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If only Hesh would come over with his broom and vac.

A bit of future zoot.

 

Some activity this weekend.

 

 

Some future purfling.

So much wood so little room.

Thanks for looking.  Doug

Now thats my kinda shop, it sure looks cozy and worked in, I could live there. That Hesh sure is a real influentual kind of guy, ain't he?

          nice shop, Red

Great shop and super power tools Doug !
Very impressive!

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Looks good Doug. So whats the time-line on those two by the go-bar deck?  

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Chansen / C hansen / C. Hansen / Christian Hansen - not a handle.

Christian

Don't really have a firm time line for the two under construction, but would like to have them have them done, or close to it, before salmon season gets going in July.

Here's another shot of the other wall that I left out the first time.

Doug

Wow! Another fine looking shop!

I’m not familiar with the names of your tools, but, they look to be of a very high quality.

Doug, you make your own purflings? Now, that’s something I definitely want to learn how to do.

Robert

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You mean I'm gonna have to buy a toothbrush - or go to the dentist and get a free one.

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Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

I like the Laguna with the new ceramic guides. Wow.

And the five gallon bucket with all the thin rippings in the corner. Great idea, mine is all leaning against the wall and sliding under my feet. I need a couple of 55 gallon drums though.

Doug Orth. Now that name goes back in time for me.

There was an old preacher in the late 1800's here in Arkansas by that name. Buried about twenty paces from my greatgrandparents. Amazing. I'll snap you a pic sometime.

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Man, those are some big, angry tools...nice shop, too.

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Bruce - The family story is that my great grandfather had 12 brothers that came from Germany and settled in the upper midwest around 1850.  Would love to have a pic of the gravesite.

Hesh - some of the wood you're seeing in the first pic is a very nice piece of waterfall bubinga, some cocobolo and a piece of brazilian tulip wood for bindings.  Behind it is a table top under construction made from spanish cedar with wenge accents.  I have a LOT of spanish cedar, some of it curly.  Didn't know what I was doing when I had the SC cut up several years ago, most of it is in 7/8" boards.  I also have quite an assortment of maple, various kinds of rosewood, some maccassar, lacewood, etc.

It's a disease.  Does anyone know of a good 12 step program?

Will do Doug.

Get this, never even met a living Orth but while at the Dallas Guitar show, met Gordon Orth who makes bridge pins out of any kind of bone etc. Great stuff.

No website, but they have a phone: 785 332-2540 and email: orth at kans.com

St. Francis Kansas

He said he'd send pics to me if I was interested.

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Great looking shop you got there !

I'm curious as to what the black wood that is in a roll is? (and how you came by it?

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Ken H

The black veneer is pre-dyed pear wood.  Both the veneers in the roll shown are .023" and sell for around $1.50/sf.  I got it from a local (western Washington) supplier called Edensaw.  http://www.edensaw.com/  They have pretty much any kind of veneer that you can think of including a lot of stuff that's pretty special - crotch mahogany, pomele bubinga, etc.  They also have dimensional lumber as well - I recently got a very nice quartersawn 8" x 2" padouk plank with a live edge for $7/bf.  They'll carry some lumbers like sepele and bubinga in widths over 3 feet.

The idea of my making purfling is appealing for a number of reasons - I don't want paper in the guitar, it can be full length so no butt joint, and it's cheaper.

Doug

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It's a disease.  Does anyone know of a good 12 step program?

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Now, that’s a disease I want to be infected with!

Robert

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[QUOTE=Doug O]

The black veneer is pre-dyed pear wood. Both the veneers in the roll shown are .023" and sell for around $1.50/sf. I got it from a local (western Washington) supplier called Edensaw. http://www.edensaw.com/ They have pretty much any kind of veneer that you can think of including a lot of stuff that's pretty special - crotch mahogany, pomele bubinga, etc. They also have dimensional lumber as well - I recently got a very nice quartersawn 8" x 2" padouk plank with a live edge for $7/bf. They'll carry some lumbers like sepele and bubinga in widths over 3 feet.

The idea of my making purfling is appealing for a number of reasons - I don't want paper in the guitar, it can be full length so no butt joint, and it's cheaper.

Doug

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Doug, I can see that you are going to be an evil influence on the bank account. First tools and now this. This isn't good.

Have you been to the hardwood place on 1st in south Seattle? So far I have managed to avoid going in there for fear of being over come by WAS.

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Lilian,

There are habits I can think of that are worse than WAS.  If you haven't been to Crosscut Supply in Seattle yet you are missing out.  If you have access to the right kind of account there is also Specialty Forest products near you - wholesale only.  They have a web site.  Then there's Gilmer in Portland.  Always worth a special trip.  With any of these places it may take 10 or 20 visits to find a piece of wood to go into the zoot hoard.  But that's part of the fun of it all.

If you're interested I also know a mill in Tacoma that has a VERY nice supply of figured maple.  Some of it quite reasonable.  He also has several whole logs that have been buried in his sawdust pile for 20 years that he thinks are EIR.  I've been working on him for about a year to dig one or two up and sell them to me. 

Doug 

Do I dare ask what WAS is? I'm trying to gear up a shop now but may have to do somewhat of a "minimalist" approach until my wife believes me that this isn't just a phase...

Actually she has given me the green light for at least a moderate start into this fine craft.

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Chansen / C hansen / C. Hansen / Christian Hansen - not a handle.

Christian

Uhhh.... you're not new to woodworking, are you Doug.

Great shop!

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[QUOTE=Chansen] Do I dare ask what WAS is?

Actually she has given me the green light for at least a moderate start into this fine craft.
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Wood Aquisition Syndrome. Closely associated with T(tool)AS--see Doug's post above. Then we, in turn, hope to encourage GAS.

Your wife doesn't understand the monster that she's creating!

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Bruce - The family story is that my great grandfather had 12 brothers that came from Germany and settled in the upper midwest around 1850.  Would love to have a pic of the gravesite.[/QUOTE]



There you go Doug. This man's son was the preacher at the church. I helped do a restoration on the one room school/church a year ago last Fall, built circa 1897. You can see that here:
http://www.dickeyguitars.com/dickeyguitars/LibertyMakeover.h tml

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Bruce - The family story is that my great grandfather had 12 brothers that came from Germany and settled in the upper midwest around 1850.  Would love to have a pic of the gravesite.[/QUOTE] 



There you go Doug. This man's son was the preacher at the church. I helped do a restoration on the one room school/church a year ago last Fall, built circa 1897. You can see that here:
http://www.dickeyguitars.com/dickeyguitars/LibertyMakeover.h tml

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Bruce,

Thank you for the photo.  Preachers must run in the family - I know of at least 3 others.  My wife has family in Arkansas and when we ever get down there I would love to come visit. 

Thanks again.

[QUOTE=Doug O] My wife has family in Arkansas and when we ever get down there I would love to come visit. 
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You would be welcome.

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