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Hi Freeman,

I'd be happy to get the files again as I may have lost them

Like to see that this post is still of interest
Xavier

Thanks for your help.

I finished the fretboard with CA glue, applied with the tip of the ginger, and sanded/polished like a varnish:

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Can I use white glue to glue the cocobolo fretboard on the black acacia top instead of the traditional epoxy? I'd like to glue the fretboard after the finish is applied on the body, as I proceeded for my tricone, because I want to be able to remove glue excess from the angle between fretboard and bo...

OK Mark, thank you

Thank you Mario.
Any problem expected when rubing acetone before glueing ?

Thank you guys.
I may use some CA glue or epoxy as sealer… good idea?

Thanks Michael.
The problem is that it will really be uneasy to remove the frets when the fretboard will be bound...

Hello everbody, I've began to built a squareneck spider bridge dobro-style weissenborn, using the same side mold than the one I used to built my tricone. The sides are already bent but I still don't own the wood for top and back (I ordered black acacia just like for the tricone: http://www.mimf.com/...

Thanks Yair There parts are hard to find ones... mostly coverplate NRP cones and T bridges are available fom NRP and Elderly, highly priced : $135 and $150 plus shipping/customs Paul Beard sells NRP tricone cones too, and sell his own cones too for $75 I got Continental cones in a complete set sold ...

Thanks Hans
here's the link to soundcloud:

http://snd.sc/14bG2Wo

Xavier

Nate,

Yes... Black acacia (acacia melanoxyton) really looks like Koa (acacia koa), they are cousins... but black acacia is (still) cheaper...

Here's a link to a sample sound file

Please don't shoot at the guitar player...
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/465 ... s%20XB.mp3

Xavier

Hi Chuck,

Thank you for the kind words

All the woods are coming from Tasmania, the tasmanian blackwood and the binding is tiger myrtle (only the fingerboard is african ebony, and "frets" are hard maple)

Xavier

I forgot to tell That I could built it from a DWG file that was sent by a MIMF member, Freeman. Thanks, Freeman!!
The finish is satin polyurethane two parts applied with a pad, not a spraygun (8 coats) over an epoxy seal.
The most challenging part was to bend the glued jointed back...

Xavier

Hi guysn Some pictures of my just-finished Black acacia tricone: http://imageshack.us/a/img16/434/n44h.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img703/4553/pd9d.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img189/1285/92jk.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img191/1466/t8ob.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img812/7139/xmlf.jpg http://imageshack...

Thank you for the kind words guys

Here's a sound sample:
http://snd.sc/WZAPNg

next project will be a wooden squareneck tricone...

Eric, There is a 3D figure effect. Anyhow the guitar is finished (just for Christmas :D ): http://imageshack.us/a/img841/5631/img9544d.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img12/408/img9745j.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img42/6062/img9625s.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img534/549/img9623y.jpg http://imageshack.us/...

Chuck,
I dont master the dying process, I'm a new bee at it

Next one will be better

Anyway I'm not so disappointed:

Chuck Tweedy wrote:Hate to say, but I liked it better white.

For sure, without any glue...

Hi Romeo,

What do you mean by "laser"? Everything was done with a dremel motortool, microchisels and a small scraper grinded in a razor blade.

Hello,
I finally got that after a black tint:



Xavier