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actonern Super Member
Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 444
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:27 am Post subject: thickness sanding of ribs |
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I live in the Acton Ontario area and am making a full size cello. The rib stock I bought from Lief needs to be reduced down to the usual 1.5 mm. Does anyone know where, within a commute of 1 hour or so, I could have rib sanding done accurately in a shop?
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MANFIO Super Member
Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 458 Location: Sao Paulo
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mikemolnar Member
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:50 am Post subject: |
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MANFIO is right. But I prefer to use more modern methods such as a sander. BTW, highly figured wood IMHO is better handled with a sander. |
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Mat Roop Senior Member
Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 911 Location: Wyoming Ontario
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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I'd call either Lief or Heinl in Toronto and ask who the cello makers are in your area...they should be able to help you... Good luck! |
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M_A_T_T Member
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actonern Super Member
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:33 am Post subject: |
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Thanks Matt:
I found a place in Burlington "Exotic Woods" that will do it...
Best regards |
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Leif Luscombe Site Admin
Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 126 Location: Mount Elgin, Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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Hi actonern,
Glad you found a place. We used to use a place in London (I don't think they are around any more) to do thickness sanding for fine furniture; it is my only experience with thickness sanders, but it worked like a dream. _________________ Leif Luscombe
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Chet Bishop Super Member
Joined: 23 Mar 2007 Posts: 678 Location: Forest Grove, Oregon
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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My son bought one of these tools for thickness planing guitar parts. You are right-- they DO work like a dream. He also bought a dust-collector to keep it clean, and it is a marvellous combination. |
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bulerias1981 Member
Joined: 16 Jun 2007 Posts: 41 Location: Beacon, NY
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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What is a good model of thickness sander for this? _________________ "I only write the notes as written, it is god that creates the music." J.S. Bach |
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Chet Bishop Super Member
Joined: 23 Mar 2007 Posts: 678 Location: Forest Grove, Oregon
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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The one my son has is made by "Jet" -- it seems to work well. |
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DonLeister Moderator
Joined: 29 Mar 2007 Posts: 383 Location: Richmond, VA
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 1:00 am Post subject: |
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I have a Performax drum sander that works very well, it's too easy, has a 16" drum , open at one end, I think Delta may have a smaller one out now. You might be looking to spend 6-9 hundred for one maybe.
I also use it to sand joined tops and backs to the correct thickness, and to get the underside of the plate really flat, pretty easy to get it to a tenth of a mil. accuracy. It helps to thickness neck blocks after two edges have been squared too.
You will need dust collection of some kind, a shop vac will work ok.
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Andres Sender Super Member
Joined: 23 Mar 2007 Posts: 275 Location: N. CA
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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In case you don't want to spend the money and have lots of time on your hands, there are many recipes out there for home-built thickness sanders, ranging in sophistication from the simplicity of attaching a drum to a motor, to designs which rival high end commercial ones for complexity and quality.
One source for ideas is the GAL publication Lutherie Tools. I built one out of 2 x 4s with a 4" drum made from plywood and particle board discs mounted on a cold-rolled steel mandrel and sanded to final shape against the platen, it's been working great for 10 years. |
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Mat Roop Senior Member
Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 911 Location: Wyoming Ontario
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Mat Roop Senior Member
Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 911 Location: Wyoming Ontario
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M_A_T_T Member
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:15 am Post subject: |
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I used to have a Performax 16" open-ended one (you could sand a board up to 32" wide in two passes). It worked great the few times I used it but prefer to use handplanes for that type of work and sold it. I think Performax have a 10" bench top model. You will definately need a dust collector with it, I bought a 1HP model that worked well and I still use it with my bandsaw. The one Mat Roop posted it neat. _________________ Making a Violin II
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