On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:50:26 -0400, Bill wrote:

Larry Jaques wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:30:13 -0400, wrote:

Bill wrote:
Larry Jaques wrote:

Why not abuse a pair of dial calipers next time? Open them to the
measurement you want, hang one side off the tubawhatever, and mark
with the knife at the other jaw, or scribe directly with the stainless
jaw of the dial calipers.

Not a bad idea... Anyway you can eke up to the center line from both
sides sounds like a reasonable approach. Of course, pencil lines are too
wide to use!

Bill


I do that regularly with a pair of Chinese
dial calipers bought 25+ years ago, and the jaw's still there, looking
practically new. (Don't anyone mention this to anyone over in
Wreck.Metalheads, though. They'd have heart attacks.)


This technique is not good enough for the metal workers, huh? What's
wrong with 'em? LOL

They want stuff, even wood, measured down to the tenths.
No, no. We're talkin' 0.0001". Hmm, you'd probably get along with 'em.

Thanks, I assume you mean that as a compliment! : )

But of course!


If your goal is to make stringed instruments, you need to position those
frets just right!

Soooo, how many wooddorkers are also luthiers, hmmm?

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Larry Jaques wrote:
On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:50:26 -0400, wrote:

Larry Jaques wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:30:13 -0400, wrote:

Bill wrote:
Larry Jaques wrote:

Why not abuse a pair of dial calipers next time? Open them to the
measurement you want, hang one side off the tubawhatever, and mark
with the knife at the other jaw, or scribe directly with the stainless
jaw of the dial calipers.

Not a bad idea... Anyway you can eke up to the center line from both
sides sounds like a reasonable approach. Of course, pencil lines are too
wide to use!

Bill


I do that regularly with a pair of Chinese
dial calipers bought 25+ years ago, and the jaw's still there, looking
practically new. (Don't anyone mention this to anyone over in
Wreck.Metalheads, though. They'd have heart attacks.)


This technique is not good enough for the metal workers, huh? What's
wrong with 'em? LOL

They want stuff, even wood, measured down to the tenths.
No, no. We're talkin' 0.0001". Hmm, you'd probably get along with 'em.

Thanks, I assume you mean that as a compliment! : )

But of course!


If your goal is to make stringed instruments, you need to position those
frets just right!

Soooo, how many wooddorkers are also luthiers, hmmm?

Well, the CEO of Grizzly, for one. He's got pictures of quite a few of
his instruments on the Grizzly web site and in the Grizzly catalog.




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On 6/25/2011 3:29 PM, Bill wrote:
Larry Jaques wrote:
On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:50:26 -0400, wrote:

Larry Jaques wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:30:13 -0400, wrote:

Bill wrote:
Larry Jaques wrote:

Why not abuse a pair of dial calipers next time? Open them to the
measurement you want, hang one side off the tubawhatever, and mark
with the knife at the other jaw, or scribe directly with the stainless
jaw of the dial calipers.

Not a bad idea... Anyway you can eke up to the center line from both
sides sounds like a reasonable approach. Of course, pencil lines are too
wide to use!

Bill


I do that regularly with a pair of Chinese
dial calipers bought 25+ years ago, and the jaw's still there, looking
practically new. (Don't anyone mention this to anyone over in
Wreck.Metalheads, though. They'd have heart attacks.)


This technique is not good enough for the metal workers, huh? What's
wrong with 'em? LOL

They want stuff, even wood, measured down to the tenths.
No, no. We're talkin' 0.0001". Hmm, you'd probably get along with 'em.

Thanks, I assume you mean that as a compliment! : )

But of course!


If your goal is to make stringed instruments, you need to position those
frets just right!

Soooo, how many wooddorkers are also luthiers, hmmm?

Well, the CEO of Grizzly, for one. He's got pictures of quite a few of his
instruments on the Grizzly web site and in the Grizzly catalog.

I'd *like* to be, at some point, but I don't play any stringed instruments so
that's a bit of a hurdle. I have Cumpiano and Natelson's "Guitar Making" book
sitting on my shelf that I occasionally study with great interest, and maybe
someday I'll take the dive. But even if I don't, I still want my measuring and
marking tools to be as accurate as possible. For some of the stuff I build, I
get pretty anal about the joinery. :-)

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Larry Jaques wrote:
On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 16:29:01 -0400, wrote:

Larry Jaques wrote:
On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:50:26 -0400, wrote:
If your goal is to make stringed instruments, you need to position those
frets just right!

Soooo, how many wooddorkers are also luthiers, hmmm?

Well, the CEO of Grizzly, for one. He's got pictures of quite a few of
his instruments on the Grizzly web site and in the Grizzly catalog.

Yeah, their Luthier's Catalog is cool, too. So, that's one. How many
others are? I know a few guys here dabble.

Well, enough that they added a "Musical Instruments" section to the
Sawmillcreek.org woodworking forum. I haven't had time to visit it.

Studley, of the infamous Studley Toolbox was a piano repairman (I think).

Martin and Taylor count too, no?

The idea of being a musician and and working wood, and not wanting to
build an instrument seems just... inharmonious! : )

Bill

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On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 21:23:39 -0400, Bill wrote:

Larry Jaques wrote:
On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 16:29:01 -0400, wrote:

Larry Jaques wrote:
On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:50:26 -0400, wrote:
If your goal is to make stringed instruments, you need to position those
frets just right!

Soooo, how many wooddorkers are also luthiers, hmmm?

Well, the CEO of Grizzly, for one. He's got pictures of quite a few of
his instruments on the Grizzly web site and in the Grizzly catalog.

Yeah, their Luthier's Catalog is cool, too. So, that's one. How many
others are? I know a few guys here dabble.

Well, enough that they added a "Musical Instruments" section to the
Sawmillcreek.org woodworking forum. I haven't had time to visit it.

Studley, of the infamous Studley Toolbox was a piano repairman (I think).

Martin and Taylor count too, no?

OK, how many of the hundred who post here every week are?


The idea of being a musician and and working wood, and not wanting to
build an instrument seems just... inharmonious! : )

Play it again, Sam.

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