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King Billy Pine bends like butter but check stiffness of the wood before using it for braces. I used KBP on my first falcate build and the stiffness of the braces ended up being too low and I ended up re-topping the guitar with spruce braces. The stiffness of KBP seems to be highly variable. If you'...

It's a job for a machine shop.....they can mount the blade so it's centred and then make the hole bigger. Sometimes the teeth will need a dress up if the blade is slightly off centre

Carbatec stock them: https://www.carbatec.com.au/blades/blade-bush

You can get adapters. Here's one from an American supplier: https://www.mcfeelys.com/saw-blade-arbo ... 13287.html

jeffhigh wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 12, 2019 8:47 pm

Just out of curiosity, why two disc sanders?

One for dark coloured woods and one for light coloured woods....or different grits?

You're going to do a brace replacement job with the top on? Good luck with that :) Have you considered how you're going to clamp up the new braces without damaging the finish on the top? All your clamps are going to have go in via the sound hole and there's only so many clamps you can jam through sa...

Thanks for the update Woltz. All looking good

You've got the top off? Some photos would be great as this is a job most of us will have to do at some stage. I reckon I've done around 8 re-tops so far. yes I thought for my No.10 build I wouldn't run into trouble like that, guess i just proved myself wrong! Ill post updates, just started removing ...

Laurence, it looks like you'll have plenty to keep you occupied during the Covic19 lockdown

My initial thoughts......the scalloped section in the middle of those tone bars might be a tad to long. I tend to make the scalloped and peaked segments more equidistant when I do scalloped braces.

Any thoughts from other members?

What's the top doing in front of the bridge?

When you say the bracing is forward shifted...you mean you've moved everything closer to the sound hole? It might just be the photo but gap between end of X brace/tone bares and sides looks a bit on the large side....but maybe that's just me. Does the start of the of bellying correlate with the scal...

Any pics of the underside of the top showing bracing?

I hear you Allen..I'm currently living in my garage with my wife and the cat while our new house gets built. Stay safe mate.

Jeremy and myself would like to wish all our members the best during the current Covid19 crisis. Please take all the necessary precautions to minimize your risk of catching this disease. Our sympathies are also with those of you who have lost your jobs or are having your businesses affected by the c...

Stick up a list of the items Robert and Im sure you'll be able to offload them.

I bought Mr S's books but only had a quick skim through same before "The Books" came out. My working copies of G and G are well worn while Mr S's books are still sitting in their slip case on the shelf.

Have you see this thread? viewtopic.php?f=33&t=8716

Keep pumping out beauties like that...and were going to have to ban you mate!!!

Not required...everyone likes everyone in here

seeaxe wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 29, 2020 12:51 pm

Where's our "like" button????

My setup uses a Shure SM57 microphone running into mic input of a Windows laptop via a preamp. For Chladni work I was lucky enough to get my hands on one of Bradley's tone generators with a built in 50 watt amp.

blackalex1952 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 20, 2020 12:23 pm

When you talk about different threads on a truss rod, are we talking pitch, ie the pitch of each nut's thread on the two ends of the rod?

Pitch is distance between threads. This is an old topic and my truss rods are all packed away at present with the rest of the work shop.

A few pics of the neck shaping process on my last G squared build.

Welcome to the forum Sam. Looking forward to progress pics of your build.

Nice fix Dave. I generally trim the sides of the hole so the bolt bar is a comfortable but not tight fit....it should come out by gripping with fingers and a gentle pull. Maybe not an option if you have fat fingers