I stopped by a woodworker's shop in Lihue today looking for some koa scraps for bindings, bridges, headstock, etc. and found this!
When you can no longer build or appreciated instruments:
Aloha ouch!
chris
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| Author: | Chris Oliver [ Tue May 22, 2007 12:12 pm ] |
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I stopped by a woodworker's shop in Lihue today looking for some koa scraps for bindings, bridges, headstock, etc. and found this! When you can no longer build or appreciated instruments: Aloha ouch! chris |
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| Author: | Brad Goodman [ Tue May 22, 2007 12:39 pm ] |
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A lot more lucrative than guitar building!(if you can sell them) |
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| Author: | KenH [ Tue May 22, 2007 12:47 pm ] |
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WOW I need to start building rocking chairs ! |
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| Author: | Chris Oliver [ Tue May 22, 2007 1:09 pm ] |
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First, the edit button would have been useful for 'appreciated' should be present tense in my original post. There were only three of these rockers in the shop. One was sold, one was for display only, the picture I took was of the one currently for sale. Much of the rest of the items were boxes with nicely done dovetail joinery. They were an average of $500 for a small box (similar to some I sell for $100)! I have been accused of gross over-charging. I think I'll put a photo of one of these boxes and the asking price on my wall for inspiration! Also, the shop did not have any scraps to spare. Apparently they have a pretty good market for all of their shorts/cutt-offs. chris |
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| Author: | Bruce Dickey [ Tue May 22, 2007 2:13 pm ] |
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You could do some front porch pickin' in that chair as soon as you douzouki'd the arms off. 
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| Author: | WaddyThomson [ Tue May 22, 2007 2:27 pm ] |
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For a little extra, you could probably get him to make one without arms. |
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| Author: | charliewood [ Wed May 23, 2007 3:45 am ] |
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OMG Thats pricey!    
beautiful............but pricey! Cheers Charliewood |
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| Author: | Sam Price [ Wed May 23, 2007 3:48 am ] |
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Koa rocking chair? Now I've SEEN it all... Martin Edwards is chopping up an antique rosewood table for bridges......TRUE!!!! Do you have "plans" for that rocking chair?
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| Author: | martinedwards [ Wed May 23, 2007 8:55 am ] |
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old yes, antique? NO!!! even I'M not THAT much of a philistine!! 
and so far I've put the bottom shelf into lam necks for the next two mandos......... |
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