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shaping glued up strips...
well I thought I could do some inlays with this but then I realized i dont know what i am doing when it comes to making a mitre box that would be
suitable for that.
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GeorgeK
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Excellent progress Samir. It is going to be nice to track this project.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DaveH
Is that the neck blank for your new base oud Jameel? |
Ha! That's a good one. Bass ouds (like the bass balalika and bass mandolin) have got to be the stupidest looking instruments ever.
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Jameel
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Yes, John that is a new workbench. Check my blog. The trick to a clean shop is to have a place for everything, and abolutely nothing sitting on the
floor unless it's supposed to be there. Then I can sweep up easily. It's taken me over 10 years to learn that.
Miter's are easy Samir. You know the inlay on the back of my #2? All of those cuts were made using only one angle - 30 degrees. There's the trick.
They all meet up perfectly because three sides always equal a right angle (90 degrees).
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Wow Samir, you're really flying through this. Can't wait to see the end result. Best of luck!
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Hey Samir, we're all waiting for the next update!
Chris Walters
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SamirCanada
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neck block and end block roughed out.
I still need to get them smooth and defect free.
Also I have the spreader bar done but I am scrapping that. I am going to make a mold next thing. It is always useful and I will be able to use it for
any other ouds I make.
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I have the outlline done too. Just need to cut it out.
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SamirCanada
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I also got some new goodies.
some decent chisels...
beats the fuller ones I had..
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SamirCanada
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and I found this older model footprint fore plane or #6.
at a local hardware shop I dusted it and took a strait edge to it. It was dead flat so I bought it. I wasnt interested in flattening that beast. Its
heavy!
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SamirCanada
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I think / hope I am done buying planes for now....
I love those things though.
missing in the pic is the narrow junior jack plane.
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Jameel
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Nice planes Samir. You've got a nice collection going. What are you using for sharpening?
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SamirCanada
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I am using lee valley water stones.
I have a combination 1000X/4000X and another 8000X stone.
It fits my needs no doubt but I am looking into buying a benchtop grinder in order to hollow grind my blades.
The only thing is that since I just got the fore plane now the blade is really wide. wider then the stone so I still dont know how I am going to
tackle that.
I will be rounding the corners anyways so its not that big a deal.
but still the more planes and chisels I got... the more I dread the next sharpening session.
anyhow Jameel... any sugestions??
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update.
here I have finished my mould and drawing the guide lines on my blocks.
the mould is very basic plywood with 1 center bulkhead at the highest point.
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SamirCanada
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here is my adjusted bending iron.
I have scrapped the light bulb idea after I found it too complicated.
then one day I was having breakfast and I saw a tea warming candle on the table.
I thought Hey! I remember having burnt myself with one of those little suckers a few years back.
and then I thought what if I used them to bend wood??
so I stuck about 4 of them in the bending tube I had built before.
And since the walls of the pipe are pretty thin... tadam it got hot almost right away and it was at the boiling water almost imediatly.
plus... they are cheap!!! 4.50$ for 50.
you cant beat that.
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SamirCanada
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the first rib,
its butternut and I will not actualy go on the oud.
its a rib I will use to trace the outline of other ribs because the outline is traced after the rib is bent.
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Nice work Sameer, 
Do you have any sketches for the end result sought?or are you doing this in an evolutionary non-planned process? *my favorite in almost everything I
do*
Again, great job and I'm looking forward to see more
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option number 2 Amer 
I think it will be Nahat inspired, but of course one of the simpler models.
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Rib number 1
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back view.
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abusin
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Nice one Samir, I like the tea canddle idea does it work at all
Good luck bro,
Best Regards
Awad
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Hi Samir,
Thanks for chronicling this journey, much appreciated.
Best Regards,
Paul
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it works very well Awad Bey,
I put 4 or 5 in there and boils water off the tube within seconds
thanks Paulo.
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Looking good Samir.
About sharpening. Just make a few strokes with one side of the blade hanging off, then slide over and repeat. That's pretty common for wider irons.
Keep you stones flat and you'll be fine.
Here's the best way to speed up your sharpening time. Sharpen more often. Don't let your blades get dull, but rather discipline yourself to touch them
up often. It's quick to do, since you're not removing much metal. It's hard to make yourself do it though. I still have to force myself sometimes. But
you'll be happier in the long run and your tools will perform better.
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Well done Samir. Good Job. Waiting for progress.
Be in good health and have luck.
Dr. Tayfun AYDIN
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