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		<title>Guitar Maker - Foster Guitars</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2006 16:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jimmy Foster, of Foster Guitars, makes some of the most amazing acoustic and arch-top jazz guitars that you&#8217;ll ever find - all from his base in New Orleans. He has been practicing the luthier&#8217;s art for well over 30 years now and, just as importantly, he&#8217;s been playing guitar for over 35 years as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thickness Sanding With The Luthier’s Friend</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2006 07:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Luthier&#8217;s Friend is an ingeniously designed, drill press mounted, thickness sander which has been designed to meet the demands of anyone building small scale projects. It can thickness and pattern sand wood up to 2-3/4&#8243; tall, and is suitable for all crafts that require wooden parts carefully thicknessed or profile sanded to exacting tolerances.
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		<title>Shrunken Binding Fix-Up</title>
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To repair plastic binding that has shrunk and detached itself away from the waist of an instrument, just use a light bulb or goose-neck lamp and aim it close over the area for a couple of minutes or so. When the binding becomes soft enough you can gently ease it back and then glue and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sapele - Pommelle</title>
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Sapele - Pommelle (Entandrophragma cylindricum)
A large hardwood from the wetter regions of central and west Africa, growing as far east as Uganda. The heartwood is reddish-brown to purplish-brown and the sapwood is pale yellow, sometimes being up to 4 inches (100mm) wide. The texture is fine and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Low Cost Buffer For Finishes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 03:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you can&#8217;t afford the big bucks for a floor-standing pedestal machine you can always make your own at a reasonable cost from hardware store parts. All you need is a pair of pillow blocks, a 5/8&#8243; or 3/4&#8243; shaft and a slide on, set screw type mandrel for the buffing wheels. You could also [...]]]></description>
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