Making a lapsteel from a tree in the back yard and spare parts
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Ashurbanipal
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Re: Making a lapsteel from a tree in the back yard and spare parts
Got some spalts too :cool2:. What kind of hb will you use?
Got some spalts too :cool2:. What kind of hb will you use?
TheLivingDead
Dawn Of The Shred
Re: Making a lapsteel from a tree in the back yard and spare parts
Awesome dude!
Can't wait to see how this turns out.
Awesome dude!
Can't wait to see how this turns out.
crusty philtrum
Vintageologist
Re: Making a lapsteel from a tree in the back yard and spare parts
Did you split that log with a hand saw ?!? (if so ... how's your shoulder feel ?)
Did you split that log with a hand saw ?!? (if so ... how's your shoulder feel ?)
Myaccount876
Amira-Maker
Re: Making a lapsteel from a tree in the back yard and spare parts
That wood looks BEAUTIFUL!
That wood looks BEAUTIFUL!
Re: Making a lapsteel from a tree in the back yard and spare parts
after measuring it, i have enough room for a 22.5 or 24". not sure which one i'll use yet.
i should have cut it closer to the base and gotten more of the spalt. i should have known better, since it died and actually fell over.
either an F spaced GFS A2 classic, which i would stagger.... or a PG+ not staggered... it will be split regardless.
i started with the bow saw and broke the blade pretty quickly. haha. then i finished with a chainsaw.
i'm like 98% sure it's ash.
after measuring it, i have enough room for a 22.5 or 24". not sure which one i'll use yet.
i should have cut it closer to the base and gotten more of the spalt. i should have known better, since it died and actually fell over.
either an F spaced GFS A2 classic, which i would stagger.... or a PG+ not staggered... it will be split regardless.
i started with the bow saw and broke the blade pretty quickly. haha. then i finished with a chainsaw.
i'm like 98% sure it's ash.
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ratherdashing
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Re: Making a lapsteel from a tree in the back yard and spare parts
You are now officially the most bad-ass dude on this forum.
I mean seriously ... building a guitar out of an old tree you cut down yourself? That is ultra-bad-ass.
You are now officially the most bad-ass dude on this forum.
I mean seriously ... building a guitar out of an old tree you cut down yourself? That is ultra-bad-ass.
Myaccount876
Amira-Maker
Re: Making a lapsteel from a tree in the back yard and spare parts
You're making the rest of us builders look bad lol! I have to go cut down a few trees now I guess.
You're making the rest of us builders look bad lol! I have to go cut down a few trees now I guess.
Rockstar216
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Re: Making a lapsteel from a tree in the back yard and spare parts
Thats what I was wondering myself. Could you bake the wood like gibson does with their baked maple fret boards?
Thats what I was wondering myself. Could you bake the wood like gibson does with their baked maple fret boards?
Lewguitar
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Re: Making a lapsteel from a tree in the back yard and spare parts
I'd be more inclined to sticker it and let it dry naturally. But that'll take a little time and you're probably wanting to get started. But there may be someone who does re-sawing of raw lumber in your area with a wood drying kiln. Or if the tree has been dead long enough it might be pretty dry. Maybe stick it in your hot attic or barn for a few months with air flow both over and under it...that's called stickering and you just use sticks.
http://mocoeng.com/
I'd be more inclined to sticker it and let it dry naturally. But that'll take a little time and you're probably wanting to get started. But there may be someone who does re-sawing of raw lumber in your area with a wood drying kiln. Or if the tree has been dead long enough it might be pretty dry. Maybe stick it in your hot attic or barn for a few months with air flow both over and under it...that's called stickering and you just use sticks.
http://mocoeng.com/
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ratherdashing
Kablamminator
Re: Making a lapsteel from a tree in the back yard and spare parts
Hardwood is usually kiln dried (which is not the same as baking) before it gets cut into a blank. It's also quite often left to stabilize for months.
Hardwood is usually kiln dried (which is not the same as baking) before it gets cut into a blank. It's also quite often left to stabilize for months.
Re: Making a lapsteel from a tree in the back yard and spare parts
It's wet as hell. It's only been dead a few weeks, and it rained all weekend. I need to find someone with a kiln, because it would be 4 months before it's hot enough to start drying naturally.
It's wet as hell. It's only been dead a few weeks, and it rained all weekend. I need to find someone with a kiln, because it would be 4 months before it's hot enough to start drying naturally.
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ratherdashing
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Re: Making a lapsteel from a tree in the back yard and spare parts
so ... you're not drying it out?
so ... you're not drying it out?
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