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Fantastic stuff as always, love your artistic interpretations of things and excellent execution.
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Button Wood
I've been making my own custom tuner buttons for a long time. One of my favorites is Cocobolo, especially when it's made with a light colored sapwood cap:
I just bought this new piece of Amboyna Burl and I'm pretty sure I'm going to have a new favorite!: This is 10 1/2" by 5" and 2 1/4' thick. I expect I'll get quite a few white capped Amboyna Burl tuner buttons out of this
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Mark,
We would love to see a tutorial on how you make your tuner buttons. I enjoy seeing how others approach tasks like that. |
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tuner knobs
The little things like that which you do help make your guitars just that much more special. Worked nicely for me, it did.
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Very nice looking knobs you're making there, Mark.
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Beautiful! I would imagine some awesome rosettes and TRCs may be in the offing as well.
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Hi Tim, I’m using Timber Wolf 3/4” 2-3 positive claw blades with a .025” blade thickness. They cut a .049” kerf which I feel is a lot of wood to be turning to dust. They cut well but, I’m open to change because the kerf is so wide.[/QUOTE]
Mark, if thin kerf is the priority, then try the Wood slicer from Highland woodworking. Or maybe you've tried it? .022" blade and a total kerf of about .032". I tried it a few times, and while it cut very smooth and quiet, and thin, it seemed to wear out much quicker than the Timberwolf blade that you've mentioned. I've been using the same timerwolf blade and it's the best I've found in terms of smoothness, longevity, and thin kerf.
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Burly!
Wow the burls are all beautiful, as is the button you show, but that amboyna is really unbelievably beautiful!
Nice stuff, Mr. Hatcher Thanks again for sharing with us all. Cheers Paul
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It's too bad burled amboyna probably can't be used for a back and sides.
I have it on a bass and it looks alright. |
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You're welcome. It's almost tragic that I had pickups, knobs, and a bridge obstructing the full view of the wood.
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Yeah, all that guitar getting in the way of that gorgeous wood
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