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21607 Douglas Kinney
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Sep 1, 2006
8:20 am
Right now i'm building a one-string canjotar out of a royal dansk cookie tin. I have a feeling its going to give me a good "twang". It's a bit bigger than an ...
21608 Shane
cigarboxguitar Offline Send Email
Sep 1, 2006
12:26 pm
To all the performers going to Hinton, please have a drink for me. Um, well...if you REALLY want to keep the tradition, have many drinks and try to crawl out...
21609 Steve Bergner
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Sep 1, 2006
12:27 pm
To paraphrase John Sebastian and the Lovin' Spoonful Well, there's 1352 banjo players in Nashville And they can pick more notes than the number of ants on a ...
21610 Meade Helman
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Sep 1, 2006
12:40 pm
I was thinking of going to a one stringer with a slide... no chords.<G> _____ From: cigarboxguitars@yahoogroups.com [mailto:cigarboxguitars@yahoogroups.com] On...
21611 Harrison Withers
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Sep 1, 2006
1:40 pm
My last few guitars I have built with slotted headstocks. I like the slotted style for a couple reasons: 1. More downforce one nut has lead to much better...
21612 reduno2 Offline Send Email Sep 1, 2006
1:41 pm
Hi,I recomend trying lap slide playing.The bar sits comfortably in your hand while basic gravity holds it on the strings.You still tune in a chord and of...
21613 Jim Farris
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Sep 1, 2006
2:11 pm
From the song "Nashville Cats" I couldn't have said it better. Jim Farris www.jimfrets.com http://www.flickr.com/people/59473356@N00/ ...
21614 Meade Helman
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Sep 1, 2006
2:13 pm
Hey Harrison If I understand what you are doing, making a square slot that goes through the neck, wood left on all four sides I would use a mortising chisel,...
21615 Stacy
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Sep 1, 2006
2:44 pm
Royal Dansk makes better banjo bodies than Gibson. You'll love it when you're done...
21616 Bill Moore
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Sep 1, 2006
2:45 pm
If you have a router you could build a jig that does the trick. If you are interested let me know and I can walk you through the steps. Papa out...
21617 Stacy
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Sep 1, 2006
2:46 pm
If you're having one for Shane, it would only be appropriate to have another 5 or 6 for me as well. Wish I could be there as well. Stacy...
21618 Harrison Withers
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Sep 1, 2006
2:47 pm
Can I just buy a 1/2" bit and chisel and put it in my drill press? Or is there some other thing I have to get like a billion dollar mortising machine? ... ...
21619 Bill Moore
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Sep 1, 2006
2:52 pm
Look at this http://tinyurl.com/npq3e ... press? Or ... goes ... relieves ... make two ... off ... the...
21620 Doctor Oakroot
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Sep 1, 2006
3:00 pm
I like slotted headstocks too, and that's pretty much the way I do it (but I don't mind a rough look - that's part of the mojo). ... -- ...
21621 Harrison Withers
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Sep 1, 2006
3:13 pm
I don't mind the rough look either it just seems it takes me too long to make it functional. If the alternative is $160 mortising machine, I'm going to stick...
21622 Bill Moore
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Sep 1, 2006
3:20 pm
OK then check out this http://www.woodsmithstore.com/220136.html ... long ... machine, ... do ... tars....
21623 Bill Moore
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Sep 1, 2006
3:24 pm
Another thought is just drill 3 1" holes with a spade bit. Clean fast and easy. Why remove material you dont need to? ... long ... machine, ... do ... tars....
21624 Meade Helman
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Sep 1, 2006
3:31 pm
Old time method of making slots. Use your drill with overlaying cuts and clean up with a paring chisel, again this goes pretty quick People used to make...
21625 bob salmon
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Sep 1, 2006
3:35 pm
Spade bits tend to tear the shit out of the wood, my experience. Bill Moore <moore6924@...> wrote: Another thought is...
21626 bob salmon
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Sep 1, 2006
3:36 pm
You can buy a mortising jig for your drill press at most hardware outlets, for around forty bucks. Harrison Withers <hcw350@...> wrote:...
21627 Rob Duncan
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Sep 1, 2006
3:41 pm
1" is large enough the tuner won't span the hole.. 5/8 or 3/4 max.. Downside is you have to put a insert at the edge of the holes to keep the strings from...
21628 cmbtengr68 Offline Send Email Sep 1, 2006
3:46 pm
Not this time. It wasn't in the cards. NEXT YEAR for sure. -- In cigarboxguitars@yahoogroups.com, "Grady Musick"...
21629 Harrison Withers
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Sep 1, 2006
3:51 pm
Just the plain old clear original formula bri wax. The stuff at the top of this page: http://www.briwax-trg.com/waxes.htm...
21630 Harrison Withers
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Sep 1, 2006
3:55 pm
If I understand your approach here, I'd use a 1/2" face drilled for each of the posts. 1" would be to big to support the ends of the tuning pegs. I would...
21631 Harrison Withers
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Sep 1, 2006
3:56 pm
Agreed a forstner bit would work better, Or a reduced shank 1" standard, I have a 5/8" chuck on my press....
21632 KEVIN LAWTON
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Sep 1, 2006
4:40 pm
Worth considering that you don't need to go al the way through the headstock with the holes, but just hollow out the front so it is like an open box. Dead...
21633 KEVIN LAWTON
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Sep 1, 2006
4:45 pm
Two points so as not to tear the wood you are making holes in: Make sure your bit is really sharp and spinning fast, but drill through slowly - let the bit...
21634 Meade Helman
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Sep 1, 2006
4:57 pm
Thanks That is the conclusion I am coming to. Thanks for the tip! _____ From: cigarboxguitars@yahoogroups.com [mailto:cigarboxguitars@yahoogroups.com] On...
21635 Jim Farris
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Sep 1, 2006
5:11 pm
Folks I just uploaded 2 pictures of another method for headstocks. This method is really simple. If you use Forstner drill bits you get a clean hole too. Look...
21636 cigarboxguitars@yahoo... Send Email Sep 1, 2006
5:12 pm
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