Recent content by Zbassquito

After thinking about it a bit that's where I was headin'. Mostly just frustrating I guess. I'll table saw down the middle and then use a disc sander and router to clean the sides. Then I can re-glue and try to flush it up without taking much off. The walnut is $2/lf so it'll be $8 and some...

Thanks for the speedy response Dirk. I agree that the knot itself is stronger, but they cause stress concentrations, and make the wood more likely to fail around the knot. Also, this particular knot is about to fall right out, and gives when I push it... so it can't carry any of the load. Its...

This is my first build and up to this point everything has been going well. Tonight I made some rough cuts for the thickness of the neck, and discovered in nearly exactly the weakest part of neck (right in the truss rod route, and very near the nut) a dime sized knot that I could not see from...

Sweet project. I came across this and it inspired me to start my own build (and join TB). It's got some Ric influence but is mostly of my own creation. The sound clip link was broken when I tried to listen. Maybe we could hear the second generation results when the time is right. Keep up...