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Helping kids build instruments, need some advice.

Started this discussion. Last reply by wormil Dec 28, 2012. 12 Replies

Some of you may have seen my post about helping kids make musical instruments:…Continue

I get to help kids make music instruments for school

Started this discussion. Last reply by wormil Dec 26, 2012. 5 Replies

Every year my daughter's school participates in Science Olympiad which is a national structured type of science fair. It's pretty neat. Parents volunteer to 'coach' a team that has a specific project…Continue

Tags: fun, coach, school, kids, cbg

Making new wood sound like old wood

Started this discussion. Last reply by Ryan Lansing Sep 14, 2012. 1 Reply

Pretty self explanatory. A scientist figured out how to make new wood acoustically better.Treatment With Fungi…Continue

Tags: NPR, Schwarze, violin, fungus, Stradivarius

Making bone nuts/working with bone

Started this discussion. Last reply by Chris Thomas Nov 24, 2012. 29 Replies

I have a uke that needs a bone apron for the bridge and a cbg that needs a bone nut. So I bought some beef bones from the market, boiled them for 10 minutes, let my dog suck the marrow out... now…Continue

Tags: apron, nut, bone

 

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wormil replied to Dave's discussion Just showing off: My new CBG
"Looks pretty good. The through neck is beefy."
yesterday
wormil commented on Shane's group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101
"Tony, depends on if they are bolt on necks or dovetailed."
May 17
wormil commented on Shane's group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101
"Oops, missed all the replies. Lennox, the $7 flush cut saw from Harbor Freight is the right size for fret slots."
May 17
wormil commented on Shane's group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101
"Lennox, you can glue them. What size saw did you use to cut the fret slots?"
May 17
wormil commented on Shane's group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101
"When drilling, always drill the large hole first then the small hole."
May 13
wormil replied to Tony Brown's discussion Long cut in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101
"Here is a hand sawing tip from Roy Underhill .. only saw what you can see. Strike a line across the end and both sides of the board. Start sawing at a corner and only saw the 2 lines you can see, then flip the board and saw the back line, then saw…"
Apr 11
wormil replied to 407bug's discussion Rolling Stones Tribute Album - Free Download
"Brenna has too many other things going on and won't get a song finished anytime soon, she says she'll get in on the next one."
Mar 30
wormil replied to 407bug's discussion Rolling Stones Tribute Album - Free Download
"I let her know, she has all day tomorrow to work on it so hopefully she'll get it done."
Mar 28
wormil replied to 407bug's discussion Rolling Stones Tribute Album - Free Download
"My daughter wants in on an album but I noticed this posting too late, hopefully we'll catch the next one."
Mar 28
wormil replied to Robert Phillips's discussion Where do you do you're work...
"My shop building is ~320 sq ft but only 3/4 is open for woodworking and by the time you deduct the tablesaw, lathe, drill press & 3 workbenches there isn't much room left. It also has 7' ceilings so not much room above either.…"
Mar 28
wormil replied to Johnny Dollar's discussion first string will not tune (open G) in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101
"I still don't understand what "not do" means. Either the string is too tight, too loose or the gear is slipping. Shouldn't be too hard to figure out."
Feb 6
wormil replied to Johnny Dollar's discussion first string will not tune (open G) in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101
"Yeah, I don't understand the question. "
Feb 6
wormil replied to dj.xsusb's discussion Guitar body form pieces?
"You can make a guitar from any kind of wood. Some will resonate the high tones better, some the low but in the end whether it sounds good, bad, or just different is in the ear of the beholder. With an electric, the electronics will affect the sound…"
Jan 24
wormil replied to Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music's discussion Finger playing cbg/glued extra piece of wood to neck. No good
"You can only bend a string so far before it goes out of tune, since you don't have frets the strings will need to be close to the fingerboard."
Jan 24
wormil replied to KK Dirty Money's discussion CBG neck materials and "what to use" questions - please help! in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101
"Padauk"
Jan 24
wormil replied to Calis's discussion 3 string diatonic build
"Look at my pics and you'll find an alternate type of fret using copper wire. There is also a pic of a DIY miter box using the Harbor Freight saw for cutting fret…"
Jan 17

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At 11:28pm on January 9, 2013, Rand Moore said…

Hi Wormil,

I am doing a detailed write-up of my Flying V Dulcimer Build under my CBN discussion Group "Home Made Resonator Boxes 101, v.2.0". The discussion is titled "My Flying "V" Dulcimer Project". You might want to check it out. I'll be adding to it as the project progresses.

-Rand.

 
 
 

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