MIMF

Hi. Thanks for taking the time to answer guys. Appreciated. The thing is, from a quartersawn piece, it's pretty difficult to determine the twist the trunk had, right? At least with my rather untrained eyes. I'm having trouble visualizing the amount of twist trying to think in "degrees". I ...

Hi. I asked about splitting a log for soundboards on the old side of MIMF, and got some great help. Well, since the temperatures rose enough for my tractor, I finally managed to get the pieces down to the yard and split one of the short ones according to the instructions. As I kind of suspected, the...

Hi. Thanks for the answer Greg. A few additional questions if You don't mind. Should I be interested in temperature/viscosity ratio, or about the viscosity in general? Hide glues aren't supposed to creep AFAIK, but what about static, or dynamic stress tests? Hide glues is an area of woodworking that...

Hi. I came across a small pouch of granules that I bought as hide glue back in the day (20 years ago IIRC). The place of purchase wasn't excactly what I'd consider a reliable source of information, and there's no markings on the pouch. How would one go about it if testing the properties of that assu...

Hi Arnt. For instrument building it is customary to cut the logs into lengths according to its intended use. I can't think of benefits of splitting longer logs, and then cutting those to length, at least not ones that outweigh the inconveniences. If you have ever chopped firewood with an axe you kno...

Hi. Great post, thank You Arnt. Especially because it's about a species I'm considering of using. A couple of questions though: All the literature (not instrument making related) I have, instructs to split from the side, not from the end of the log. It would make more sense to me to split from the e...