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I'm always looking for new designs for f-holes, I anxious to see what Farging f-holes look like.
Looking good so far.

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Looks like fun. I haven't done a carved top but it's on my project list.

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Steve Smith
"Music is what feelings sound like"

So how does one work out a contour map like Todd did there if starting from scratch. Is there a tutorial somewhere? Or a primer of the basic principles of designing an arch that will work?

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Bryan Bear PMoMC

Take care of your feet, and your feet will take care of you.

He used the arch templates that were in a previous picture. Then they placed them on the outline and plotted the depth of the arch at each position on the template. Once that is plotted, he connected the dots to get the topographic representation.


**just noticed Todd's post above -

*** Nice work guys !!

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Thanks guys

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Bryan Bear PMoMC

Take care of your feet, and your feet will take care of you.

Todd that looks great! I especially love the kerfing

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Kyle

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Nice looking kerf boards.

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Those are much nicer than the Fharging Iceholes I see every day!

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Bryan Bear PMoMC

Take care of your feet, and your feet will take care of you.

What kind of fish does one catch through a Fharging F hole ? Or a Fharging Icehole for that matter?

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I'm now curious as to the advantages of a fharging f hole as compared to a standard, run-of-the-mill f hole?

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Steve Smith
"Music is what feelings sound like"

I can see that Todd and I have a lot in common. We both make instruments, we’re both swell lookers and neither one of us is Chinese.

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Bryan Bear PMoMC

Take care of your feet, and your feet will take care of you.

Should amateur builders refer to farging f holes as fargings?

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Kyle

By Gorge ( yes i meant that ) I think yer onto somthing !! Kerfings and Fhargings !! We must also remember our "Slottings" where we put the bindings and Back Strippers !

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

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Take care of your feet, and your feet will take care of you.

My name is Aniego Montoya , you made my Father wear Birkenstocks ! Prepare to dieeeee!

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

As the late, great, Freddie Prinze would say "looking good!"
I must say I'm a little disappointed in the fharging f holes, I don't see any difference from normal f holes. I guess they must just sound different!

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A man hears what he wants to hear, and disreguards the rest. Paul Simon

Those mandos are really looking nice. I'm with Chris, you guys need to slow down so the rest of us can catch up.

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Steve Smith
"Music is what feelings sound like"

What there NOT showing us is the picture of all the Morelli kids working in the shop like the Kebler elves doing all the real work seee !!

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

Somehow I bet he doesn't even have a dog.

Todd - have a good trip - I plan to start mine while you are out -
nice work guys !

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So petting the dog is not a euphamism, or just not receding to his "girlfriend?" BTW, it is too bad you aren't allowed in his thread. It is easily the funniest thread in OLF history, probably the history of the interweb!

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Bryan Bear PMoMC

Take care of your feet, and your feet will take care of you.

I'm not sure whether I'm more upset about how good they look so far or how fast they're going together!
I feel like we're being tag-teamed, but hey, I never had a chance to win that chisel anyway!

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Filippo,

Why did you sign the inside "Fibber McGee"?

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

Just curious, but what do you consider to be the advantages of an arched back on a non-soundpost instrument like this? I like flat backs.

Looking great so far

All i got to say is WOW. This looks great. Good photo's too. And I love the shop dog! I have a shop cat myself =^.^=