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dunno. I'm not into footy much.
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Matthew please tell me that you're kidding
An Ozzy that equates Shane Warne with footy ( I guess that this qualifies as a total thread derail ) |
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Maybe I have to go back and clean all this up now. Someone PAY ME!!!!! |
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"silliness"
ken, it´s your forum, you are the boss.
but sometimes i think the forum (and maybe you too) would benefit if you could expand your comfort zone regarding humor a little bit. |
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50/50 would be nice. Make a comment on topic and throw a joke in. Jokes alone are childish after awhile. Adrien is doing his best to bring basses back to life in an area that doesn't have people he can visit to help. This Forum is basically his life line. So, 50/50 I would say is a comfort zone.. for the most part.. |
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BTW , whilst taking the back off and cleaning it up I found that by using cotton wool soaked in dark vinegar dissolved white wood glue , and very effectively as well .
Here is a pic of glue removal on the one rib of the bass that we are discussing that had a been doubled with veneer and Gorilla glue. The vinegar also seems to lift stains/dirt.I'm not sure that it would be a good idea to leave the vinegar on for too long though in terms of possible wood damage .... |
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Ken would need to decide whether they're for him... |
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Still on topic with the bass in this thread , I am in need of some more advice if possible ...
I have started cleaning up the ribs which are in pretty good shape with the exception of the one lower bout that I cleaned up in part today. I removed a veneer that was epoxied on by using steam to help loosen it.The rib is now very weak. There is still epoxy residue on the rib which Ill remove when the rib is dry again. Attached are a couple of before and after pics, there are a lot of cracks etc. I've had to now clamp the rib with flat pieces of wood on the inside so that it keeps its original shape. Any insight on the next step to saving the rib would be great ....? |
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How has the original doubling repair failed?
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The original doubling was strong enough , but had holes cut in it to accept long glued pieces of wood . Also it was a cheap type plastic wood mix kind of thing, and in my opinion did not belong on the bass.If I put another real wood veneer onto the rib it would regain its strength but I was thinking of perhaps using thin willow or spruce strips with linen strips in between from lining to lining ?
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I prefer willow or poplar or spruce strips than veneer.
I would glue the linen strips a bit on the linings too, to prevent cracks at their inner edges. |
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I think if you can be assured of a good glue joint them a veneer doubling would be strongest especially if the rib is badly damaged. So effectively you have a new rib but with the old rib becoming a decorative veneer itself. And if you're going to replace the linings then the doubling can go edge to edge.
But getting a good glue joint on such a large surfaces is tricky, it is much more practical to fit and clamp softwood strips and/or linen Ã* la Bollbach |
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Japanese paper?
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Stefano Sciascia told me the ribs of his cornerless bass (the one I copied) are lined completely with linen from end-to end. The bass still sounds beautiful.
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Tell me more ???
I've seen brown cardboard box type paper being used before but have never been able to find out much about it . |
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I've experimented with gluing linen into wood to see how much punishment it can take and found that it is incredibly strong. Seeing that it shrinks a bit after drying it seems to hold cracks together very nicely. The weight to area ratio also makes sense to me ,it weighs a fraction of what wood does and is simple to get near perfect gluing contact.
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