Manzer wedge

[ken cierp]

I am happy its working out for you, just don't understand why you did not use the MM as it was designed? There was no need to take it apart. I'll post a tutor in a different post and in the MM documentation when I get a chance, I think my brother would like a wedge since he dealing with a shoulder injury. All good.

[Dave Bagwill]

You'll have to show me - have you tried it? I'm always looking for a better way, but this method is dirt simple. Course I have the huge job of screwing the hinges back in.

[Dave Bagwill]

So I took a few minutes and laid out and cut out the profiles and taped them in, it all looks fine and tomorrow I will take a spokeshave and trim down to the lines. And etc.
My '4-bolt' solution is plenty easy and accurate, but of course there will always a better way to skin a cat. :-)

[ken cierp]

Dave I apologize to you and the other members for interfering in your thread by incorrectly assuming that you wanted to know how to use your Mega Mold to build a wedge shaped guitar. Its never my intent to stifle creative thinking.

[Dave Bagwill]

No problem, Ken, no need to apologize! :-) I just had never thought of tilting the spindle or I would have tried it. I'm not the most mechanical guy in the world, that's for sure, and you know that I am a HUGE fan of the MM and promote it whenever I can - would love to know how to use it for this. I don't think you had ever mentioned having that up your sleeve.

I was out in the barn playing with it last night, trying the shims and scratching my head, trying to duplicate the rather complicated angles of the MM the way I was using it but with the MM in its normal configuration. As with many things mechanical, I got frustrated and gave up.

Hijack away, my friend - your contributions make all the difference!!

[ken cierp]

All good -- as I've said a million times or so -- its far more important to understand the "end goal" of a process rather than knit picking the methods used to get there.

[Dave Bagwill]

A few shots of the back and center strip - still a little brace work to do. Ran into a bit of difficulty when I realized my 15' radius dish had warped; I contacted Ken to get a new one and he told me how to correct the warp in the one I had, saving me $50 bucks or so, which is very appreciated.
A shot or two that shows the angle of the wedge; it will be very apparent when I've notched the braces and fit the back on.
I paid a few extra bucks for a AAA torrified Sitka top which I will joint and join tomorrow - I really like the looks of it, and it has quite a good ring tone, so my hopes are high.
The granadillo is nice wood - heavy, though - and will look good under finish.
Since I reduced the volume of the air chamber by wedging the body, I'm going to open up the X brace a bit more than usual to allow the bass to breathe a little more. I'll be using dolphin style bracing and have an idea for a pinless bridge that I want to try out.
The Terz guitar is still in the works but put aside as I'm under a time constraint with this one.