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I HAVE BEEN USING CORIAN COUNTER TOP SCRAPS FOR A FEW YEARS .IT CUTS EASY SANDS EASY AND COMES IN TONS OF COLORS.I GET IT AT MY LOCAL COUNTER TOP SHOP FOR FREE.PEACE MIKE.ORR
Old thread, but I'll throw my two cents in...
I've used deer antler for the nuts on all 5 of my builds now. The recent acquisition of a bandsaw has GREATLY diminished the prep time needed (20-30 minutes on bandsaw vs. 3-4 hours by hand with files). I finish my gee-tars with tung oil and it gives the antler a nice look. I got some sheds and broken antlers from a buddy who's a big-time hunter, so I should have enough for another dozen builds or so. You have to play around a bit with the really curvy sections, and definitely wear a mask when cutting or sanding. But the finished product is pretty cool.
Here's a picture from my first build...
I HAVE BEEN USING CORIAN COUNTER TOP SCRAPS FOR A FEW YEARS .IT CUTS EASY SANDS EASY AND COMES IN TONS OF COLORS.I GET IT AT MY LOCAL COUNTER TOP SHOP FOR FREE.PEACE MIKE.ORR
Dog chews from a local store-not the rawhide ones, but big, hollowed out pork thighs, cleaned and bleached-
(now personally if I were marketing natural bones for dogs i'd leave bit of meat scrapings and the marrow but Oh Well)
-and for $2 I have enough bone for dozens and dozens of nuts and bridges if I want! Bad news , you need a Dremel, patience and a mask or respirator, so it's a bit more labor-intensive than just buying the darn blanks..
One of my latest works (Lutenstein, she of the oversized triple-box body, cookie tin resonator, 12.5 inch Ukulele neck and an eGCe tuning on lightweight banjo strings-yeah, I had leftovers and a lightning storm was on the way, sue me) has a broken violin bridge a neighbor threw away, cut to 1/3 height and shaved flat with tiny flat feet glued on. I LOVE how the thin oak holds the full weight of my strings but I can make just the tiniest notch and there's JUST enough give that the strings will work themselves into a perfect seat... Violin bridges are only about 5.00 around this area, or I can carve up and thin out some Oak trim i've got lying around...
I've had really good luck with chopsticks on my Ukuleles, both for nut and bridge-and since I use light banjo strings on the Ukes (I like the Plink!) there's just enough chopstick left over to anchor the strings to my 'L-bracket' tailpiece.
And of course there's the ubiquitous 6-32 bolt and nut combo, fastened with a drop of epoxy and tightened around the neck for a nut or around a bit of Oak flashing for a bridge..
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