Rabs Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 I made something out of another lump of wood today.. For a friend this time, a coffee table. He chose the legs though 🙂 This time a lovely piece of English Elm. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx-ogre Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 As a fellow woodworker, that is one sweet slab of wood. Nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 1 hour ago, tx-ogre said: As a fellow woodworker, that is one sweet slab of wood. Nicely done. Cheers.. And yes, after working selling the raw wood and making stuff like this for a year or so when I was working at the shop. I saw some of the most amazing English hardwood I didnt even know we had.. Sadly something like 5000 trees a year are felled just in London alone for various reasons (they do re-plant too) and yet something like 90% of the hardwood here is brought in abroad.. It was one of the reasons I liked working there, I really did believe in what hes doing, trying to save as many trees as possible from the chipper which is what happens to most of it as the local councils have no idea what to do other than chip it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx-ogre Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 (edited) 42 minutes ago, Rabs said: Cheers.. And yes, after working selling the raw wood and making stuff like this for a year or so when I was working at the shop. I saw some of the most amazing English hardwood I didnt even know we had.. Sadly something like 5000 trees a year are felled just in London alone for various reasons (they do re-plant too) and yet something like 90% of the hardwood here is brought in abroad.. It was one of the reasons I liked working there, I really did believe in what hes doing, trying to save as many trees as possible from the chipper which is what happens to most of it as the local councils have no idea what to do other than chip it. We have access to the usual hardwoods from through the U.S. here in TX, but one that is unique to certain areas of the Southwest is Mesquite. It’s common here in TX and parts of AZ. (We had 9 Mesquite trees on our property in Tucson.). Most people consider it an ugly and overall undesirable tree, but even in the desert, you couldn’t kill them. And it is a beautiful wood for furniture and other projects and extremely durable. Just a few examples: https://mesquite-interiors.com/gallery/ The only downside is Mesquite is extremely hard and wreaks havoc on cutting tools. Edited January 25, 2022 by tx-ogre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, tx-ogre said: We have access to the usual hardwoods Fromm through the U.S. here in TX, but one that is unique to certain areas of the Southwest is Mesquite. It’s common here in TX and parts of AZ. (We had 9 Mesquite trees in our property in Tucson. Most people consider it an ugly and overall undesirable tree, but even in the desert, you couldn’t kill them. And it is a beautiful wood for furniture and other projects and extremely durable. Just a few examples: https://mesquite-interiors.com/gallery/ The only downside is Mesquite is extremely hard and wreaks havoc on cutting tools. Ohh .. Looks nice. And yes I have some experience with some proper hard woods.. Not fun to work. One of the main woods we sold is London Plane and comes from the streets of London.. Which can be an issue as we often found bomb shrapnel from WW2 in the trees and thats a milling blade gone.. All part of the fun of working with wood 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 6 hours ago, mihcmac said: Tremolos love new strings, but need to be stressed a bit so that they set correctly. 🙂 That is another thing I have never done before till last year. I learned that I need to stretch strings. Haha, My first attempt on it. Everything went fine till the last one. High E string, Stretch, stretch, stretch, "SNAP!" Lol. (Well, maybe that was Too Much?) Heh...I'm still learning. I have noticed they do stay in tune much better than before. I used to stop playing several times to retune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx-ogre Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 37 minutes ago, Rabs said: Ohh .. Looks nice. And yes I have some experience with some proper hard woods.. Not fun to work. One of the main woods we sold is London Plane and comes from the streets of London.. Which can be an issue as we often found bomb shrapnel from WW2 in the trees and thats a milling blade gone.. All part of the fun of working with wood 🙂 When you mentioned your example was a variety of elm, I assumed that was considered a hardwood there. I can only imagine our definitions here can be different than yours. Elm here is considered a hardwood. We have a couple of elm trees in our yard that will likely need to be removed due to disease/other problems. Not sure if I will be able to salvage the trees for lumber if that were to happen, but I will definitely ask our tree removal specialists if it can be salvaged. Can never have enough free lumber. It’s hard not to love hardwoods for projects. I have a good friend who is a building contractor. He gave me a substantial amount of walnut planks (tongue and groove flooring) that I still have. Absolutely beautiful wood. I just haven’t had any projects where walnut would be the wood of choice. I’m hoping that situation changes soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, tx-ogre said: When you mentioned your example was a variety of elm, I assumed that was considered a hardwood there. I can only imagine our definitions here can be different than yours. Elm here is considered a hardwood. We have a couple of elm trees in our yard that will likely need to be removed due to disease/other problems. Not sure if I will be able to salvage the trees for lumber if that were to happen, but I will definitely ask our tree removal specialists if it