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Hesh - the neck is Blackwood. I think you may have seen some pics of it down under.

Bob

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Bob Connor
Geelong, Australia

[QUOTE=Bruce Dickey]Simpson your Mortise and Tenon Jig looks really nice.

Taking Orders?


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Sure!  if anyone is interested, they've been going for $85 + shipping.  Didn't want to shamelessly plug my wares on the forum, but since I was asked...  Just PM me!
Thanks,
Jon

Jon where do you live?
Shipping might be an issue for some...?

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http://www.dickeyguitars.com

I've got the binding done on my White Cedar/Lacewood Torres style classical.  Epoxy pore filling done, cured, and ready to scrape down.  Ready to do the fingerboard and bridge.  Today, I bought a great big bone to cut up for nuts and saddles.

Binding really sets off the instrument, but it can drive me nuts!  Yes, those clamps may be a bit overkill, but they're just adding a little more clamping that the tape doesn't quite get.  Mostly, the pipe clamps are long enough, and the bar clamp has the clearance over the pipe clamps.

One of these days I'll actually do a guitar with a simple binding scheme.  I swear I will.  Really.  I promise.  Please hold me to it.

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Doug, that will teach those bindings!

Actually, if you use a stronger tape, like that reinforced pacing tape or even a long band that wraps around the whole instrument 'Mexican style' you won't need those clamps. And put the tape strips much closer together, I only leave about 1" space between them.

Great looking box, BTW.

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Rian Gitar og Mandolin

Here at Hibdon Hardwood we are keeping busy so far this New Year.  I always love to take a look at these threads and see what the good folks of the OLF are up to.

Here are a few images of what we're up to this week:

A LOT of nicely QS, straight grained 4/4 Honduras Mahogany.  These pieces were selected from thousands of board feet to be cut into back and side sets.  Here are a few boards before they're cut into back or side 4/4 blanks:

Then I select the best cuts into back and side pieces from this 4/4 lumber. (Backs on the left and sides on the right approx. 300 sets)

Here is a close up of the endgrain.  These will make some very nicely quartered sets.

Here is our re-saw machine.  This baby can slice these boards really nicely.

 

Another shot of the re-saw and the planer.

 

Once these sets are resawn we can clean them up on the wide belt sander.  I believe the Zootman has this same sander.  This puppy can really hog the densest of tonewoods within .005".  Keep the abrasive fresh and this machine can handle sanding 200+ sets in a session.

 

Once these sets are cleaned up they head upstairs to our racks.  Here is a rack of some of the straight grained and light figured Honduras mahogany, as well as a few neck blanks and billets.

Here are some nice African Blackwood and Olivewood sets.

Recently we received some choice Cocobolo logs which were promptly resawn into back and side sets.  Here they are stickered and slowly air drying.

And another angle of the Coco stickered pallets.

Thanks for taking a look around.  In any of you all are ever coming through St. Louis, MO. please give us a call; we'd love to show you around.

 

 

 

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http://www.hibdonhardwood.com
1410 N. Broadway
Saint Louis, Missouri 63102
314.621.7711

[QUOTE=Hibdon Hardwood]

A LOT of nicely QS, straight grained 4/4 Honduras Mahogany.  These pieces were selected from thousands of board feet to be cut into back and side sets.  [/QUOTE]

Wow, thanks for the pictures.  When will you be posting the Hond Mahogany sets on your web site?

Thx!

Glenn

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Alain, I have this same dust maker in my shop. I see you've gone to dual 4 inch suction lines. How does that work for you?

Mine is a General, yours appears to have a different name? But they are the same machine. General International is of course marked in Canada and USA but are Taiwanese. General is Canadian made. I like mine a bunch.

Nice guitars too Alain, cozy shop.[/QUOTE]

Thanks Bruce! Yes, I love my cozy little shop. Very informal, just like its inhabitants! LOL.

I really love my sander and the dual works great. My dust collector has around 1600 CFM and it's dedicated to this sander (so far). Now that I'm a bit more patient and understand the differenced between a planner and a drum sander, I take very small passes and I haven't changed my paper (or gummed it up) in a while! Ha!

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I'd like to be able to prove, just for once, that money wouldn't make me happy...

Christmas came and so did my two boys. Of course they took over the shop hauled in some hundred yr old redwood timbers about 20 feet long by 12 inches and began to redress them. I cleared out and have not gone back in. When the last one leaves I will venture back into my den.
Until then sharpen tools, repair old ones, order wood, play with grandchild.
Life is good.

Todd H

Well I have been working on a few projects that have been mentioned and discussed here on the OLF. Now I am building guitars as well so here is a pic of the "Big Hog".


My version of the vaccum stack that everyone has been talking about.



Downdraft sanding table and filters' Under these filters is another finer filter bag.



And finally this handy dandy item Thanks to several forum members who's names now escape me, Sorry.


Oh and a nice big bottle of wine, in progress!!!


Cheers!

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Tickle your guitar daily, and it'll tickle you back.

I really like those guitar trojis.

Hey Mr. Hibdon Hardwoods:
Wish I knew your name. I do indeed have the same sander and it is a wonderful machine. Sure wish I had a re-saw machine like yours. Thanks for the pictures. I really enjoyed looking at them.

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Beautiful and unusual tone woods at a reasonable price.
http://www.rctonewoods.com/RCT_Store
The Zootman
1109 Military Rd.
Kenmore, NY 14217
(716) 874-1498

Simpson - I'd be interested in one of those M&T Jigs myself as well!

and anyone have plans for a troji?

Wow, There's some great stuff goin' on and
some really nice shops and tools! great thread!

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

Mitch, HERE is the Tutorial on building the Troji.  It also has a link to a pdf of the plans.

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Thanks Waddy!!

Thanks Waddy for shaking up my memory, my CRS kept me from giving credit where it is due so....
Thanks to Mark Kett who designed this version of the trojy and Rod True who did a very good job of drawing up a set of plans and assembly info. Anyway I just wanted to say thanks guys.

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Tickle your guitar daily, and it'll tickle you back.

Actually, that Tutorial, and plan should either be in the Jigs and Fixtures section or in the Tutorial Page, which I hope will become a part of the Forum after transition.  I don't know why it matters, but it just seems right.  The Tutorial page is becoming a valuable resource.

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars