Ron Steiger Harp Guitar

[Dennis Leahy]

High speed and high quality!

How many harp guitars have you built now, Ron? Have you sold any yet?

Dennis

[Ron]

Hi Dennis

The city of ventura just sign off on my lic...should have that soon.




ron

[Ron]

The kids are out of school the rest of the week ...have a good weekend guys thanks for comments and

ill need the rest of this week to see were I want to go with this on the bindings..and fret board...

till then happy building/\

Ron

[Ron]

I have to re-right this because I did'nt have time today.
what I ment to say
because I have'nt had to time to make a jig to do the binding , and being a one man band
Today I use this to hold the harp. worked but still hard to hold and do one bindings.







I think I might stay with the white binding because it easy! and I have a lot of maple
and it would be the same as the other build I just finish.well still thinking about it.

ron


ron

[Ron]

am going with the Rope Binding, Ill be sprending this week mainly on the binding..making them and installing them.

Ill try to get the most important parts of building them in the photos...
I think i used 1/4 thickx 3 wide by 30 length...
7 pieces of mahogany and 7 pieces of maple.

I used a 1/2 bottel of glue but am not sure If i need more ...if so i'll have to reglue or try it again...we see this week.
I rolled it on...and i just dont think i got enough glue...i did'nt see it ooos out the side of the wood! .well this should be fun...

I have to go today and bid on a remodel...but I try to get down to the shop and get some work done on this ...


Ron

[Ron]

The kids had a party to go too and I came back down to the shop and check the glue look dryed. so I ran the piece in a jointer then resaw the pieces
into slaces..almost the same as a back thickness....



then ran it on my saw at a 45de ,all taped up ...thickness sanded again the cleaned the edges up...

take a look...notice how ill glued the rope binding onto a backing of maple...and there angled

you can almost see how i would cut them ...there glueing to the backing as I right this...

[Ventura Bill]

Looks good Ron!


Bill

[Ron]

thanks bill
feeling a little alone here... just kinding ,I like it when you guys dont bug me...

but I sure like posting photos ...and building

ok back to work...



now that the backing is glued on the bindings its ready to cut.


then I run the binding back throw the thickness sander and to the final thickness.



Ill alway start at the butt of the guitar and work around the body...in order to bookmatch
the binding i do this..


working around the body...dry fit some time I do that ..I glue and go...


clamp if I need a little more pressure..

wait for 20 min then I pull the tape off and wait 2 hrs the plane the wood down..take look.



...thanks for looking...guys,...


Ron