can be salvaged. Can never have enough free lumber. It’s hard not to love hardwoods for projects. I have a good friend who is a building contractor. He gave me a substantial amount of walnut planks (tongue and groove flooring) that I still have. Absolutely beautiful wood. I just haven’t had any projects where walnut would be the wood of choice. I’m hoping that situation changes soon. Ahh, no I wasnt saying Elm wasnt a hardwood.. It certainly is.. But he also sells Hornbeam and Yew and English Oak.. So on the janka hardness scale Elm is 810.... Yew is 1500, Hornbeam is 1600... So when I said proper hardwoods, I just meant the real heavy stuff... I actually looked that Mesquite up.. Its 2340 😮 Rosewood is 2440 and for reference Ebony is over 3000.. So yes.. Elm, not so hard 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Yesterday, my wife spent most of the day at our daughters, so I had a lot of free time. I spent about three hours with running trains on my layout and then got out the Dove and spent almost five hours (off and on) trying to finish a song that started-out as a poem over thirty years ago…lol….I actually started turning it into a song last summer, but got stuck and have remained “stuck.” I think I’m stuck because of the way I looked at things then and the way I look at them now. Anyway, somewhere along the way I’ll figure it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Your more than welcome to come chop down our neighbors Sycamore Tree Lol. There's a lot of wood there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 (edited) 46 minutes ago, Retired said: Your more than welcome to come chop down our neighbors Sycamore Tree Lol. There's a lot of wood there! Actually from what I know.. What you call Sycamore we call London Plane... Easily identifiable by its lacewood when quarter sawn.. Amazingly beautiful wood. And what we call Sycamore is what you call Maple.. Edit In fact, London Plane is a hybrid of American Sycamore and Oriental Plane trees... Which is why they have features in common. Edited January 25, 2022 by Rabs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, Rabs said: Actually from what I know.. What you call Sycamore we call London Plane... Easily identifiable by its lacewood when quarter sawn.. Amazingly beautiful wood. And what we call Sycamore is what you call Maple.. All I know is I looked it up way back to see what it was and it is a very messy tree. It drops stuff all 4 seasons long. It looses it's bark in summer and fall, Leaves like Elephant ears. The biggest leaves I have ever seen. Seedlings in the spring, and sticks & branches in the spring, summer and fall. Even in the winter, I'm picking up crap from her tree. Roots from it went through our plumbing and cost us big to replace it clear out to the street, Limbs coming down on the roof cost us a new roof and another limb bust our meter pole off the house and that cost a bunch to replace it. Yeah, I tried to get Deb to move but she is glued to this house because of the gorgeous windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, Retired said: All I know is I looked it up way back to see what it was and it is a very messy tree. It drops stuff all 4 seasons long. It looses it's bark in summer and fall, Leaves like Elephant ears. The biggest leaves I have ever seen. Seedlings in the spring, and sticks & branches in the spring, summer and fall. Even in the winter, I'm picking up crap from her tree. Roots from it went through our plumbing and cost us big to replace it clear out to the street, Limbs coming down on the roof cost us a new roof and another limb bust our meter pole off the house and that cost a bunch to replace it. Yeah, I tried to get Deb to move but she is glued to this house because of the gorgeous windows. Yes. That sounds about right they can be huge.. Some of the planks we had were over a meter wide... You can tell Plane trees as you say from the way they drop bark, The trunk looks almost like military camouflage. Like 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 I've been trying to buy a tube stereo amplifier which is on consignment at a stereo store. I put in an offer of $250 under asking price and I'll pick up shipping and any PayPal fees. The response was to raise the price $100 plus shipping and no PayPal accepted! HA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gibson Posted January 25, 2022 Author Share Posted January 25, 2022 Fixed the washing machine, screens for fill get plugged every once in a while with rust and lime scale and the computer in it shuts it down and won’t work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 9 hours ago, Rabs said: Yes. That sounds about right they can be huge.. Some of the planks we had were over a meter wide... You can tell Plane trees as you say from the way they drop bark, The trunk looks almost like military camouflage. Like There is a tall wood fence along our driveway & their back yard where that tree sits. Basically, almost to our house. I pick up bark from it all the time but the people that live behind her get even bigger messes from it. Racoon's live in that tree also. Yep, I also read they are a fast growing tree. By the way, that wood you did on that table is downright Gorgeous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 I read Disney is getting bashed for a remake of Snow White. Apparently someone went on a Twitter rampage about not having had enough influence from his, and I quote, "soapbox". If I were on Twitter I'd reply, so you have to stand on a soap box, do you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBSinTo Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Pinch said: I read Disney is getting bashed for a remake of Snow White. Apparently someone went on a Twitter rampage about not having had enough influence from his, and I quote, "soapbox". If I were on Twitter I'd reply, so you have to stand on a soap box, do