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Private member DiscussionFolk, Bluegrass, Irish, Old Time Instruments

Full mandolin batch build video on YouTube

Just posted a full build video for the last mandolin batch over on YouTube. Give it a watch folks, its 25 mins long. And there should be a few woodworking tips there for some of you, and some lovely tunes all played on my work.

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Private member DiscussionAcoustic Repair

Help needed to pinpoint my mistakes please!

Hi all, I am a newer guitar tech and after dozens of repairs this particular Simon & Patrick Luthier Cedar top SP6 acoustic dreadnought from the 90-ies with a bolt-on maple neck has been an incredible challenge. It came with a maxed out and stuck truss rod with a considerable up bow in the neck, extremely low saddle with barely any string break angle, so it needed a neck reset. Later on I figured out that it also has a pretty dras…

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I never got the video.
Private member DiscussionAcoustic Builds

New Acoustic Build - Having trouble

Hi all. Brand new member. I’ve been building a classical guitar via kit from LMI for a couple of years now. I keep putting it off but recently became motivated to get back to it. Unfortunately LMI is out of business so I now have no one to go to to ask questions. I’m at the stage where I’m putting the sides together in the form. I followed the dimensions for the form based on the plans as I measured them, but the sides overlap pretty ba…

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Structurally you are fine. When you glue this up (this is important), make sure your sides are clamped in the form VERY snug so there are no gaps between the sides and the forms. This will leave the…
Private member DiscussionFolk, Bluegrass, Irish, Old Time Instruments

Lighthearted entertainment from India. DIY build.

Just something I stumbled across on YouTube. He has also built an acoustic guitar from a 5 gallon bucket.

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Private member DiscussionCAD/CAM

New Fusion 360 Workflows!

I just updated Fusion 360 and there are some significant changes in workflows. I kept looking for New Component and couldn’t find it anywhere. Frustrating! It is still available in the Hybrid workflow. The new workflow is split into individual Parts and Assembly’s made of those Parts. This YouTube video explains the changes very well.

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Tomorrow, Feb 19th at 11 am US ET, there is a Fusion 360 free webinar going over all the new features/changes, if anyone is interested in attending. Here is the link to Subscribe to the YouTube video:…