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Rick Aiello Member From: Berryville, VA USA	posted 02 June 2005 04:07 PM profile send email edit My 5 future Dustpan owners have been nothin' but great ... some hard times have kept me away from my projects. Howard even volunteered to get one from my next batch ... after one ended up under my "chop saw" blade. Just want to say thanks ... and give you guys a peek at the new look (fretboards). It won't be long now folks ... PS: A special thanks to Mike Neer ... who drove down to hang out with me this past weekend. Not only did he give me a much needed "pep talk" ... But he gave the locals a huge thrill by showing up at an annual pig roast/music festival ... and treating them to some Tricone work that would have Sol envious. ------------------ Aiello's House of Gauss My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield
Billy Easton Member From: Casa Grande, Arizona, USA	posted 02 June 2005 04:13 PM profile send email edit Rick... Those are gorgeous!!! Just sign me.... Drooling in Arizona Billy Easton
HowardR Member From: N.Y.C.,N.Y.	posted 02 June 2005 04:19 PM profile send email edit Rick, glad to see you at the top of your game and hope all is well on the home front. I'm curious. Are you able to melt down the defunct pan and re use the aluminum?
Stephan Miller Member From: Silver Spring, Maryland, USA	posted 02 June 2005 04:19 PM profile send email edit !! Sweet-lookin' boards....
Terry Farmer Member From: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA	posted 02 June 2005 04:25 PM profile send email edit Hey Rick, I really like those frets. You just helped me make a decision that has been bugging me for months. My aluminum "Shorty" will sport "frets"! Thanks, and welcome back!
Danny James Member From: Columbus, Indiana, USA	posted 02 June 2005 04:34 PM profile send email edit Those dustpans are really looking sharp. By the way folks those pictures of a pickup Rick posted a while back that looked so good. It is one he did for me and it is really super nice. I am finally ready to put it in a lap steel guitar I'm building tomorrow. I got the changer I designed and built installed today. Thanks Rick.
Rick Aiello Member From: Berryville, VA USA	posted 02 June 2005 05:04 PM profile send email edit Thanks Y'all Howard ... Long live HSGA ... Terry ... yea man, they look very cool. Jumbos from Stewart MacDonald. I got a special hacksaw blade ... then ground down the "tangs" some ... then layed them in with methyl cyanoacrylate. I just finished today ... still need to dress up the edges and polish them ... Danny ... can't wait to hear how it comes out. Danny wound his own Fender Trapazoid bobbin ... ... did a great job too. Hope my magnet does it justice ... ------------------ Aiello's House of Gauss My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield
Gerald Ross Member From: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	posted 02 June 2005 05:25 PM profile send email edit Rick, Your pans keep getting better with each batch. I like the frets and the dots. Nice new addition. Can't wait to see them at Joliet. Stop at my house on your way to the convention, because as an HSGA board member I am required (as per HSGA bylaws) to personally inspect, play and lust after each guitar that may come in contact with our membership. I take this obligation very seriously. ------------------ Gerald Ross 'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar' Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website Board of Directors Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association [This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 02 June 2005 at 06:48 PM.]
Gary Boyett Member From: Colorado	posted 02 June 2005 05:52 PM profile send email edit The froth is starting to build in my mouth, My wife just thinks it the rabies again, but... I think I need a GASex,,, NOW! ------------------ JCFSGC,RMSGC,HSGA member since 2005 Fenders- Georgeboard- Melobar Boyett's Glass Bars
Jeff Strouse Member From: Jacksonville, Florida, USA	posted 02 June 2005 06:23 PM profile send email edit Very classy dots, Rick!
Todd Clinesmith Member From: Redcrest, California, USA	posted 02 June 2005 06:42 PM profile send email edit Very nice as always Rick! I like the select Paua Abalone dots, that's what I like to use on my guitars too. Looking forward to my 7 string dustpan in the future! Keep up the good work
Denny Turner Member From: Northshore Oahu, Hawaii USA	posted 02 June 2005 06:44 PM profile send email edit Finger lickin' delicious. Aloha, DT~
Jon Moen Member From: Canada	posted 02 June 2005 06:47 PM profile send email edit Rick, Any chance of posting or emailing a pic showing your fret slotting setup? Jon
Jeff Au Hoy Member From: Honolulu, Hawai'i	posted 02 June 2005 06:58 PM profile send email edit [This message was edited by Jeff Au Hoy on 02 June 2005 at 06:58 PM.]
Ron Whitfield Member From: Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA	posted 02 June 2005 07:03 PM profile send email edit Too cool, Jeff!
Bill Creller Member From: Saginaw, Michigan, USA	posted 02 June 2005 07:23 PM profile send email edit I really like th math..two plusses and an equal sign. Lookin' good Rick!!
oj hicks Member From: Birmingham, Alabama, USA	posted 02 June 2005 09:46 PM profile send email edit Rick... Absolutely fantabulous, super colossal, extra ordinary, condonconduliated...and, well you get the idea. Gosh! Bet they ring like a bell with that "never die" hoss shoe pickup. oj hicks
Joel Newman Member From: Myersville, Maryland, USA	posted 02 June 2005 09:51 PM profile send email edit Yeah Man! I second the emotion about the abalone, it looks way cool!
