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| Author: | Mike OMelia [ Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | String Inlay Tool |
Has anybody used this to cut purfling? http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/Page.a ... 3314,69873 |
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| Author: | SteveSmith [ Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: String Inlay Tool |
It looks nice but I don't think it would work well in the waist area. |
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| Author: | windsurfer [ Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: String Inlay Tool |
I have one. Wouldn't use it for purfling, but it works very well for it's intended purpose A gramil is the tool you need to manually cut rabbets for purfling. Gramil has a radius on the fence, not a flat fence like the inlay tools. You can adapt the lv or ln purfling cutters to a gramil to add stringing to a guitar, but it will be challenge to get clean grooves in spruce. Would be really cool to inlay holly stringing on a mahogany top though. |
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| Author: | Ruby50 [ Tue Dec 25, 2018 3:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: String Inlay Tool |
I agree that these tools will not work for purfling at the waist of guitar. The guy who developed the tools for L-N is Steve Latta. He makes mostly federal furniture (right around 1800) but stringing was also installed in a lot of PA Dutch furniture for the hundred years before that. I watched Steve for a total of about 4 hours doing this, and like making guitars, what is mysterious becomes commonplace once you have done it a bit. I have always wanted to do some geometric stringing in holly on the back of a walnut guitar. Here's Steve: https://www.finewoodworking.com/2013/10/25/basic-stringing-techniques He uses both hand tools and a Dremel - he has a StewMac router base for the Dremel - and check out his home-made Koa cutting gauge. Something in there for everyone. Other videos show his making the stringing pieces in more detail. Merry Christmas Ed |
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