Meeting
Mar 11, 2012

Kerfed Lining Donated by Kevin Ryan

Reknown luthier, Kevin Ryan, donated the kerfed linings shown below for our "Guitar for Vets" and "Bookbag Santa" projects.

Ryan is not only a world class guitarmaker, he has also developed innovations such as laser cut kerfing, bendable abalone purfling (Zipflex) and others. Check out Ryan's amazing guitars and his Advanced Shell Technology here: www.ryanguitars.com

Mike cuts side profile on the bandsaw

Robbie plays Justen's Electric

Jammin'

Howard's back bracing in progress

Jim examines Larry's first dulcimer

Meeting - March 11, 2012

The main event was bending a side for our project guitar for "Guitars for Vets."

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Project Guitar - Guitar for Vets


The Parts	Howard and Tom lay out the side profile.


Bending the side	The bent side

Justen "taps" the top

After the meeting, Larry joined the back....

... and bent the second side.

At right the two bent sides are clamped in the OM mold.

New Member - Mike Delong

Mike Delong is our newest member.
Mike, a recreational guitarist, found us online and sent us this note on Jan 21,2012:

"Today, by sheer luck and opportunity, I acquired a very old violin; however, I have no idea how to tell how old. I spent some time online reading violin blogs and forums, as well as some other info. The best I can tell, due to the fact that the case appears to be a genuine alligator skin, and from the condition of the wood on the instrument, I figure 70 – 100 years. But this is only a guess."

Woody helped him out a bit and Mike brought the violin to the meeting. line

Dulcimer

Jim Thacker's dulcimer (Fleurcimer) is made of quartersawn red oak.

He put a wipe-on Poly finish.

The dulcimer developed a small grain line crack, probably due to low humidity. Jim's going to humidify instrument to see if he can get the crack to close up.