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[*] posted on 10-7-2008 at 12:39 PM


Keep up the good work Samir - I have exactly the same Stanley planes as in those photos. The Footprint chisels are superb, still made in Sheffield in the noth of England (just down the road from where Michael Moussa lives at the moment), and unlike a lot of 'modern' chisels, stay sharp for ages.

Best wishes

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[*] posted on 10-7-2008 at 06:09 PM


Thank you Dr. AYDIN

thanks you Leon

all of you are encouraging me greatly!
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[*] posted on 10-7-2008 at 07:04 PM


Good to see this project taking wings. Genius idea with the candles, simple and effective.
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[*] posted on 10-7-2008 at 08:45 PM


Man, I like your style! Candlelit oud making...

Can't wait to see more of your progress!

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[*] posted on 10-8-2008 at 06:07 AM


Very Nice Samir. I cant wait to actually see it (Samir's only about 15Km away from my house ;) )
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[*] posted on 10-8-2008 at 10:21 AM


Excellent idea for bending wood. I will try it next time. Thank you for showing us as you go along. It is good to know that there are those, like you, who make the effort to build their own instrument even if they have to improvise in some of the tools.
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[*] posted on 10-8-2008 at 11:04 AM


the candle lit bending pipe is a great little thing.
i bent more ribs last nite to try if it would work well with another wood like maple.
it does work but I needed to put in 6 candles this time to get it really hot.

seems like its not hot enough to scortch the wood but its hot enough boil water instantly off the pipe. I find its a safer way of doing it and on top of it as a romantic candle lit date between you and the wood your bending.

My parents thought I had become devout in my prayers or something ;)
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[*] posted on 10-9-2008 at 08:05 AM


Nice job Samiro! As you know, these are my favorite kind of threads to follow. Keep us posted buddy.



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[*] posted on 10-9-2008 at 08:08 AM


you know it!
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[*] posted on 10-10-2008 at 05:56 AM


3 ribs in!!!
this is tricky in so many ways but having Jameel mentoring me for the fitting made things 1000000 times easier.
Thank again brother.
your a legend.
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[*] posted on 10-10-2008 at 05:58 AM


more pics.
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[*] posted on 10-10-2008 at 06:01 AM


more.
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[*] posted on 10-10-2008 at 07:06 AM


Nice work Samir!

Looks like the 2nd rib on the treble side in the area right over your bulkhead is moving away from the mould. If that's true, start correcting it now or it will get out of hand. Keep those ribs tight to your mould.

Keep it up!




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[*] posted on 10-10-2008 at 07:21 AM


thanks Jameel,
I ended up making the rib a bit wide your right.
this is to compensate for making the first rib a bit narrow.

The one thing about the mould is that it isnt touching any of the ribs,
its not high enough. I realized this after putting in the first rib but I thought to myself I would use it rather as a visual guide instead.

I will corect it over the next rib or 2, Or try at least!
its my first bowl and even though I may be confident it doesnt mean I know what I am
doing :)
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[*] posted on 10-16-2008 at 09:55 AM


more update.
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[*] posted on 10-16-2008 at 09:57 AM


one more.
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[*] posted on 10-17-2008 at 02:16 AM


Your oud is beginning to take form. Very nice.:applause:
I have been planning to start my own for a long time.
If you continue to post pictures I don't think I can hold back.
You will be responsible:) :)
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[*] posted on 10-17-2008 at 02:22 AM


Hey Boral

I have it on good authority that luthiery is even worse than ouditis so be veeeery careful

Leon
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[*] posted on 10-17-2008 at 02:29 AM


Leon, I don't usually follow the wise advice...
thank you anyway;)
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[*] posted on 10-17-2008 at 05:18 AM


Keep plugging away Samir! Do that much 2 more times and you're done!

Here's a little trick that makes bowl cleanup at the end much easier. After you glue on a rib, scrape the previous joint clean--get rid of all the glue residue--before proceeding to fit the next rib. Otherwise you're going to have a longer scraping session at the end. It's also a mental thing. Fitting subsequent ribs to a clean bowl makes the job nicer.




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[*] posted on 10-17-2008 at 05:44 AM


oh nice idea!
i am going to do just that!!

thanks everyone for the encouragement.
its not easy at all to fit the ribs so I need all the encouragement i can get!
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[*] posted on 10-22-2008 at 07:07 PM


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[*] posted on 10-22-2008 at 07:09 PM


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[*] posted on 10-22-2008 at 07:11 PM


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[*] posted on 10-22-2008 at 07:14 PM


I wanted to see what the oud would look like with a finish...
so I applied some mineral spirits
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