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Author:  Steve Saville [ Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:27 am ]
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I was planning on trying the Rod True method, but I thought that koa would not work as well as rosewood. So I did what you see in the pictures. I bonded a piece of koa on. I was planning to put a small piece of bloodwood instead, but I sanded too much off while trying to make the surface square and flat. The guitar will be bound in blood wood.
Do you think koa is too soft to hold up at the point? It will be rounded off some. Do you think I should add a piece of bloodwood, or would that look goofy now?






Author:  Don Williams [ Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:30 am ]
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Nothin' wrong with that at all. Finish it up!
Author:  Michael Dale Payne [ Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:36 am ]
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Keep your eyes away from it looks good
Author:  Steve Saville [ Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:43 am ]
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Thanks guys, I'll leave it alone. It is a bit soft. Would flooding it with CA be a good idea?
Author:  Rod True [ Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:43 am ]
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I don't think there will be anything wrong with the strength of it, and just because the koa is kind of "soft" shouldn't really make much difference.

If it gets banged around once it's finished, than maybe who ever did the banging should have been more carefull, that's all heresay though isn't it.

Sorry the side mitre didn't work out for you, it sure looks like you have the book match right. Next time you do an EIR with a florentine, give it a shot.
Author:  Don Williams [ Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:50 am ]
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Koa isn't any softer than soft maple which gets used for bindings all the time.
That said, I'm with Michael...don't poke your eye out with it!

Looks good.... keep going...
Author:  Michael Dale Payne [ Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:02 am ]
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I always considered Koa pretty tuff stuff but if you want saturate it in thin CA it is no a problem. you will put a seal coat of shellac on it before what ever finish you use I am assuming.

I have built 2 Ziricote b/s sets. I flooded the sides with thin CA prior to bending. I have had no issue with finish on either. Many luthiers use CA exclusively for pore filling.
Author:  Bill Greene [ Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:08 am ]
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I think that's a pretty darn good idea myself. To me it looks great.
Author:  TonyKarol [ Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:49 am ]
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I do that on all my florentines, and add another at the neck/cutaway joint as well to match. Its a great idea.
Author:  MSpencer [ Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:52 am ]
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Looks good to me!

Mike
White Oak, Texas
Author:  peterm [ Tue Sep 26, 2006 9:02 am ]
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Steve, it looks great!!
I would not flood it with CA. It should be fine like that! That part of the wood will take a totally different look if flooded with CA, besides if any of the CA runs into the sides you'll have another problem there too.
Author:  Mark Hanna [ Tue Sep 26, 2006 11:28 am ]
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Steve, It's looking great! Please post the finished guitar when your done. Would love to see it! I just finished a florentine with koa on the tip. It looks great, and I don't believe it's soft at all.
Author:  Steve Kinnaird [ Tue Sep 26, 2006 12:56 pm ]
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Steve, I think it looks fine, and will be plenty hard enough.
I would suggest something you didn't ask about, though.
It looks like the angle of the inside of the tip is a bit more accute than the rest of the cutaway.
You could pare off (at least from the angle I'm seeing here in Texas) a little on the inside--back the point up a bit-- and have a little slimmer end piece.
The outside curve looks perfect.

Hmm, does that make sense?

Anyway, I like it.

Steve
Author:  peterm [ Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:28 pm ]
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Steve, I think that may be the angle of the picture....
Author:  RCoates [ Tue Sep 26, 2006 4:15 pm ]
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That looks great! I'll have to remember that.
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