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Such amazing precision....love that koa
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The level of detail and precision is just mind-blowing! Every guitar you build oozes class, and seeing these close up images highlight the skill behind the artistry. Beautiful, as always, Mark.
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Thanks ukejon!
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Radial Purfling
After the Binding and border purfling is all dry it's time to ease out the Teflon spacer strip:
Then before trying to glue in all the radial purfling sticks I cut, I dry fit to confirm I cut them to the right thickness!
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When I first saw the teflon strip, I immediately thought of Paua shell, but no, you pull a swifty, and I think it's going to blow Paua shell out of the park!!
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So when doing a radial purfling like that in pieces, is there any worry that the wood sections may dry out or expand differently than its neighbor so that the joint between them could either shrink and separate or swell and buckle? I know the glue is strong, but this picture just made me wonder what prevents that from happening. I guess even more minor shifting, could it affect the finish and cause minor finish issues?
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Beautiful workmanship Mark.
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So what’s careful? First off use only well seasoned and dry wood the isn’t particularly susceptable to temp and humidity changes. Prebend the sticks to eliminate cracking them into the channel. It seems counter intuitive but, with a little heat the cross grain sticks prebend fairly easily. You don’t see it on the picture above but, I don’t use butt joints when joining the sticks. I use a 45 degree scarf joint that runs top to bottom. This eliminates that joint from showing up and is particularly effective on light colored woods like Olivewood to hide that joint. Certainly how wide the stick is and how tight the curve is a consideration. So some woods you just wouldn’t want to use on something like a French polished tight Venetian cutaway. So that’s about 6 things I do to never worry about that issue. Maybe that was more than you were asking for! How ‘bout- No Problem? (I may live in N.H. but, I’m still shaking off my NJ) Mark
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I cleaned up the binding and purfling a bit. Here is how its coming out:
So far, so good. There will be more clean up but, the dark binding is accomplishing what I am going for. Thanks for viewing! Mark
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Thanks for taking the time for the explanation Mark!
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Fretboard
I worked on the fretboard today. It is Brazilian Rosewood with Padauk purfling and Brazilian Rosewood binding:
The fretboard is set up for a 25" string scale and now has a 16" radius: We chose BRW because we wanted a little bit of the red that sometimes with it. Plus, it is just a gorgeous wood: Thanks for following along! Mark
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Best, Jayne |
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Thanks again, Mark
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