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There are few tools that put me more on edge than a power miter saw, a "chop saw", sliding or not. It's like a radial arm saw and cutting on either type, more "with the grain" than across it, is...

Well, at least the Musiclily site says it's right handed binding. I'm sure I trust everything else on that listing.

I forget who I learned this from. It might have been Mario Proulx. But it could have been someone else. I have a hot plate and a cheap teflon coated frying pan. I fill it with little glass beads,...

Oh no. I hadn't talked to her in some time but we had become friends, first through the magazine and then she had contacted me about building her a blue mandolin. I sent her my personal one so she...

The bits I've gotten from Precise Bits are great. Pricey but really high quality. I use them in a CNC. For what you're talking about I use the the downward spiral. Remember though, that the quality...

No argument from me. Years ago I went to a screw in strap button. Or if the customer so desires, I put an ebony strap button. Or a 1/4" jack.

I use SetListMaker on my Samsung tablet. Once you get the hang of it, it works very well. Pretty easy to import lyrics, you can add chords into the song if necessary. One neat thing and probably lots...

Have you tried hitting a tiny bit of it with a heat gun? It looks like moisture trapped in the old finish. I've had much success over many years with getting it hot enough to vaporize the moisture...

John, that would indicate that I was misinformed. And I can't admit to that. :)

I would doubt that raising the action a little is going to cause a brace to come loose. The pressure change was minimal to the top. And it wasn't like you were hammering a wedge in there. I would...

I couldn't have expressed it better than John did. Adhesion between different materials, finish or not, will show some failure at some point. If it's an older finish we call it mojo. It it's a newer...

Not an album for folks that don't like music played on bluegrass instruments that isn't traditional bluegrass. In my mind, Bela and the others like him are incredible musicians and a lot of their...

I see no use for one if building an archtop mandolin. On flat top instruments with a lot of braces to glue on (guitar), they're great. You can glue all the braces at the same time. In addition, when...

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I was thinking the same thing as John. I'd be surprised if it was cedar, although it's possible. It looks like a side/back set for a guitar and it would be likely that it's some harder tonewood. You...

I use (currently) a little Proctor Silex Hotpot kind of thing. I keep a thermometer in it, not touching the bottom. I keep it right about 140. I also put the HHG after the initial making of it, into...

James- My Porter is from about 1918, babbit (sp?) bearings. 4 knife. Was your Crescent babbit bearings also? They just purr.

This should fit into the discussion. How to think about this? Key change/ modes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fegnW9nisw

yeah, I use CA on the fingerboard bindings. Sometimes the headstock, but even there I'll use a little Duco and the slurry at the miters. Which is a compromise. Not wild about it on the body where...

I'd give it at least 72 hours also. And the odor is a sign. Patience. You can speed it up a bit by putting it in front of a fan.
If you level/scrape the bindings too soon, you're not saving...

I built a guitar last year with a Port Orford cedar neck and top. From my little experience with it, it should be fine for body blocks and lining. I don't know if I'd trust it for a neck block on a...

FWIW, Bill James (axinc.net), sells a nipper that's only about 1/2" wide that is probably made for something else, but it is really amazing at getting under the fret wire to get it out with minimal...

Michael-
Gold EVO. Is there anything else?

This one left this afternoon for Olympia, WA. Sorry the pictures aren't better. This is the first 2 pt. ff-hole I've made. Red spruce, red maple. It sounds just fine.
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It was probably Titebond or Elmer's Carpenter's Glue. I think they're pretty much the same thing, but that doesn't mean I'm right. I've got furniture I built back in the mid 70's that is as solid as...