AcornHouse
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And the bridge is done! Rounded all the edges, contoured the top to the saddle angle, sanded to 1500, then hand polished with secret Aussie polishing compound.
AHG octave mando build
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AcornHouse
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AcornHouse
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And with the compensated saddle. Surprisingly, the chisel proved to be the most effective tool. I needed to make fairly vertical cuts, since I was working off of the flat top surface, prior to arcing to height. In a guitar saddle, they can use a pretty much finished blank since they are just working to an approximate guesstimate. I wanted to be more precise. So that when I shaped the top, the intonation points don't change.
AcornHouse
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Did a little fiddling with the saddle to smooth out some of the transitions.
And did one very important (I think) modification to the bridge. I stamped a discreet arrow pointing to the center point towards the headstock. Don't want it getting flipped around any time in the future and no longer fit the arch.
And did one very important (I think) modification to the bridge. I stamped a discreet arrow pointing to the center point towards the headstock. Don't want it getting flipped around any time in the future and no longer fit the arch.
GGJaguar
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I think scrimshaw is in your future.
The Guilds of Grot
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We're a vertical screw slot household!Regarding clocking screws, I have always set my switch and outlet covers so the slotted screw is perfectly horizontal. Now you can't not see that on yours - sorry.
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Where even the sockets are in photo-tuning!
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Yeah, they should be vertical.
Nuuska
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Regarding clocking screws, I have always set my switch and outlet covers so the slotted screw is perfectly horizontal. Now you can't not see that on yours - sorry.
Marty
What is that little slider looking thing next to right switch ?
Dimmer control ?
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Yes, I've got them in a few rooms here at my house.
AcornHouse
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Inspecting the buffing job on the back. All by hand as much as my back will allow. (It's not been good the last few days.)
Opsimath
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Inspecting the buffing job on the back. All by hand as much as my back will allow. (It's not been good the last few days.)
I hope your back gets better soon!
Hoping your back is improving. You and your builds and sharing of pictures and information have become an addiction for me and, I suspect, many others on the forum.
Sorry your back's been aching, Chris.
The uke (and the kitty) are looking great!
The uke (and the kitty) are looking great!
AcornHouse
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Taking care of some last pre-setup bits. Getting the felt stuck under the tailpiece (helps control any rogue, metallic, overtones ringing from the bridge back to the tailpiece.)
And polishing and glueing in the nut.
And polishing and glueing in the nut.
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For the first time in this thread I can say that I have that same tool. LOL