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    Re: Some more Slide Tenor

    Very cool. How do you have it tuned?

    Steve
    Oregon
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    Re: Plates come alive?

    Paul: I don't mind funny, snarky response to my post. I started out on "forums" with use net a million years ago... 'nuff said.

    There's a saying PNW steelheaders pass along to noobies fishing...
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    Plates come alive?

    Was reading and stumbled across an article on a Smart 2 point in Jazzmando I thought was interesting. With no experience carving tops and backs and getting ready for the winters project I'm looking...
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    Re: 19 inch Octave Scale---What Gauge

    Might try some D'Addario FT76.
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    Re: Cheap mini plane?

    Been eyeballing one of these... TAS! (tool acquisition syn... oh you get it)

    squirrel tail
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    Re: Cheap mini plane?

    You could radius the soles yourself with a file or stationary sander. Need to reshape the irons to the new sole...

    Steve, Oregon
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    Re: u-beat hard shellac

    All Right, just got a response from the maker:

    G'day Steve - Not too sure who you were contacting but must have been someone else as this is the first email I have seen from you.

    Anyway......
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    u-beat hard shellac

    Anyone want to guess the on the shelf life of this stuff? Can't seem to get a response from the maker :confused:.

    Hard Shellac

    Anyone interested is splitting up a jug, 4oz each, since in...
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    Re: jim richter tabs

    How do we get it in pdf too please?

    Steve,
    Oregon
  10. Thread: Planer Blades

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    Re: Planer Blades

    Thanks, I have some cutoff wheels for a die grinder. Might try that, a kind of big dremel. The blades are HARD!

    Unfortunately I no longer have O-A set up to get things up to temps needed for...
  11. Thread: Planer Blades

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    Planer Blades

    Would like to make a little plane or two and have a handful of planer blades from a sawmill I used to work.

    Any idea how to cut these things down to a usable size?

    I should've thought about...
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    Re: mandola graduations

    Bill:

    Sweet! Thank you for that!

    Anyone working in metric?

    7/32 = 5.56mm
    5/32 = 3.96mm
    3/32 = 2.38mm
    3/16 = 4.76mm
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    Re: mandola graduations

    ah ha!!

    No two of your mandolins are braced precisely alike!

    "The differences are way more nuanced than anyone here might think" and you "have learned to work with" your bracing pattern.
    ...
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    Re: mandola graduations

    Thanks for that, I get it. I just strung up a FT OM with an 'H' bracing system like Graham McDonald suggests in his books. Among other things it induces curve into the top. Seems to work fine... ...
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    Re: Any good Octave Mandolin Tutorials/Lessons?

    marticus:

    Yeah, a week or so into OM, I agree with your statement. I love the sound but playing is distinctly not the same as a mandolin.

    I have no guitar experience and have to consciously...
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    Re: mandola graduations

    ^^^ Thanks for that, will avoid a single transverse brace.
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    Re: mandola graduations

    Dr. Cohen:

    Thanks for the response. and permission! It's good to know that bracing differences can be subtle and there's a wide range of potential. I need all the slack I can get! I remember...
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    Re: mandola graduations

    I'm going to use Sitka, which from my reading is somewhat less stiff than Red Spruce. So slightly thicker would make sense..?

    I've also read that the Siminoff plans ($45 delivered) are from a...
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    mandola graduations

    I'd like to carve a mandola. I have plans for mandolin and found some Loar Hacklinger maps (on MC) for mandolin.

    But, I'm wondering is there much difference in top and back graduations for a...
  20. Thread: book

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    Re: book

    Yup, interested if anyone has it yet. I'll give it shot.
  21. Thread: book

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    book

    Tried to search info here...

    Anyone seen Richter_Mandolin on iTunes?
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    Re: Pink Floyd mandolin covers, and general musings

    They're gone. :(
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    Re: First Build- 2 Point Mandola

    Wow!!
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    Re: First ever...

    You know the old saying; there's never enough time to do it right, but always enough time to do it over! I want to drill the bridge via Red Henry's trials, but impatiences got the best of me... It...
  25. Thread: First ever...

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    Re: First ever...

    Thanks. Other than the huge spacing between the frets, the sustain and ring is really surprising.

    The bridge and finger board are madrone, an evergreen hardwood here in the PNW. It looks like...
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