www.KitGuitarsForum.comLearn to Kit Build a Guitar. Learn to Scratch Build a Guitar. Learn EVERYTHING Guitars Here!2026-04-02T22:46:28-04:00https://www.kitguitarsforum.com/board/app.php/feed2026-04-02T22:46:28-04:002026-04-02T22:46:28-04:00https://www.kitguitarsforum.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=10297&p=62622#p62622<![CDATA[Blog Your Project • Re: Starting a J200 Jumbo guitar]]>
]]>2026-04-01T12:11:04-04:002026-04-01T12:11:04-04:00https://www.kitguitarsforum.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=10330&p=62621#p62621<![CDATA[Show It Off! • Re: #2 - Walnut Dread]]> I also use Edco Fine Woods a lot but his listings are limited and move quickly so you have to check regularly (no Yellow Cedar currently):
There are also a number of companies cutting tonewood but I don't know whether they will sell on a retail basis, and you might not find photos of what you are buying. Search "Yellow Cedar Tonewood BC" for example. I also saw one supplier in the US (Oregon Wild Wood) but the prices were very high. And it may be easier for you to buy from Alaska. Bruce.
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- tuning machines are back on, - the neck is aligned along the centerline (but not the neck angle and I STILL need to refine the volute,) - I've removed the binding and purfling from the top in order to clean up the ledges for the purfling which had been coming out because it was too shallow - the side dots are in place (I spent a good couple of hours on it with the effort of being methodical and not rushing,) and: - I've fretted and filed the first 14 frets (but not completely dressed them.) I am waiting until the neck is properly set so that I can finish the rest with the neck attached to the body; these were done on a cradle.
]]>2026-04-01T10:12:53-04:002026-04-01T10:12:53-04:00https://www.kitguitarsforum.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=10075&p=62618#p62618<![CDATA[Blog Your Project • Re: No. 4 - my attempt at a mahogany/sitka folk size]]> I've proceeded with the use of the neck and admit that I still need to refine the volute but with the dovetail glued and pinned/screwed back in place it sits firmly enough to be placed in a string swing:
As you can see I plugged the previous holes for the tuning machines at that time and had removed the purfling on the top. I've done some things since that I will go on to describe in following posts.
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]]>2026-03-31T22:13:26-04:002026-03-31T22:13:26-04:00https://www.kitguitarsforum.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=10330&p=62616#p62616<![CDATA[Show It Off! • Re: #2 - Walnut Dread]]>Where do you find yellow cedar tops?
]]>2026-03-31T22:11:59-04:002026-03-31T22:11:59-04:00https://www.kitguitarsforum.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=10317&p=62615#p62615<![CDATA[Other Instruments • Re: StewMac fiddle kit]]>That's pretty awesome. It will be a fun project to see it play again.
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Someone else liked it so much she asked me to make one for her too, so I have started that, plus another so that I have one to show people, but with different woods - Yellow Cedar top and Black Walnut. Bruce W.
]]>2026-03-31T16:21:18-04:002026-03-31T16:21:18-04:00https://www.kitguitarsforum.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=10317&p=62611#p62611<![CDATA[Other Instruments • Re: StewMac fiddle kit]]> When my cousin stopped by to visit a few days ago and saw my fiddle kit, he said he had an old violin he'd found in the trash that was falling apart and would I be interested in seeing it. Of course. He brought it over today. It certainly is falling apart. The back separated from what were the sides with remarkable ease, leaving it all in full view. Written on the inside of the top in ink it says,
Made by Andrew Hyde
Northampton, Mass. 1887
Thee is also a label for some company. It looks as though this Andrew Hyde may have supplied violins to this company to sell under their brand brand name.
All the pieces are there. Putting it back together will be quite a challenge, but it should be do-able. Stay tuned..
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]]>2026-03-31T08:38:55-04:002026-03-31T08:38:55-04:00https://www.kitguitarsforum.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=10330&p=62609#p62609<![CDATA[Show It Off! • #2 - Walnut Dread]]> I think a set of matching 00-28s are next on the list. Does anyone have a good source for plans?
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]]>2026-03-30T21:42:58-04:002026-03-30T21:42:58-04:00https://www.kitguitarsforum.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=10329&p=62608#p62608<![CDATA[Building Tools • Sharpening Day!]]> I still have two #6 planes and 5 or 6 block planes to sharpen. You'll notice I LIKE hand planes. I've had many more that I passed along. At one point I had over 70.
These are all old planes. a few well over 100 years old, and still shaving wood. Most are Stanley's and Miller's Falls.
I have a few other block planes that are simple models like Stanley 101.
On a shelf I have 12 more waiting to be made useful again. Stanley's, Fultons, Worths.
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