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Don Williams
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I figure if I post this, I have to get it done. So be looking for progress pics here over the weekend.

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Well, it's almost ready to get those braces glued on....



Here's a blurry but closer look at the reinforcement strip, which is EIRW cut from the back itslef. Note the small section of koa/purfling from the backstrip.



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SCHHHHWWEETTTT!!!!!!!! I love the matching strip! Nice stuff Donnie!

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Don Williams
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Here's a pic of the back and braces in the vacuum press!
Get ready Matt Gage!




Thanks for lookin' !

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Lookin' good Don. Your vacuum clamp has given me TAS again. I've got to get me one. Two thumbs up

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Love the work, the vacuum press, and the pics. Fantastic, the OLF FOLK guitar lives! Thanks Don....


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Don...please email me pics and lots of details when you can for the journal...Thanks

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Don Williams
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Well, here it is !


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Beautiful Back Don W., and the chisel ain't bad either. Hey, what kind of chisel is that?


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Don,

Very fine looking back. Your vacume press is ultra-cool! Did you make that?

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You and Matt have an appointment yet? Who is going to bind this thing. Is that Brock?

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Ok, here's the answers to your questions.

Bruce, it's a Robert Sorby chisel. But it never got used on those braces! I did all the shaping of the braces with small handplanes and my edge sander.

Jeff, yes I made the vacuum press myself. Most of it was all scrap material, except the hardware and the rubber sheet. If you decide to make one of these things, I have one simple reccomendation...buyt the Best vacuum pump you can afford. Try eBay....

John, No appointment yet. I'm going to end up joining the back here, and bringing everything down to Matt to join the top. I'll then take it back home and ship it out to whoever gets it next.

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Paul is the man. Great work Don, super D duper.
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How is the neck coming? Who is working on that?

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The neck requires the body for critical measurements, fitting and assembly. To my knowledge all neck work is dependent on getting the body to the builder so the neck can proceed. Here is a picture of the blank:



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huh?

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It's a joke, don't you recognize Stan's workbench....
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