Andyjr1515 Posted February 17, 2019 Posted February 17, 2019 Oak is, of course, as heavy as lead and blunts tools like they are made of putty...but it's a wonderful, wonderful wood - and that is SUCH a nice example... Quote
Jabba_the_gut Posted February 17, 2019 Posted February 17, 2019 2 hours ago, Marcoelwray said: @Manton Customs here's the tables. Nothing amazing or psychedelic, always hard to fake-bookmatch. An outstanding 50 years old oak coming from an old living room table. I don't know which one to use now 😭 @TrevorR @Andyjr1515 @Jabba_the_gut I particularly like pieces 2 and 5, but they all look pretty nice! 1 Quote
fleabag Posted February 17, 2019 Posted February 17, 2019 (edited) If Oak is deemed as a tool blunter, what about Lignum Vitae ... i've heard that its the hardest / densest wood going and actually sinks if put in water Edited February 17, 2019 by fleabag Quote
Guest Marcoelwray Posted February 17, 2019 Posted February 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Andyjr1515 said: Oak is, of course, as heavy as lead and blunts tools like they are made of putty...but it's a wonderful, wonderful wood - and that is SUCH a nice example... Do you think it's harder than the Doussié? In the machines I feel like the Doussié is really killing blades and knives.... Anyway I know that the fibers of oak are a hell to work with! But like you said, that's a beautiful example, indeed (that I was lucky to find) Quote
Guest Marcoelwray Posted February 17, 2019 Posted February 17, 2019 4 minutes ago, Jabba_the_gut said: I particularly like pieces 2 and 5, but they all look pretty nice! Thanks, so I guess you like fine fibers so.... If you need some, it's on trade. Or on sale... But money, even if I need some like everyone, isn't my priority. Anyway after struggling with wood composing I decided to make a new, heavier, growlier (huh?), Amani 5 fretted. I choosed Doussié/Padouk/Doussié sandwich... Quote
Hellzero Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 On 16/02/2019 at 11:54, Manton Customs said: Have you ever experimented with ageing wood with steel wool and vinegar Marco? Ammonia is aging woods (with just a wet passing) and it's been used for centuries in this purpose. Never heard of vinegar doing this, but you learn everyday. Quote
Hellzero Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 Using the Janka hardness system, here is the top ten of hardest woods : https://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/top-ten-hardest-woods/ I had a fretless De Gier with a Dalbergia Melanoxylon fingerboard and it was indeed so hard that round wound strings didn't mark it, and it's not the hardest one, but the darkest one. And I don't trust Monkeypedia about any scientific subject or ... not. Quote
Hellzero Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 And here are the top ten of heaviest ones, which is not the same : https://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/top-ten-heaviest-woods/ Quote
Manton Customs Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 3 hours ago, Hellzero said: Ammonia is aging woods (with just a wet passing) and it's been used for centuries in this purpose. Never heard of vinegar doing this, but you learn everyday. Its quicker, more dramatic and easier than using Ammonia. Plenty of info on google, it’s not really the vinegar that reacts with the wood - you mix the steel wool with the vinegar and leave for a while. This dissolves the steel wool to some extent and creates iron acetate, which reacts with the tanin in the wood. Species with a lot of tanin in (like Oak) will turn nearly black. Padauk obviously doesn’t have very much as the solution did very little to the boards I have here. However you can add tanin to wood which is lacking it by soaking in dark tea, but I’m sure it won’t give the effect like Marcos boards. As far as Oak being heavy...it is heavy sure, but no more than the majority of woods used in luthiery, it’s lighter than Padauk for example and about the same as Maple if you conpare the average dried weights. Quote
Guest Marcoelwray Posted February 19, 2019 Posted February 19, 2019 That being said, I'll try the UV neon solution. Later. Now I've got 2 clear projects in mind and now I have to do it. My router is dead, I'm broke, I'm waiting for new bandsaw blades with a amazing über long delay... Meanwhile, I can prepare the wood. Body will be sober, but classy, and the padauk layer is discreet but seems really neat to me. Neck is on glue&clamps, Doussié and flamed maple (some recycling of the previous neck). Quote
Guest Marcoelwray Posted February 22, 2019 Posted February 22, 2019 Now that my GF mentioned it, I only see a bacon sandwich 😂 Quote
TrevorR Posted February 22, 2019 Posted February 22, 2019 On 18/02/2019 at 09:32, Hellzero said: And here are the top ten of heaviest ones, which is not the same : https://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/top-ten-heaviest-woods/ Surprised not to see Ariaensis Superbassii included on that list. Or Walbassist Chiropractori for that matter! 😂 1 Quote
Hellzero Posted February 23, 2019 Posted February 23, 2019 It's also missing Peaveytifortyensis Ugliensis. 2 Quote
TrevorR Posted February 23, 2019 Posted February 23, 2019 13 hours ago, Hellzero said: It's also missing Peaveytifortyensis Ugliensis. Always wondered what wood the “ugly stick” was made out of! 😉😂 1 Quote
Guest Marcoelwray Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 (edited) it seems mandatory now: www.elwraybasses.com https://www.facebook.com/Elwray-Basses-1863671147095094/ 😀 Edited February 27, 2019 by Marcoelwray Quote
Andyjr1515 Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 12 minutes ago, Marcoelwray said: it seems mandatory now: www.elwraybasses.com https://www.facebook.com/Elwray-Basses-1863671147095094/ 😀 Love the web site. VERY professional-looking Quote
Guest Marcoelwray Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 2 hours ago, Andyjr1515 said: Love the web site. VERY professional-looking Thanks, Wix created... Do not have enough time to do everything myself... BTW, waiting my saw blades to make 2 neck blanks, I've made sandwiches. A Padauk/Afzelia with figured Oak top and my "bacon" sandwich a neck blank in Afzelia/maple .... Starting a mass production here... Quote
Guest Marcoelwray Posted March 2, 2019 Posted March 2, 2019 Ok. 9 ply. Why not @Manton Customs a part of your maple is in there.... Maple/Doussié/padauk/Doussié/maple/Doussié/padauk/Doussié/maple.... Quote
Manton Customs Posted March 2, 2019 Posted March 2, 2019 Glad to see you putting it to good use already! Quote
Guest Marcoelwray Posted March 3, 2019 Posted March 3, 2019 will be either a 5 broadneck or a 6... Don't know yet... Quote
eude Posted March 3, 2019 Posted March 3, 2019 7 hours ago, Marcoelwray said: will be either a 5 broadneck or a 6... Don't know yet... 6! Quote
Guest Marcoelwray Posted March 3, 2019 Posted March 3, 2019 We'll see, I've got 2 to make and enough wood to begin another one! Meanwhile, I've made some veneers for headstocks and electronic cavities... I've got some figuring in "wastes" Quote
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