Recent content by halfintegerspin

i like the binding ideas... i might try the natural binding approach since i would have to go that way before i could redye anyways.  thanks for the ideas...

just ordered off the showcase... wenge/ebony, MOP inlays, graphite nut for something new... me=excited.

if you want to keep it natural like tung oil works well and is easy to do.

+1 to the slime mold.

yay gators (that is if you mean the Florida gators)!  also i really like the look of this, stripes and all.

it is now shiny... i did sorta mess up the f-hole with the polishing compound... i guess i didnt coat that edge with nitro so well.  i need to sand that back and redye maybe?  maybe go natural?  any thoughts?  is there any easy way to sand that space anyways?  i tried the pen trick and it was so...

wow, complete all in one post.  looks great!

thanks for the responses... the meter is a Protex 506... something from my lab, so i imagine it could be totally awesome, or total junk... it looks like a nice meter though.  the temperature thing makes a good bit of sense... i was charging the alnico by placing a Nd magnet on a folded...

you know liquid oxygen is light blue, so you might get an even bluer guitar after a treatment in that... and better yet, the pickups will let bluer tones shine through... great for the blues...

so i have just wound my first pickup.  when the coil was wrapped i measured 6.22k, about where i wanted it... i then 'charged' the magnets in the questionable manor suggested by stew mac: Nd-magnets... i then measured the resistance again, and noticed it went up... does this make sense?  it...

they are defiantly worth the small upcharge to try them out.  let me know how you like them... though from others comments, i am sure they will sing.

you were going for a matte finish right?  it looks great.  nice work.

so yeah, i dont completely believe that wiki article.  to me annealing makes total sense in how it effects materials... you raise the temperature thus allowing the atoms to move, then upon cooling they fall to a more stable configuration.  lowering the temperature will only contract the material...

ok, so i guess i dont understand what physically takes place at low temps that when you heat it back up to RT doesnt get reversed... i know magnetic properties change when you drop temps, but they go right back when you raise the temp... ie: superconducting magnets... does this mean i can dunk...

i know callaham cryo cools pickups and parts, but it seems to me to be a gimmick...  i know people swear by the pickups, but those are special would fralins which probably sound great anyways.  any thoughts? comparisons?