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Contact Charles Fox at http://www.charlesfoxguitars.com , as he was a co-owner of Walden.

Bob

Ryan, if you want to use rubber banding, use the stuff the physiotherapists make exercise bands from. https://www.amazon.com/TheraBand-Professional-Resistance-Exercise-Physical/dp/B0042PS9ES/ref=sr_1_20_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1509598205&sr=8-20-spons&keywords=theraband&th=1 Stuff works gre...

Lee Valley posted a new catalogue that I received today. Lee Valley Luthier Tools and Supplies. They are selling radius dishes.

Bob

I have decided to try turnibg the dish on my lathe. I have the radius dish pdf print out from the library with measurements. Don't have it to scale but plan to draw it out and cut on bs. Its on a legal sheet and I don't see a way to determine the length embedded in the drawing. 28 units across whic...

Count me in, I'll cover shipping to Canada.

Bob

This was the setup I used to make dishes. Blank mounted on a Lazy-Susan bearing on sheet of plywood, rails that router rides on mounted inside frame that also holds dust collection at each end. The router bit spins the dish while cutting the radius, so you only need to go to the center. Took on aver...

Count me in again as well.

Thanks, Bob

Try fuming it in a closed container with a small dish of ammonia added. It should darken it considerably.

Bob

Count me in Charlie, I will cover shipping to Canada.

Bob

I like the improvements, especially the strap. Great idea.

Bob

I have the Stew-Mac blade and use it in my Delta cabinet saw. Cuts like a charm for medium(.023") fret wire.

Bob

$45.00

Bob

What the heck, $95.00

Bob

I'll bid $31.

Bob

I will go $80.

Bob

That one is on my list also, count me in. I will pay shipping to Canada.

Bob

If bending sides, try a sandwich of wood at about .080" spritzed with water, wrapped in craft paper, wrapped in foil shinny side in, blanket on top, metal slats top and bottom. Bend at 300*ish F . You might want to watch Grant Golz vid on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jr124qCNkw . I ...

She pointed out that there can be a stress riser at the end of a brace. If you stop the brace short of the liner most of the stress if it gets hit will be concentrated at the end, and the side can crack right along the edge of the liner: just where it's hardest to fix. Side braces have to be inlet ...

Goodwind Kites. https://goodwinds.com/ for carbon fiber flats for neck stiffeners. Inexpensive with cheap shipping to the states but expensive shipping to Canada. Great prices on fiberglass rods for go-bars as well.
Bob

Gordon, I bought from LeeValley the first time I used HHG, then found a vendor on ebay for Milligan & Higgins 192g strength high clarity. Only thing I would use the LeeValley stuff for now is glueing bridges.

Bob