A good source for good vinyl is your local sign shop. I have a friend who owns one and can get scrap rolls in just about any color, thickness and selectivity.
I bought from fleabay some very cheap leather punches in the 7 - 8 mil size and honed the
Read more…I am going to try making milk paint with natural pigments for adding some color to the Dulcimer I'm working on. It has survived since ancient Egypt, and was also used by the pioneers on Colonial furniture. It has the effect of adding soft color while
Read more…On the neck near where the top of the fret board is going to be....on the right hand side near the edge ....drive in one of those tiny skinny nails or brads or whatever they call them ...but only about 1/2 way....down at the bottom of where the fret
Read more…I have a bunch of signatures on my CBG. Johnny Winter, Jimmy Vaughn, Mac Arnold, George Thorogood, pAt mAcdonald, Bob Margolin,etc and all of them are written in Sharpie marker. Sharpies are great in that they are thick enough and can be applied to a
Read more…So making a radius is not easy for the... tool challenged. That is, if you don't have the right tools and we all don't at one time or another. So I devised a clever tool to sand down a fretboard to the radius I wanted.
I picked this idea up from watc
Hi guys.
I have just found a metal 35mm slide storage box(it was in a skip) so i am now wondering if its possible to turn it into a three string?
If so , what would you all recomend pick up(piezo) or no pick up.
Would also be greatful for any other advi
OK, I got a wild hair and wound my first pickup last night. It works...not real loud, since the smallest wire I had on hand was 34 gauge, but still not bad. It is a short fat little guy and I like the tone...it tames the highs quite well in compari
Read more…Bangin' around can make your day go really bad. Take today for instance. I'm putting a good coat of oil on the fretboard/neck which happens to be in my wood vise when the whole thing slips out! SH17! Frig!
I had put some small but very noticeable dent
Damn, I love this group. And the greatest thing is when we solve common problems with everyday solutions. Mind you, there are better [read: more costly commercial] solutions out there but if you really want to make your instrument in the hand made fa
Read more…I have used the stain called Aquafortis on maple and walnut before. What it is is (degreased) steel wool dissolved in Nitric acid. You paint it on and let it dry completely. The acid dissolves the iron out of the steel wool and carries it down deep i
Read more…All, here is the followup article on using multiple piezos:
by Bart on March 26, 2010
A couple of months ago I did a posting titled “Wiring Multiple Piezos Together.” That post has informationon h
Read more…All, I found this on Google Books (author that is) and MichaelS found the link to Bart Hopkin's blog. Here is the text:
We sell a lot of piezo films, ready for our cust
Read more…We just had a great thread about the (not) use of Gorilla Glue (not going there) which lead to how to secure a fretboard and some methods to keep the fretboard from shifting while gluing. Here are some suggestions/techniques that I gleaned from the o
Read more…This one is culled from the recent forum discussion [here]. The video below is from O'Brien Guitars and shows how to use an old drill bit as a great flush router bit. He is using it to cut out a pegboard (headstock) but there are prolly 10 more uses
Read more…Gee I didn't know just how much this guy had done and how many cool tips he has:
http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/pagelist.html
Everything from fretting to glues to cool tool ideas
-WY
Ok, so I'm a big proponent of hide (or gelatine) glue, but I did get a chance to review these wonderful videos on glues. If you ever wanted to know ANYTHING about glues and which to use, watch these.
https://www.youtube.com/profile?user=OBrienGuitars#p
Do you know a way to age new nickel plated hardware (cheap bolts etc. having that cold blue hue on a matte/frosted surface) using easily available chemicals?
Thank you.
I think this might be a good idea for those who want a hand plane cheap. Stanley makes a little one called the RB5 and has replaceable blades. I think about $12USD
-WY
If you are like me and are.. frugal [read: cheap] here is a great substitute for strap buttons -- assuming you use them
Hillman Brass Knurled Nuts 10-32 $1.75 from Lowes (US) and you will need to get the brass screws 10-32x1/2. Also $1.00
pic to come
-W
