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I had intended to build a guitar just a step ahead of Laurelyn to demo the moves, but we have been working (or one of us has) exclusively on her's this last few days. There's a thread for that nearby. As she's out of town for 3 days right now, I intend to catch up and slightly pass her while she gone.
Here's the Limba back joined today, and the top, a super high end Adirondack affair: |
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limba
I nearly had my last one made from limba - it's on the radar and I shall be following this one closely.
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I wonder if there might be some action shots, like Bruce cutting the binding and purfling ledges in the top since there will be two people in the shop? Anybody else have a desired step to be illustrated?
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Beautiful set of woods, as always, Bruce!
Amazing adi--I'll be following along closely!
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Hi there, I'm new here on the forum and this would be my first message.
I was wondering about the Limba, It looks looks like different patterns in the wood are crossing each other. Is it hard to hand-plane? I mean going against the grain and with the grain. Greetz, Paul. |
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Welcome to the forum, Paul. You are one of the few here in the electronic world I have actually met! Unless of course you are another Paul Wennekes
The patterns in this Limba are what I call “ink”, they are not directly related to the grain structure. They are likely due to moisture, insects, or some other type of stress. Although I built my first fifty or so guitars entirely with hand tools, I have not actually planed this wood at all, instead using my double drum thickness sander to work it down to the right size. No wood I am aware of planes against the grain particularly well. When a wood is very close to being ideally fiber aligned, any natural variation will cause trouble with tear out here and there. I overcome this be planing across the grain by as much as 60 degrees off the fiber direction. This technique also makes planing to an even thickness much more likely. My plane of choice for this technique is a #9 1/2, and it cannot be too sharp. Of course the work board must be as close to absolutely flat as possible. Last edited by Bruce Sexauer; 06-24-2018 at 10:31 AM. |
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Yeah I'm the one. We met twice long time agoo. Thanks for the reply. I am now building my second acoustic guitar. The first was a classical guitar in '85, wich i'm restoring now. I shall post some pictures later on.
Paul. |
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I am caught up with Laurelyn, and will not have to work today to be ready for her return tomorrow. Here are some better shots of the Black Limba and of the up-scale Adi. I know this stuff did not come from the Adirondacks, but it is such a better title in my mind than "red". Besides, the Pernambuco backstrip is what I call red.
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I took a piece of the back waste and clamped it to the bench and planed it in both directions. This is a premium piece chosen not just because it is pretty, but also because it appeared well cut to my eye. So I report that it planed in both directions most pleasantly.
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Nice shavings Bruce, looks like you had that plane dialed in to the sweet spot!
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That plane is an old friend!
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My old #80 cabinet scraper works really well on odd grain too. My old Stanley
LA block plane is probably just as old as that one and one of the most used tools I've got. |
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I was reminded today, by a friend who'd been out of town for a few months, of the article on my recently published in out local newspaper, the Argus-Courier. Right HERE, if you missed it. I do think the photo journal (ism) is top notch as it gives me the right feel for my shop.
I will close the Black Limba guitar as soon as the glue is hot enough to glue in the label. |
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The Black Limba JB-15 box is closed:
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I like how the center strip augments the orange. Can't wait for the binding now.
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