21.
PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 6:29 pm 
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Looks fantastic!

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.


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 Post subject: Re: Number 21.
PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 6:36 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: Number 21.
PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 6:46 pm 
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Colin North wrote:
Looks fantastic!

I’m living the rope purfling detail. Really nice looking IMO .
Plenty more things to screw up ha.
I do have a few issues with the body, but I’m not pointing them out haha


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 Post subject: Re: Number 21.
PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 6:59 pm 
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Yeah, I like the purfling too. Looking good.

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 Post subject: Re: Number 21.
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Beautiful! Love the top and purfs. I haven't built guitars with babinga but have some for guitars and have used it for other projects. An overlooked wood IMO and looks great under finish. Hope you post pics when it's all done.

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 Post subject: Re: Number 21.
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 Post subject: Re: Number 21.
PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 7:57 pm 
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Very nice. That grain and bearclaw on the top is pretty crazy.


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 Post subject: Re: Number 21.
PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 8:23 pm 
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Nice clean work! Looks great. I can’t wait to see it finished.

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 Post subject: Re: Number 21.
PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 9:22 pm 
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Nice toght work on that rosette... and love the bearclaw. Going to try that on our next model.


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 Post subject: Re: Number 21.
PostPosted: Sun Jan 17, 2021 7:32 am 
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Very nice work on this one. That prefiling is to die for, gorgeous top.

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 Post subject: Re: Number 21.
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Love the top--beautiful purfling and rosette.


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 Post subject: Re: Number 21.
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Very nice, more pics please


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 Post subject: Re: Number 21.
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Looks great! So how did you end up bending that purfling for the rosette?


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 Post subject: Re: Number 21.
PostPosted: Sun Jan 17, 2021 3:52 pm 
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surveyor wrote:
Looks great! So how did you end up bending that purfling for the rosette?

It actually bent really easily. What I did was; cut a channel in a scrap piece the same size as the inside and outside rosette purfling.

Rubbed some water on the straight piece and heated It w a heat gun.

Popped it into the test channel and let it cool.
All done:) much easier than I anticipated.

I also bend the body purfling along with the bindings on my bending machine with no issues.


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 Post subject: Number 21.
PostPosted: Sun Jan 17, 2021 3:54 pm 
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Bryan Bear wrote:
Nice clean work! Looks great. I can’t wait to see it finished.

Actually finishing it is giving me a little anxiety. That top has a lot of endgrain and turn... I’m a little worried about it having a tendency to permaraise. That said I know it can be done:) so ever onward


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 Post subject: Re: Number 21.
PostPosted: Sun Jan 17, 2021 5:30 pm 
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