Not a hobby you really want to get into. Unless you have a bunch of money you just don't want.
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What's On Your Workbench?
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How did San Juan island treat you?Well, not much on my workbench at the moment. The wife and I escaped reality for the long weekend. I celebrated turning half a century old last Thursday, so I wasn't really in the mood to be around large groups, I just needed some time to myself to come to terms with my new AARP membership status. Still not sure I've come to terms with anything though, but this stupid job makes me show up every Monday, so here I am.
Happy belated Thanksgiving to all my American friends, and happy whatever other holiday you celebrate that week in whatever other country you are in. I know our Philippines office was closed to celebrate "Dumaguete Fiesta Day and an Architect we are working with in Italy was celebrating "La Festa Del Ringraziamento". It's interesting how many other cultures celebrate American holidays in some fashion. I just wish the USA could figure out that whole "28 days of vacation" thing like them English.
Anyways, I'm old now, I'm not dealing with it well, I'm still here. Get off my lawn, or whatever.
Oh hey, @Deleted member 365158, I learned far more about a single pig than I really needs to know while on San Juan Island over the weekend. Also, Kings Market was great. We did not starve, like the wife expected. 
Hah, funny, I was typing at the same time as you.
We had fun. Checked out American Camp, English Camp, saw the Cattle Point Lighthouse, had a picnic at Lime Kiln State Park overlooking the lighthouse, hiked up to McMillan's mausoleum, had dinner at Downriggers and another dinner at The McMillan Dining Room. It was very fun.
I remember those! I think Sears only offered them for a few years. An unusual machine. I can't think of anyone else making a small tilting bandsaw for the homeshop market. Tilting bandsaws are fairly common in huge industrial sizes. Yates and Tannewitz and Oliver made them in 36" throat sizes, big 9' tall monsters. Boatyards used them like you describe, for cutting long curved beveled ribs. A couple of guys and some ropes sliding the rib horizontally while one guy is cranking the tilt, adjusting the bevel as it goes. Some serious human horsepower.
It's odd that Sears thought there would be a market for a small tilting bandsaw. I can see how it could be very handy for vintage automotive body wood. That's a smaller version of boatbuilding, lots of curves and bevels.
I started making parts for my dad's 1929 Chevrolet. I ended up doing a 1928 Durant sedan and a 1924 Star touring for others and made moneyNot a hobby you really want to get into. Unless you have a bunch of money you just don't want.
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I started making parts for my dad's 1929 Chevrolet. I ended up doing a 1928 Durant sedan and a 1924 Star touring for others and made money
That looks like a fun and challenging field of woodworking. My neighbors upstairs build fine wood interiors into old Airstream trailers. Same kind of thing, woodworking with no straight lines.
I'll stick to basses with straight lines for the moment. That's already quite a challenge for my poor brain.
Blackguardian finished!
Sounds awesome, sustain for days, and only 5 lbs. even!
In the '70's we thought heavy bodies meant sustain. Hah!
Sounds awesome, sustain for days, and only 5 lbs. even!
In the '70's we thought heavy bodies meant sustain. Hah!
I mean, we share 50% of our DNA with a banana.
It's somewhere around 50% with a lot of plant life and crazy close with other mammals. Like 70% with a mouse, 98+% with chimps, etc.
Point is,...it's not a huge leap to go from a potato to a human. So, we shouldn't be too hard on ourselves. At the same time, we shouldn't pat ourselves on the back too hard either.
Point is,...it's not a huge leap to go from a potato to a human. So, we shouldn't be too hard on ourselves. At the same time, we shouldn't pat ourselves on the back too hard either.
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Question for y’all,
What would you do with a fretless fingerboard that has definitely been used and has some pretty good grooves in it, especially closer to the nut. Is it acceptable to fill them? Epoxy? CA?
Id like to help a buddy out and get some more experience.
What would you do with a fretless fingerboard that has definitely been used and has some pretty good grooves in it, especially closer to the nut. Is it acceptable to fill them? Epoxy? CA?
Id like to help a buddy out and get some more experience.
I don't have experience with this but if it's coated or they want the coated tone, I'd fill it with epoxy. Otherwise if they like the tone as it is i'd either plane or sand the fingerboard down with a radius block.
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Define “pretty good”. It’s completely normal for a fretless fingerboard to develop grooves that are plainly visible, but actually quite shallow; these are not cause for any intervention. It’s only if/when the grooves become deep enough to begin adversely affecting intonation or action or tone that work needs doing.
