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Doing a scarf joint in Wenge, seems to destroy the edges of plane blades in short order, O1, A2 and T10 steels, 30 or 45 degree microbevels. This single scarf joint took 5 sharpenings to get done.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

Yes, very very hard wood. Might be better off doing that on a disc or belt sander...

My experience says it's splintery and smells funny.

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"Act your age, not your shoe size" - Prince

I was just thicknessing some Wenge sides this afternoon (doing a laminate set this time) - 2 splinters, the sandpaper survived, I says its a success.

A lot tougher on tools than the cedar and cherry I've using for the other layers of the laminate.

What! Perish the thought . Finished today, one skim for a fresh surface and glue tomorrow.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

You mean for a wenge neck? The peg head scarf joint? QS panels seem to plane out ok but I've never made a neck out of it and had to cut across end grain. Tell ya one thing I found, CA is an amazing filler for wenge

Yes Sir, a headstock.
Thanks for the tip about filling the pores, certainly got me some.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

nasty wood!
The pores go on forever.
But-treat it differently.
Not like the woods you used to working with.
It's a different animal.

MIKE

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Mike Collins

I am building a wenge/sitka dred and i really like the wenge. Ready to glue the back on and have had no problems yet. Tap tone is fantastic.

Colin, I really like that set-up for holding the scarf while planing. I always struggle to get them clamped. I'm going to steal that idea! So simple but I never thought of it. . .

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Bryan Bear PMoMC

Take care of your feet, and your feet will take care of you.

Done

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

Cheers Bryan, very simple and holds solid. Scrap of 3/8" marine ply 3" x 4.5" or so (for strength) with 4 long screws into a 4 x 2.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

Oh yeah that is a very clever idea. I've always used the Cumpiano double stick tape method but that's brilliant.

Shucks, you'll make me blush..
I'm sure someone's done something like that before, hardly advanced engineering.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

The only instrument I’ve made that has needed significant repair after a year of use was a wenge OM (back and side cracks)

It looks good and sounds good, but I’ve stopped using it due to its many problems.

Smells horrible
Splinters
Hard on tools
Not difficult to bend, but temperamental.
Splits along the grain

There are much better options with less issues, so I’m not putting myself through it again. Life’s too short.

It can definitely be problematic...