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Very nice Grant.

Is Sumac soft or hard? Makes such a great rosette I'm wondering... How would it do as a binding?

Raymond

Oh I couldn't bare to see those kids without their kites... :lol: I found bamboo rods in the garden section of the local Home Despot. Cut them off to usable lengths and got those rubber tips from the closet organizer section of the same store. Had to learn how to judge the stiffness as they are all ...

Bracing the Back and Top - Ever wonder why it's not the back and front or top and bottom??? :ugeek: But I digress. I didn't take any pictures of the process but the way I cut my braces out is to first split the billet along the grain line, then cut the braces to overwidth, run them through the drum...

Very Nice Zdenko.

I really like your choice of binding with that maple. And Eben is right, that curl is popping right out atcha with only the sanding sealer. It's goin to look real nice I think.

Raymond

Thanks Joe, Lefty and Luc. Joe, I'm glad for the chuckle, but did I mention I don't like to talk about it... :lol: I thought I might post this in a separate thread, but it hardly seems worth the effort so I'll post it here. The first time I went to visit Steve Stevens I met up with Wes and Eben and ...

I went out and got the 2 books Steve referenced and will have to take some time out to build me some luthiery tools some day... I think I'll build a hand router plane while I'm at it. Saw one on ebay, but got outbid on it. Meanwhile a little catching up to do on this build. Here I'm gluing in the ne...

Glad to see you back at it Z.

I'm gonna try my hand at a 12 string some day. Meanwhile though I'm just going to watch you.

Raymond

And here I thought I'd borrowed most of your library Steve.

Looks like you were holding out on me.

I have a few of those, and I'll be looking into those others as well.

Thanks,
Raymond