Dave Slight's Bench

[Urban Luthier]

Tasty!

[Dave Slight]

Finished in the white.

 

 

[Jim Bress]

Outstanding work.

[MikeC]

Nice work!  I like your purling. That's some good looking quilted maple.  

 

[Andrew tkinson]

I am always awestruck when I see such beautiful and precise work as this and realise that although I will never be able to do work this good I need to get off the computer and into my workshop as soon as I've typed this! (I will probably cut my finger again, within the hour?)

[Dave Slight]

Thanks chaps  
I’m hoping I’ll do it justice, when varnishing.

Please don’t cut yourself Andrew, at least not on purpose!

[MikeC]

yeah don't cut yourself, I did that recently and realized it's not a good way to get a protein sealer on the fiddle...    

Dave what kind of varnish do you use?  

[Urban Luthier]

I agree your purfling work is stunning Dave! Is that a pear centre?

[Dave Slight]

23 hours ago, MikeC said:

Dave what kind of varnish do you use?  

Colophony/amber/linseed. Sometimes colophony/linseed

18 hours ago, Urban Luthier said:

I agree your purfling work is stunning Dave! Is that a pear centre?

Thank you. Well spotted, it is indeed pear. 

[Thomas Coleman]

Really nice work.  Great job!

[catnip]

Did you get you pear purfling from Karin Rost?

[Dave Slight]

On 1/13/2021 at 11:27 PM, Thomas Coleman said:

Really nice work.  Great job!

Thank you very much, Thomas.

On 1/14/2021 at 5:55 AM, catnip said:

Did you get you pear purfling from Karin Rost?

No, I don’t get it from there.

If you wish to try out some different types of purfling, it can be quite easy to make, if a bit messy.
You only need a piece of pear, holly, boxwood, or whatever you fancy, which is long enough to go round the bottom bout from corner to corner. If you join you purfling at the centre, you could use a much smaller piece.
For one instrument, veneers 20mm wide will be sufficient, you can make them to your own desired thicknesses.

If you happen to have a glazier nearby, some offcuts from shop windows make excellent cauls for gluing the veneer sandwich together. They are very flat, heavy, and easy to clean up.
Gently warm up the glass a little, wrap cling film over the face, and place it on a flat surface. Tape the veneers together at one end, brush glue over the first black, lay the centre piece, brush on more glue, and press down the final black with a wallpaper roller.
Wipe away the excess glue, and apply tape to the loose end, another piece of cling film over the sandwich, and finally the other piece of glass over the top. You can put a few light weights on top just to hold things.

After about 6 hours, take it out and remove the cling film, replacing it with kitchen paper, and put it back between the cauls. If you do not do this, it will twist and curl up. If it stays wet too long, the colour can leach from the blacks.

Once fully dry, straighten one side with a plane, then use a cutting gauge or knife to slice off your strips.

 

 

[catnip]

Thanks for the detailed explanation... maybe it is time to make my own.