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Post by antares on Nov 24, 2023 2:34:04 GMT -6
"Good for decks because of its naturally oily content. And very strong. But tricky to glue because of the oil. Like rosewood it's nessaary to wipe down with acetone or naphtha right before glue up."
I discovered this fact about oily wood just this year. Maybe you'll recall that I posted an image of three notched 4"x4" timber uprights? I had built a three legged "corner" pergola and we bought a teak bench to go beneath it on the block paving hardstand that I'd also laid for the purpose. When the bench arrived, it had a three inch split in the rear top beam. I took a photo with a bank note slipped right into the split and managed to negotiate a £50 refund. With the refund, I found some special two part resin adhesive on the internet-about £15 for 50 ml or thereabouts. It was claimed to have a lot of wood fibres in the mix specifically to address the oily "problem" when bonding with adhesive. Whatever, I definitely couldn't degrease inside the split. I put the mixed up adhesive into a micro fine tipped syringe that I retained from work days, masked up around the split. Pumped it in and "clamped" it together with lots of wound string. After scraping away the excess after cure it was a perfect repair.
Bonus- I squeezed the syringe containing the cured adhesive with ViseGrips™ and pulled out the slug so I still have the syringe. That's a trick we used to deploy at work when they ran low on stocks of syringes. We'd pop the cured adhesive in the syringe by squeezing in a vise, then we'd put an airline on the nozzle- boy do those slugs fly out the end like bullets!
If I can bodge a repair like that then I know you'll get there Dusty, because you've never failed yet to my recollection. It's still a real hassle though.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2023 10:29:42 GMT -6
I went online to look at premade fretboards. Because of the 25" scale, they turned out to coast more Than a Gibson or Fender scale. So I won't be going that rout.
I have one piece of ebony, one piece of bird's eye maple, one fret board I took off a neck that had failed that has dot inlay and frets in it. I also have some of that other rock hard wood left over that I could make a fretboard out of.
But the problem is that it has turned off super cold here. I really don't want to go out to the shop at the moment and work on the fretboard. Things may have to wait for a long while. LOL!
There are a lot of other guitar projects I can do while waiting on the weather. (again)
I was able the other day to work on my Black ES335ish guitar. I wound up using it to teach one of my granddaughters how to level frets, set intonation, and pretty much do a set-up on the guitar. I also let her make a choice between flat wound and reg strings. She chose the flat wounds 11s. The guitar has P90s in it. It wound up playing and sounding the best it ever had. I put that guitar together 15 years ago.
It has a Washburn body and a Gibson bolt on neck. I recarved the neck back then and made it feel better to my hand. Once we had finished up the work on the guitar, I plugged in the Fender tone mast amp. My granddaughter played it and fell in love with it. So, I gave her the guitar. She then told me of how much she always wanted a guitar like this. I was happy to give it to her. I also think the guitar means more to her because she got to do the work to the guitar. Now she has a connection to it like no other guitar. Plus, we worked on it together. LOL! I know I had a great time showing her the work involved in fret work. She also now has that understanding as well.
This granddaughter is the one that has been dancing since the age of 2. She not only dances, but sings, writes music, plays piano, banjo, Ukulele. She also went to Burkly for acting and has made a movie as well as been in a lot of plays. She is awesome to be around. She wants to go to New York to pursue her acting.
I do have two other granddaughters interested in music. One I got to teach on Thanksgiving some chords for guitar. The other one is into clarinet and I played along with her on guitar. Fun day that day. Well, at least 3 of our 11 grandkids are into music. I may have another one, but I don't think he has quite made up his mind if that is what he wants to do or not. Hope you all had a Great Thanksgiving Day!
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