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Thanks for sharing your procedure Todd. I'm not sure if you seen this before, but here is a link to Pegasus Guitar (Bob Gleason) showing his similar method of producing triangular kerfed linings.

kerfed lining

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Don Atwood
Arlington, VA

Todd -

Thbis is one case where I have to say "Thank God for our vendors"

Merry Christmas.

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Jim Kirby
kirby@udel.edu

I make mine like Bob Gleason shows, only I use a single blade, and I plane the final facet on the linings like Cumpiano shows in his book; with a block plane against a straight edge. Like Todd, I find it is an excellent way to use up mahogany scraps...

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Rian Gitar og Mandolin

So sorry to be late on this one, thanks Todd, i am one of those who enjoy giving me pain so i'll do it your way instead of mine which was more painful ie one at a time!

Merry Christmas bro!

I made some once and it was fun but not a profitable thing in my case but I do admit , once you start the final stages it is fun to see the pile grow.
THanks for sharing
john

Todd,
Thanks for showing how you make your linings. It's not something everyone prefers to do, but I don't mind making my own.

This is how I make my Triangular Linings. My photos arn't near as good as yours so please excuse.

1st I thickness plane the board to 5/8" and rip it into strips on the tablesaw. I run those through the planer to end up with final deminsions of 5/8" wide X 7/32" thick


Next I place a table in the planer that has a slot cut in to accept the lining strip and hold it in the correct position.



I then start running the strips through the planer to get the shape of the lining.



After getting the strips to this point I start runnung them through the kerfing sled.


I end up with kerfed linings that are clean on the side glue surface and the showing surfaces without having to clean them up any further.



Anyhow, this is how I make them. And again, please excuse the poor quality photos.D.L.Huskey39076.0398263889

Todd, I have some WRC linings milled but haven't used any of them yet. To me they seem a little brittle for linings. I have been using harder woods like the mahogany, walnut, and have used maple cherry and black-gum.

The wood in the photos is eastern red cedar or eastern juniper. I want to see if it will be suitable for linings.It seems to be a little stronger wood than WRC.

The blade I use for this is a 10 T.P.I. Raker tooth. I tried the Skip and Hook tooth blades but the top of the kerf looked wavey. The finer tooth blades do a much better job for this. D.L.Huskey39077.0147453704