What...no dancing! John Mayes, you should teach him a few steps
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| Author: | LanceK [ Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:26 pm ] |
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Hi folks - By following this link you'll see a video (25meg) of my pearl cutting jig. Warning LARGE file. Remember to always wear safty glasses! PEARL CUTTING JIG VIDEO Enjoy! Lance PS 30 second down load on Cable |
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| Author: | John Mayes [ Thu Aug 11, 2005 1:21 pm ] |
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how many strips are you getting from each sheet? |
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| Author: | JJ Donohue [ Thu Aug 11, 2005 1:31 pm ] |
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What...no dancing! John Mayes, you should teach him a few steps
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| Author: | LanceK [ Thu Aug 11, 2005 1:40 pm ] |
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Michael, ill get some stills - John, not sure yet - |
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| Author: | Jason [ Thu Aug 11, 2005 4:04 pm ] |
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Thats the smallest table saw I've ever seen!
Awesome jig there Lance. It'll be interesting to find out what kind of cut-out you get and be able to see what kind of savings results. |
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| Author: | Kelby [ Thu Aug 11, 2005 5:38 pm ] |
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Very cool, Lance. Looks like we are all wondering how much you save on shell material that way. Andy DePaul sells some pretty high quality 1/16" strips for 80 cents an inch, and I wonder whether you save enough to justify the effort. (Although it doesn't look like much effort once you have the jig set up.) |
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| Author: | ctholden [ Thu Aug 11, 2005 8:52 pm ] |
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That is really ingenious and I enjoyed the video. |
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| Author: | LanceK [ Thu Aug 11, 2005 9:40 pm ] |
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Thanks Craig - Now it will take someone like YOU to refine the idea :0) |
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| Author: | Don Williams [ Thu Aug 11, 2005 9:57 pm ] |
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That Osthoff jig works great! |
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| Author: | LanceK [ Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:01 pm ] |
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Don, does John have some thing simular? |
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| Author: | Don Williams [ Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:19 pm ] |
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Nicely done! |
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| Author: | LanceK [ Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:31 pm ] |
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[QUOTE=Don Williams] Well, do I embarass you or not......Hmmmmmm..... [/QUOTE] Not sure I understand? Obviously, nothings completely original - we all make variations of what we see. embarrassed? - naa |
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| Author: | LanceK [ Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:43 pm ] |
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[QUOTE=Kelby] Very cool, Lance. Looks like we are all wondering how much you save on shell material that way. Andy DePaul sells some pretty high quality 1/16" strips for 80 cents an inch, and I wonder whether you save enough to justify the effort. (Although it doesn't look like much effort once you have the jig set up.)[/QUOTE] Kelby, one HUGE advantage to using Abalam over shell "pieces" is the installation. With Abalam you simply push and crack the strip into the channel, very little mitering is needed. Im sure people like it both ways, I did a rosette using 1" strips and it took WAY to long for my liking! Having to miter each end was very tedious and time consuming. I recently did a back strip on a Ziricote body using abalam, it tool all of 3 minutes to press/crack in 3 strips of shell and flood them with CA - Ill be doing the top on this guitar soon. Just my 2 cents 
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| Author: | John Kinnaird [ Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:45 pm ] |
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Hey Lance Get those still pictures up. I'd like to see what you have and what you used for a blade. I will say that I have forsaken ablam in favor of solid pearl strips. To me the solid looks better with more chatoyance under finish. I miter the ends of the strip with a pair of dyke cutters with the outside of the jaws ground down to a definite edge. snip snip on each end at 90 degrees and off you go. If you need to crack a piece, then like ablam, it is self mitering. It takes a little longer but not much. I am hoping that a rig similar to yours can cut solid pearl into strips. John |
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| Author: | John Mayes [ Fri Aug 12, 2005 12:40 am ] |
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I have used both the ablam and the natural strips. The ablam is a billion times easier to do and comes out cleaner looking as well. I think the paler stuff reflects better. Here is some pale ablam that I just got back from finish. Looks pretty reflective to me :) 
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| Author: | Colin S [ Fri Aug 12, 2005 1:24 am ] |
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[QUOTE=John Kinnaird] chatoyance [/QUOTE] Wow! not just a great builder! 
Colin |
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| Author: | Anthony Z [ Fri Aug 12, 2005 2:24 am ] |
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Lance, the quality and clarity of the video is great. What kind of cut-off wheel do you use and where can you get them? Do you think your jig could be readily adapted to cut wood binding? |
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| Author: | LanceK [ Fri Aug 12, 2005 2:31 am ] |
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Colin, the cut off wheel is a Dremel Dimond wheel. 15.00 at our local Lowes. Im not sure about cutting bindings? I actually just cut them on a table saw with a Diablo blade. |
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| Author: | Dave Rector [ Fri Aug 12, 2005 3:18 am ] |
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Nice video Lance! Thanks for sharing that.
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