I hope I spelled this right. I recently got quite a bit of this. ( frankly for cutting boards).
It is also called " Brazilian cherry" I am giving a few boards to a friend to make a uke out of. It...
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I hope I spelled this right. I recently got quite a bit of this. ( frankly for cutting boards).
It is also called " Brazilian cherry" I am giving a few boards to a friend to make a uke out of. It...
when I say with a bend, I mean the rod looks like a long allen wrench . It is straight, but I am considering doing an arch in the rod like Adrians example. Just looking for pros and cons. and or,...
single action. just a piece of rod with a bend
I have been using stew macs truss rods . witht he barrel on the end, they install with just a flat channel/. I am trying a LMI TR, and am curios , I see a lot of prints where the channel has a belly...
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thanks for all the responses, and I did order some .080-.040 from stew mac, and got it yesterday
i have built to date, 5 mandos with a boat load of help from here. I have use stew macs mandolin wire on all which is ,.053 W, .032 H, .022. I have looked at hundreds of other mandos and have...
according to stew mac printed out instructions the barrel hole is 3/8 in diameter., 5/8 deep, with a straight channel of 7/16
I have printed out instructions but they show the rod should be in a 7/16 channel all the way up the neck. I was under the impression, that the channel got shallower towards the nut. It requires a...
curious John, I think I used grain orientation according to Siminoffs book. With a Mortise joint would I be better quarter turning the grain. an you were not to critical on the rim block fit. It was...
thanks all, I am going to replace it
I have posted pictures on here before, and we have spent the last 20 minutes trying to. I have the picture loaded, and cannot find a " post quick reply" button
the back is not on at this time
I use mortise and tenon neck joints. and something went real wrong. The rim is done and top on and trimmed tight . Putting in the neck into siminoffs style neck clamp, I over clamped and broke the...
Buckhorn, thank you so much , was just what I was looking for, and am considering a 5 piece neck on this one. Before I retired , I installed carpet for 35 years, so had an abundance of double face...
this is two fold.. I have done 5 mandos, but when it comes time for the truss channel, I have gotten it done, but always seems a bit harder then it should be.I would like to try a table saw, two...
a friend who has helped me with learning to build, told me once, that when you are done with something many, many times, you will put your hands on your hips, back up, and say, now how am I going to...
I also want to go to a different size wire. I bought a loaed from stew mac, jsut said their standard mando wire.,but when I see other mandos, they all seem bigger then what I use. Advantage?
I am building a mando for a guy and told him I was working on the neck. He messaged back, and asked if he " could have a maple neck strip over ebony? or could the ebony be thinned some" . I told...
can anyone recomend a shellac by name?
thank you so much, now to buy some everclear
I am coming down the home stretch on a f model, I have the fingerboard done in white binding, and the rest of the binding waiting its turn, now the end guy who is getting this says he would like the...
I believe it is .011-.013
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It should be noted, that I ask more questions on here then I answer,lol
just my opinion, but if I were to use hide, it would only be for the back, to be able to get at everything else, I doubt I would ever use it on joining plates, , but on the other hand heat seems to...