Всё отлично! В такой мастерской, можно без проблем , ВЕСЬ МИР своими гитарами захватить! Удачи ВАМ! Я гитарный мастер из СССР,который обучался при фабрике МЭФМИ ,гитары сдавали на фабрику и гитары расходились по всему Союзу. В девяностые годы всё закончилось.Я до сих пор делаю гитары, но к сожалению ,мы в России скисли...
Antonio didn't have a band saw... (lol). Couldn't even turn on the lights... The more I watch craftsmen such as yourself; the more I realize that one of these days... I'll commission one that has that metallic kinda tone that I like. If I live long enough 😧.
By all means, build one. And if I may suggest; Don't buy expensive back & rim sets, tops or even neck blanks. You can make excellent guitars from pretty common materials provided that you have a descent top.
Thank you for your excellent description of this process. I expect that I'll be saving some $$$ over buying overpriced jigs on the luthiers' market. I will certainly be looking for your video on making a radius dish!
I made a video on making radius dishes years ago, but have since taken it down because of such poor quality video. I just did a search (making a radius dish) and immediately found several good videos on the subject.
The radius of a top depends on its stiffness and the pitch that it taps in the raw state. A top could be flat, but I don’t recommend that. As for integrity, that’s not a concern. I arch my tops at 25, 30, and 40 foot radii.
I made a video on that subject years ago and have since deleted it due to quality issues. There are, however, several excellent videos on the subject by other contributors. I'm positive that you can find several that will help you.
Thanks as always for another GREAT tip! Any suggestions for a good supplier of self adhesive sandpaper for the radius dishes that actually sticks to the board?
Yes! www.fintechabrasives.com or www.mcmaster.com Fintech abrasives will probably be cheaper. DON'T buy these at a luthier's supply company. Their prices are STUPID for these discs.
I really dont understand.The only way it makes sense to have all the braces the same radius is if all of them pointed directly to the centre of the dish. Thats what a radius is. Any brace that crosses the dish curve at any other place, other than intersecting with the center point, is going to be a flatter curve. surely each brace should have it's curve measured at the distance from, and at the angle to a centre line relative to the dish? Even with back braces which are parallel, a brace across the mid point of the dish will have the measured radius, but the further the remaining braces go toward the edges, the flatter curve they will have. If all the back braces were the same radius you'd have a cylinder. What am I missing?
If a brace is shaped to the radius of the dish, it complies regardless of where it is placed because the two radii are parallel. The dish doesn't flatten as you move toward its edge. The dish is a tiny portion of a sphere that is, for example eighty feet in diameter.
Understood. What I was getting hung up on was the idea that the edge of the top is a flat line. With a dome the waist is obviously higher relative to the end block or neck heel area as it is marginally higher up the surface of the sphere.
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Всё отлично! В такой мастерской, можно без проблем , ВЕСЬ МИР своими гитарами захватить! Удачи ВАМ! Я гитарный мастер из СССР,который обучался при фабрике МЭФМИ ,гитары сдавали на фабрику и гитары расходились по всему Союзу. В девяностые годы всё закончилось.Я до сих пор делаю гитары, но к сожалению ,мы в России скисли...
This is what I call simplistic brilliance. I am going to make this for sure.
Very helpful - Thank you!
Thanks for the video Kevin. Very informative. Can’t wait to build one. I enjoyed the longer format too. Keep ‘em coming.
Thank you. I will be doing more videos of this sort. Glad you're watching.
Very nice simple jig !!!
Will be making one this fall!
Ty Kevin!
Good presentation and definitely something I need. Thanks sir !!!
Thank you. I advocate making as much of your own tooling as you can because it is suited to your work, your methods, your equipment, and your designs.
Antonio didn't have a band saw... (lol). Couldn't even turn on the lights... The more I watch craftsmen such as yourself; the more I realize that one of these days... I'll commission one that has that metallic kinda tone that I like. If I live long enough 😧.
very nice I just may make a acoustic guitar after all ,thankyou very much for posting these videos
By all means, build one. And if I may suggest; Don't buy expensive back & rim sets, tops or even neck blanks. You can make excellent guitars from pretty common materials provided that you have a descent top.
Thank you for your excellent description of this process. I expect that I'll be saving some $$$ over buying overpriced jigs on the luthiers' market. I will certainly be looking for your video on making a radius dish!
I made a video on making radius dishes years ago, but have since taken it down because of such poor quality video. I just did a search (making a radius dish) and immediately found several good videos on the subject.
thank you
What is the optimal radius for structural integrity and best sound?
The radius of a top depends on its stiffness and the pitch that it taps in the raw state. A top could be flat, but I don’t recommend that. As for integrity, that’s not a concern. I arch my tops at 25, 30, and 40 foot radii.
Do you have a video for making the dish.
I made a video on that subject years ago and have since deleted it due to quality issues. There are, however, several excellent videos on the subject by other contributors. I'm positive that you can find several that will help you.
Thanks. I came up with a couple of jigs for it. Thanks for the reply. Love your channel.
Thanks as always for another GREAT tip! Any suggestions for a good supplier of self adhesive sandpaper for the radius dishes that actually sticks to the board?
Yes! www.fintechabrasives.com or www.mcmaster.com Fintech abrasives will probably be cheaper. DON'T buy these at a luthier's supply company. Their prices are STUPID for these discs.
@@thepragmaticluthier Thank you for the fintech tip. My search didn't turn them up and they are clearly the way to go.
I really dont understand.The only way it makes sense to have all the braces the same radius is if all of them pointed directly to the centre of the dish. Thats what a radius is. Any brace that crosses the dish curve at any other place, other than intersecting with the center point, is going to be a flatter curve. surely each brace should have it's curve measured at the distance from, and at the angle to a centre line relative to the dish? Even with back braces which are parallel, a brace across the mid point of the dish will have the measured radius, but the further the remaining braces go toward the edges, the flatter curve they will have. If all the back braces were the same radius you'd have a cylinder. What am I missing?
If a brace is shaped to the radius of the dish, it complies regardless of where it is placed because the two radii are parallel. The dish doesn't flatten as you move toward its edge. The dish is a tiny portion of a sphere that is, for example eighty feet in diameter.
Understood. What I was getting hung up on was the idea that the edge of the top is a flat line. With a dome the waist is obviously higher relative to the end block or neck heel area as it is marginally higher up the surface of the sphere.