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Might as well sand them all down i guess, so yeah, 2 guitars, 3 mandos, there might be 2 ukes along the way, could it be that giant box of Corn Flakes that does this to me?

Here are the joined top and back ready to be sanded



Here's the joined red cdar top that Shane gave me when he came here, about to go inside my beast! This top will go on no 3. Thanks Shane!





here are the snakewood bindings that will go on no 4, isn't that gorgeous or whut? Thanks Papa zoot Bob!

Serge

The EIR back about to go in as well, it's got nice figure and little streaks of lighter color, very nice!





The sides





My drum sander has worked very hard today, The EIR clogged the sand paper, time for a little break from sanding me thinks!





Thanks again for watching

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Wow, Serge!! Those were CORN FLAKES.

Reminds me of the time I was at Bruce Dickey's house. I think he has about fifty-teen guitars started. Better take good notes and mark everything well.

Ron

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Holy smokes bud!!! You're really racing now!

I think you missed a pic, though. You mention snakewood bindings?

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My You've been a busy boy there Serge! Good show. I'm really impressed by all the tools you've made from scratch.

On your sandpaper clogging, I recently got an abrasive belt cleaner, that really extends the life of your sandpaper.

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Thanks Ron, will do that, looks like you guys had a blast at his place?! I'm really happy you experienced this kind of fun too buddy!

Thanks Al, i just edited! Yeah, i think i just got in to debt more but also more fun!

Thanks RICH for the kind words and for the link , i will have to buy me some of that for sure!

Very cool there Serge, looks good.

One thing you will want to make sure of is to NOT bring the cedar down as much as spruce, you will need to keep it around 0.125-0.135 or more, depending on the stiffness, just try flexing it and than a joined spruce top, you want them to feel the same, but the cedar should be much thicker to feel as stiff as spruce.

You go friend.

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[quote]On your sandpaper clogging, I recently got an abrasive belt cleaner, that really extends the life of your sandpaper. [/quote]

   I use one, love it! It helps to use it when the papers hot and not let it build so bad. Don't let your dog see it though! He does bad things to it!

   Looks like you have some runout on your sanding drum! If you glue some sandpaper on a board and pass it through, without paper on the drum, it might take care of that. That would make your paper last also!
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Well Done Serge

You are flying now

Those snakewood bindings are very beautiful. A great idea to have subtle bling* (see below) appointments, with spruce and rosewood. Great combo.


*bling: An English version of the word "Zoot"




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Thanks much guys and gal!

Thanks Rod, i wish i had known that prior to sanding, now the cedar is down to 0.105, what should i do with this???? Do i make taller braces for it??? I should have asked my bros.

Thanks Billy, i sure will buy that stuff for the drum but lucky me, i ain't got no dawg! I'll be able to chew it all my self!

Thanks Russ, i plan on spending a very nice fall and winter with these projects, when i won't be able to work on guitars, i'll be turning my attention to mandolins, i'll even have access to my parents apartment to store ongoing projects while they'll be gone to Florida next winter!

Thanks Sam! I love that word for describing beauty of the wood, i think this rosewood guitar will be "Blingalicious" indeed! Now we have a word for each side of the pond, we will have to ask the Aussie folks to come up with one from the down under!

Wow Serge, it looks like you're burning the midnight oil too!

Definately keep good notes to refer back to.....my senior moments are compounding at an exponential rate

Looks like your sanding and planning of builds is now faster than your shadow!

Great job and I look forward to regular reports and pictures! Teacher's request! Jeanne38949.5959143518

[QUOTE=RichB] My You've been a busy boy there Serge! Good show. I'm really impressed by all the tools you've made from scratch.

On your sandpaper clogging, I recently got an abrasive belt cleaner, that really extends the life of your sandpaper.

From Woodcraft...
http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=271[/QUOTE]

Rich, are all abrasive belt cleaners created equal or is there a significant difference? I have used some purchased from Sars and also from Harbor Fright and see little difference. In fact, while they do an ok job cleaning soft wood like Spruce, when I get the drum loaded up with those resins from the rosewood they dont even touch it. Never comes really clean and looking for a sure fire way of some approach other than throwing away this very expensive drum roll paper.

Thanks a lot Jeanne! Yeah, i guess my shadow played some tricks on me this time though! But live and learn they say, i definitely am happy i started a spread sheet on excel for not repeating the same mistakes, i'll be asking what thickness to aim for a top next time !

You got it Teach! More reports and pics to come!~

Good question there Rich, i bought my roll at Lee Valley's(where else do i shop? )and they are quite expensive but i think they are worth it, the result that you see was due to my lack of patience towards the end and i took stronger passes, i'm wondering if i would have had the same clogging result if i would have made lighter passes....

Serge, you are off to a great start. Soon you'll be at Kevin Ryan's building schedule! (about 50 guitars a year)

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Thanks Joe! It might look like a big schedule but it will take a long time, i'm guessing, before this is all completed. It's just my desire of staying sharp that makes me do all this at once so i sort of "bathe" in the learning process! Not sure about 50 instruments a year but you can predict many pics to come though!

[QUOTE=Serge Poirier] Thanks a lot Jeanne! Yeah, i guess my shadow played some tricks on me this time though! But live and learn they say, i definitely am happy i started a spread sheet on excel for not repeating the same mistakes, i'll be asking what thickness to aim for a top next time !

You got it Teach! More reports and pics to come!~ [/QUOTE]

Serge, mon petit chou....good job with starting spreadsheets Do those spreadsheets have a spot for the number of boxes of cornflakes consumed per build?

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Serge, mon petit chou....good job with starting spreadsheets Do those spreadsheets have a spot for number of boxes of cornfakes consumed per build?

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Teach, i'm gonna need another spreadsheet just for that me thinks! If i do, will i get a Teddy sticker for good behavior????

Well Serge as far as the cedar goes, I don't know, that is preaty thin. I would ask the more experienced members here, John Mayes, Sylvan, Kevin G, Howard K (I'm sure there are others also) these guys have a ton (250 plus I'm sure) of builds under there belt and I bet they would know what to do.

Cheers bro

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Serge, you're unstopable!

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You've definitely kicked into high gear, and it's all looking good so far! If you keep this up, Kellogg will put YOUR picture on the Corn Flakes box!

Go Serge!

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Cabbage and cornflakes? Huhm!



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