With a break like this with plenty of surface area, I would just glue it without any additional supports. My glue of choice is hot hide glue, but there will be lots of opinions on that and many option…
I think that's a good move. One thing I might do to kick things of is to hit the area with some ultra thin master glue so it wicks under the area and prevents more chipping from potentially delaminate…
Hi guys, I finally managed to sort the problem out. Seens like was a simple issue that I cant see in that moment. I took the whole bridge apart and did a complete setup from scratch. I read somewhere…
This is precisely why Leo Fender developed the insideless guitar. A compromised neck block is super hard to come back from and when I see something like this, it leads me to believe that it's the tip…
Chris, can I add this for the council of elders show ? Also, we are going to have @member on pretty soon to talk about a job about this dramastic. Here's a link to the live show co…
How about this giant fan for winter lacquer spraying?
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Just curious on some thoughts if this fan would work to prevent me from poisoning myself and my family from spraying in my basement shop: https://a.co/d/8UPeRwk
I have a basement shop with a door that goes outside. I don’t have a sprayer system, so am currently using rattle cans. Wondering if I set this up with a big 25 foot hose going outside, and put my workpiece right in front of it, if I could get away with spraying in my shop to account for temperature and humidity during winter. Thanks for any thoughts! - joe
Hey Corey - I also need to get up to Burlington. I got to know Dale and his family pretty well when they lived here. I have a beautiful Fairbanks F35 that he built from salvaged mahogany. I wish my playing could match the guitars quality!
And I agree, I wish he was still local too. But he has a growing family and the Iris gig made a lot of sense. There’s a nice article about him in Acoustic Guitar Magazine this month.
I’m not an expert but if you can get a different setup and avoid the rattle cans it may help. The propellant is another layer of nasty chemical. The rattlers, from my limited experience, also have a low solid content and it feels like you need a million coats to build.
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I do need to take the jump into figuring out a better setup. I think I keep holding off because I add up everything I need to do it “right” (sprayer, filters, fans, temperature control, humidity control, etc) and the cost seems prohibitive at the moment.
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↪ Private memberMan, I am with you on that one. I am setting up a shop for myself and make little purchases along the way. One thing that has helped me make sense of purchases is imaging using the space and what customers will expect of me over the next six months-year. I just do tiny finish things so I am setting up a small fan mounted in plywood that I can pull in and out of the window. Some things that may help decide is thinking about how many guitars you want to spray a year, how much shop space do you want to dedicate to finish work.
There used to be a fantastic guitar builder local to me in CT named Dale Fairbanks who built in a two car garage in Hartford. He was able to spray in a small space but was nervous about drawing attention to himself and was spraying at night.... looked stressful. There is another buddy of mine, Mark Campellone, in Providence who builds archtops. His work flow was interesting. He had a small room in his shop setup for spraying and would build in batches and store stuff in that room while not spraying, complete a batch and then empty the spray room for use.
If you can visit some folks who are doing what you aspire and it may fall into place. Spraying at home is a pain though, no ways around it. Let me know where you land!
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↪ Private memberRe: Dale Fairbanks’ garage - I’ll add that’s a really valid concern. My town (Dale’s former town) has a well-deserved reputation for crotchety neighbors who like to complain. Many municipalities have strict rules concerning home businesses. In fact, Adam Buchwald of Circle Strings\Allied Luthiery (and Dale’s compatriot at Iris Guitars) finally had to move out of one house in Burlington, Vermont because of a very nasty neighbor, even though he had covered all of the bases with the city.
So a word to the wise - be careful out there!
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↪ Private memberHey Rick! You are in Hartford? I live over in Noank/Mystic. I did hear of Adam's troubles as I was prepping to start my business. Getting zoned for a business in a historic district was not easy! I hope I do not have to deal with them again....
I met Dale and he left for VT pretty soon after. I wish he was still local, it was inspiring to check out his shop/guitars.