you. Pich, Considering the dreck that is posted on Twitter, One would be better off standing on a Litterbox. Or in it. RBSinTo Edited January 26, 2022 by RBSinTo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 I found my notebook with the dates on when I last changed strings on each guitar. Jaguar, 3-10-21, Gretsch, 3-10-21, Gold Top, 3-22-21, Casino, 3-22-21, Riviera, 4-3-21. My, how Time Flys! I have 10-46's on them all and will put 9-46's on them. Seems the colder weather plays havoc with my Arthritis. But no wonder the strings are sounding bad here and there on them. Haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 I changed strings on 2 guitars so far, one last night, I did a set up on it but there is now a buzz on the low E at the 12th fret. The Jag has a fixed bridge so hard to raise or lower it. The string height was ok. very low and I noticed the bridge moves around till the strings get tight. This morning I did the sam with the Gretsch, and it's great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihcmac Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) On 1/27/2022 at 6:59 AM, Retired said: I changed strings on 2 guitars so far, one last night, I did a set up on it but there is now a buzz on the low E at the 12th fret. The Jag has a fixed bridge so hard to raise or lower it. The string height was ok. very low and I noticed the bridge moves around till the strings get tight. This morning I did the sam with the Gretsch, and it's great. Sounds like your new slightly lighter gage strings are providing less tension on your neck so you may need to loosen the nut to compensate. But no more than a about 1/4 turn and let the guitars acclimate to the new tension for a day or so while playing them. Note that some guitar brands will be more sensitive to string tension change, like your Epiphones may be more sensitive than Fender or Gretch. Or take it in to a tech, it shouldn't take much to adjust the nut to the new string tension. Edited January 28, 2022 by mihcmac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 On 1/26/2022 at 7:10 PM, RBSinTo said: Pich, Considering the dreck that is posted on Twitter, One would be better off standing on a Litterbox. Or in it. RBSinTo My implication had to do with "Snow White and the seven dwarfs" 😉 Apparently, some diminutive fellas are upset at Disney right now. Disney apparently went on the defensive - the article had them pointing out how progressive they are, seeing as they cast a latina as Snow White. I can't imagine anyone sensible giving a **** either way, actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) I had a good day and one of the things I did was change the bridge on my best archtop f-hole guitar. Should post pics. I have a superb old Schecter bridge from the 70s, massively chromed and wondrous..but...back in those eons...I cut the string slots myself - not well, and the string spacing was wrong, bad especially on the high E. This last week I have been given a Gibson tuneamatic with post holes that are just about small diameter enough for the brass posts of the wooden bridge base so I've installed it....it rocks too, a bit. The guitar had one of these originally and I don't know what happened to it; these days of course I understand what the piece of wire does. Gibson spacing and I'm very pleased after less than an hour of playing; right now I'm thinking it has a better response than the Schecter. But that is no doubt all due to my bad string slot spacing. It took a while to adjust and intonate this bridge and I'll look at it again in a couple of days. The main thing is that the spacing is much better, and even a small adjustment UPWARDS of the action height has produced a big difference in the response. Wow. It's late now but tomorrow I'll amp it good. Yes yes!! Edited January 28, 2022 by jdgm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 I got off work and went directly into the creek to chainsaw a boatload of fallen trees and snags. And I mean a great deal of them. I have been at it for a few days. I have a natural dam going down there that God might have intended, but I damn sure don't want it!! I need this spring-fed creek to flow straight and true, not making s-turns all over the place. Came in soaking wet, 32 degrees outside, and a light snow falling. Everything went into the clothes washer, and I went into the nice hot bathtub. All settled down now, and enjoying an adult beverage. The fireplace is just a blazing. Life is good. 😗 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 4 hours ago, jdgm said: I had a good day and one of the things I did was change the bridge on my best archtop f-hole guitar. Should post pics. I have a superb old Schecter bridge from the 70s, massively chromed and wondrous..but...back in those eons...I cut the string slots myself - not well, and the string spacing was wrong, bad especially on the high E. This last week I have been given a Gibson tuneamatic with post holes that are just about small diameter enough for the brass posts of the wooden bridge base so I've installed it....it rocks too, a bit. The guitar had one of these originally and I don't know what happened to it; these days of course I understand what the piece of wire does. Gibson spacing and I'm very pleased after less than an hour of playing; right now I'm thinking it has a better response than the Schecter. But that is no doubt all due to my bad string slot spacing. It took a while to adjust and intonate this bridge and I'll look at it again in a couple of days. The main thing is that the spacing is much better, and even a small adjustment UPWARDS of the action height has produced a big difference in the response. Wow. It's late now but tomorrow I'll amp it good. Yes yes!! A wonderful project, and a highly satisfactory bit of progress!🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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