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Hi folks -

By following this link you'll see a video (25meg) of my pearl cutting jig. Warning LARGE file. Remember to always wear safty glasses!

PEARL CUTTING JIG VIDEO

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how many strips are you getting from each sheet?

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What...no dancing! John Mayes, you should teach him a few steps

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Michael, ill get some stills -
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Thats the smallest table saw I've ever seen!

Awesome jig there Lance. It'll be interesting to find out what kind of cut-out you get and be able to see what kind of savings results.

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Very cool, Lance. Looks like we are all wondering how much you save on shell material that way. Andy DePaul sells some pretty high quality 1/16" strips for 80 cents an inch, and I wonder whether you save enough to justify the effort. (Although it doesn't look like much effort once you have the jig set up.)
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That is really ingenious and I enjoyed the video.
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Thanks Craig -
Now it will take someone like YOU to refine the idea :0)

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That Osthoff jig works great! Don Williams38576.292974537

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Don, does John have some thing simular?

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Nicely done!


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[QUOTE=Kelby] Very cool, Lance. Looks like we are all wondering how much you save on shell material that way. Andy DePaul sells some pretty high quality 1/16" strips for 80 cents an inch, and I wonder whether you save enough to justify the effort. (Although it doesn't look like much effort once you have the jig set up.)[/QUOTE]
Kelby, one HUGE advantage to using Abalam over shell "pieces" is the installation. With Abalam you simply push and crack the strip into the channel, very little mitering is needed. Im sure people like it both ways, I did a rosette using 1" strips and it took WAY to long for my liking! Having to miter each end was very tedious and time consuming. I recently did a back strip on a Ziricote body using abalam, it tool all of 3 minutes to press/crack in 3 strips of shell and flood them with CA - Ill be doing the top on this guitar soon.
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Hey Lance
Get those still pictures up. I'd like to see what you have and what you used for a blade.

I will say that I have forsaken ablam in favor of solid pearl strips. To me the solid looks better with more chatoyance under finish.

I miter the ends of the strip with a pair of dyke cutters with the outside of the jaws ground down to a definite edge. snip snip on each end at 90 degrees and off you go. If you need to crack a piece, then like ablam, it is self mitering. It takes a little longer but not much.   

   I am hoping that a rig similar to yours can cut solid pearl into strips.

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I have used both the ablam and the natural strips. The ablam is a billion
times easier to do and comes out cleaner looking as well. I think the
paler stuff reflects better. Here is some pale ablam that I just got back
from finish. Looks pretty reflective to me :)


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[QUOTE=John Kinnaird] chatoyance
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Wow! not just a great builder!


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Lance, the quality and clarity of the video is great. What kind of cut-off wheel do you use and where can you get them?

Do you think your jig could be readily adapted to cut wood binding?
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Colin, the cut off wheel is a Dremel Dimond wheel. 15.00 at our local Lowes. Im not sure about cutting bindings? I actually just cut them on a table saw with a Diablo blade.

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Nice video Lance!

Thanks for sharing that.

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