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Andy Culpepper
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RE: Building a Cedar/Padauk negra, a... (in reply to Andy Culpepper)
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Thanks, Ethan! Great questions, Cervantes. I use my bandsaw to cut the mosaic tiles. I use a piece of wood as a kind of throat plate, to minimize splintering. This is a picture from my old blog which shows this: https://andyculpepperguitars.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/img_2920.jpg My gluing jig works very similarly to the one in your link. I put the large wedge on top of the plate being joined, wrap the rope around it end to end and then drive in the smaller wedge to tighten. The notches are there mostly to stay clear of any back strip, if it happens to be thicker than the back being joined. The scarf joint is cut on a bandsaw, using a angled jig that I run along the fence. Then I plane it in the traditional manner, and use a flat wood sanding block to get it perfectly true. I wish I had pictures of every step in the process, but that would be a LOT of pictures and sometimes I forget. The shooting board has no angle.
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Date Mar. 11 2016 23:10:34
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Cervantes
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ORIGINAL: Andy Culpepper Thanks, DavRom. Cervantes, how dare you. It's a $200 Craftsman But the table is good and flat, the fence is decent, and with bandsaws it's all about the setup anyway. It works perfectly for what I need it to do. The blades I use take a 1mm kerf, but for me it's worth it for speed and ease. Would have never guessed that, maybe like Laguna or something. Looking forward to the next steps.
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Date Mar. 14 2016 15:35:35
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Andy Culpepper
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Cervantes, I'll upload a photo of the inside of one of my go-bars soon. I made them when I first started and having the spring loaded ones is pretty handy. I have 3 different lengths, one for regular fan braces and other low profile things, one for harmonic bars and back braces and one for anything in between. My workboard turns into a go-bar deck, and I set the height of the top piece to get the right pressure from the go-bars, which you kind of learn by trial and error. You're spot on about the wedges, it's the way I've always done it and it seems easier to get a good tight fit at the heel, but the other way can work fine too.
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Date Mar. 16 2016 0:31:48
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