darrenking
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darrenking replied to the topic "Life Changing!" – 6 years, 5 months ago
Another important step this evening- I glued the bridge on to the ziracote guitar. I don’t have any clamps suitable for this so I decided to make up a pair of thick laminate plates that could be screwed together on… Read more»
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darrenking replied to the topic "Life Changing!" – 6 years, 5 months ago
Hi Edwin,I’m astonished that you couldn’t tell that the glass contained Armagnac rather than brandy! 😆 It will be a champagne glass in the photo when the guitar has strings attached! Possibly as soon as this weekend but more likely… Read more»
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darrenking posted a new topic "Life Changing!" – 6 years, 5 months ago
Whoa! Ignoring the things like the birth of my children, I will remember today as being one of the key milestones in my life on a par with the occasion on which I first sucked air out of an dust… Read more»
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darrenking replied to the topic "Deleted course" – 6 years, 5 months ago
Hi Mark, the course hasn’t been deleted this time but I have no access to the videos as the system doesn’t think I have premium membership any longer.Darren
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darrenking replied to the topic "Scale length and Bridge/Saddle position" – 6 years, 5 months ago
Ha, all that just to get a machine to drill three holes in a piece of 6mm thick laminate! I really don’t have a problem with +/- 0.5mm so long as I am fairly confident of where the 0.0mm position… Read more»
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darrenking replied to the topic "Scale length and Bridge/Saddle position" – 6 years, 5 months ago
Hi Mark,Sorry to keep pestering but I am still not clear if you are saying that the saddle offset by 1/8″ over 3″ or the top and bottom E strings are offset by 1/8″ over the normal spacing of around… Read more»
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darrenking replied to the topic "Scale length and Bridge/Saddle position" – 6 years, 5 months ago
Hi Mark,I am sorry if I am making things appear harder than they are. This really wasn’t my intention and I have spent a large part of my working life trying to open up seemingly complicated and mysterious woodworking processes… Read more»
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darrenking replied to the topic "Scale length and Bridge/Saddle position" – 6 years, 5 months ago
Ok. Have just been out string shopping and picked up a set of Ernie Ball Earthwood lights and extra lights. Without changing the action settings from the defaults these give the following compensation figures. Diameters in inches and relate to… Read more»
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darrenking replied to the topic "Scale length and Bridge/Saddle position" – 6 years, 5 months ago
Nope. No more sense but I am more than happy to concede that the drawing is wrong. The scale length is stated as being 645.2mm ie 25.4″ but this is shown as being from the nut to centre of the… Read more»
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darrenking posted a new topic "Headstock veneers and logo" – 6 years, 5 months ago
To signify the 35 years that it has taken me to get this point!
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darrenking replied to the topic "Scale length and Bridge/Saddle position" – 6 years, 5 months ago
Thanks Mark, I was watching it last night but I couldn’t tell exactly which point you were measuring to on the saddle. Top E, B or somewhere in between I think. Is this correct?The plan I have is from Georgia… Read more»
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darrenking posted a new topic "Fret Dressing" – 6 years, 5 months ago
Is the aim of leveling the frets to get them completely flat over the entire length of the fretboard? Given that this process is undertaken without any string tension doesn’t it follow that the alignment will change once the instrument… Read more»
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darrenking posted a new topic "Scale length and Bridge/Saddle position" – 6 years, 5 months ago
The drawing I am working to shows the scale length (25.4”) being measured to the B string position on the saddle thus making the top E shorter than the scale length. This seems odd to me as surely even the top… Read more»
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darrenking replied to the topic "Bridge Machining" – 6 years, 5 months ago
Oh, I know there’s a bubinga bridge in there (third pic) but all of the others, even the almost black ones, are Rio.
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darrenking posted a new topic "Bridge Machining" – 6 years, 5 months ago
I had a rummage through one of my four tea chests full of Rio rosewood parquet floor tiles (why oh why oh why?!!!!) and pulled out some interesting pieces to be converted into bridges. I modified the file slightly from… Read more»
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darrenking posted a new topic "Shaping neck, fitting fretboard and making bridge" – 6 years, 5 months ago
It’s been a while since I last posted but I have been making steady progress. The neck blocks were glue up and I used a couple of dowels in the off cut area to make it easier to clamp them… Read more»
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darrenking posted a new topic "Necks and fretboards" – 6 years, 5 months ago
Glueing on the heel blocks, cutting fret slots and CNC machining the trim jigs for the neck mortise and tenon joint. I have now installed the truss rods and cover caps and then pulled the rods out after about 30… Read more»
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darrenking replied to the topic "Binding Module" – 6 years, 5 months ago
The trickiest bit of the binding process was where the body takes a bit of a dive as it narrows towards the neck joint. I tried to heat bend the binding in both axis but ended up just forcing it… Read more»
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darrenking replied to the topic "Binding Module" – 6 years, 5 months ago
With the help of the bending iron and a couple of rolls of sticky tape the bindings are all in and trimmed flush with the aid of nicely sharpened scraper blade. A much underestimated and misunderstood tool, when properly prepared… Read more»
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