Jan Hess Member From: Winnipeg,Manitoba,Can.	posted 03 June 2005 04:08 AM profile send email edit Hi Rick. I get this feeling of watching your baby grow up right before my eyes! The dots are a nice touch o' class.Don't let the setbacks set you back sport,just shove 'em aside & keep on keeping on!! Soundhound
Rick Aiello Member From: Berryville, VA USA	posted 03 June 2005 06:39 AM profile send email edit Thanks y'all ... Jon ... I really don't have a fret slotting setup. I tried a miter box but the necks are so thick and taper abit ... it was more hassel than it was worth. So I just ordered some hacksaw blades that corresponded to the tang width ... I used my belt sander with 60 grit belts to take down the tang by about 50% ... the heat changed the color of the fret wire to a darker goldish hue ... serendipity Cut them about 1/2" too long on each side ... and used methyl cyanoacrylate to secure them in the slots. Methyl is better than Ethyl ... For metal to metal ... I doubt it matters though Then after it cured ... I nipped off the overhang ... quote: Don't let the setbacks set you back sport,just shove 'em aside I try ... but they keep bouncin' back ------------------ Aiello's House of Gauss My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield
Jack Anderson Member From: Scarborough, ME	posted 03 June 2005 10:52 AM profile send email edit Nice looking axes, Rick, but I want to see more pix of your kids! On the other, though, it looks like you are getting a nicer looking casting -- this surely must involve a lot of elbow grease on surfacing, but aren't you also getting fewer pinholes etc.? Have you changed your process?
oj hicks Member From: Birmingham, Alabama, USA	posted 03 June 2005 11:07 AM profile send email edit Concerning "setbacks," who was the famous inventer, after trying 567 different approaches to do something, all of which failed, was asked, "aren't you discouraged after 567 failures (a number I grabbed out of the air)?" To which the famous inventer (Franklin, Bell?) said, "Oh no! Now I know 567 things that don't work! I'm closing in on it!" That may be a poor quote...but you get the idea. Rick...you have already contributed greatly to the steel guitar community. Thanks. oj hicks
Gerald Ross Member From: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	posted 03 June 2005 11:13 AM profile send email edit If I'm not mistaken it was Thomas Edison who said that. They asked him if he felt frustrated that it took 1000 failed experiments until he invented the light bulb. He said "I'm not frustrated, I invented the light bulb". ------------------ Gerald Ross 'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar' Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website Board of Directors Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association
Rick Aiello Member From: Berryville, VA USA	posted 03 June 2005 12:34 PM profile send email edit Jack ... two things are different. I'm monitoring the pouring temperature with a rather expensive pyrometer now (yep, I know how to spend $$$) ... There is a very narrow temperature range for optimum results. Too cool ... and it binds up before filling the mold. Too hot ... and it forms stratified layers as the overheated metal runs over the cooled portions in contact with the sand. Even at the right pouring temp ... these pieces are so long ... that by the time the aluminum reaches the headstock ... it is considerably cooler than when it initially hit the pan. Thats the second difference ... I'm removing the "skin" now ... No matter how well I packed the sand ... the texture of the piece was much different at the headstock than at the pan ... because of this cooling phenomenon. This was much more apparent on the Bronzepan ... it was about 2X as hot coming out of the crucible. So after foolin' with it for along time ... I just decided to take it down about 1/8". As far as the "setbacks" ... it wasn't the screwed up pan ... that was just a function of me being too tired to work ... yet still going out and doing it. My Ellie has had a rough winter/spring ... healthwise. But she's tough and doin' better now ... ------------------ Aiello's House of Gauss My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield [This message was edited by Rick Aiello on 03 June 2005 at 12:37 PM.]
Jan Hess Member From: Winnipeg,Manitoba,Can.	posted 04 June 2005 09:47 AM profile send email edit Hey Rick...I like your other "production line",with their smiley young faces. I just wanted to ask you if a MRI would be possible for a 10 or 12 string? Or would it be too much? Have a good one! Soundhound
Rick Aiello Member From: Berryville, VA USA	posted 04 June 2005 10:06 AM profile send email edit Jason's bobbin has a 3.25" orifice ... The first ones were not as wide ... but several folks wanted them for their Sierra 8s ... so I think he's making them all that size now. So I guess it depends on the string spacing of the 10 or 12 stringer ... As far as the magnets go ... I could make one a foot long ... ... and still maintain a uniform flux density ... But askin' Jason to make bobbin that big might get me put in his "dog house" ... ------------------ Aiello's House of Gauss My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield [This message was edited by Rick Aiello on 04 June 2005 at 10:13 AM.]
HowardR Member From: N.Y.C.,N.Y.	posted 04 June 2005 01:10 PM profile send email edit quote: that was just a function of me being too tired to work ... yet still going out and doing it Rick, that's not a good way to work and dangerous at that. When you're tired,under stress, and have anxiety, powers tools are not your friend. I recommend taking a break and having several beers or a nice tall glass of dark rum. Some valium too if it helps. You'll feel much better, no worries, and you'll have a new enthusiasm upon returning to the task at hand...... [This message was edited by HowardR on 04 June 2005 at 01:12 PM.]
Terry Farmer Member From: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA	posted 04 June 2005 04:05 PM profile send email edit Howard, Truer words were never spoken!
Rick Aiello Member From: Berryville, VA USA	posted 04 June 2005 04:44 PM profile send email edit Howard ... Beer, Rum and Benzos ... I'm pretty sure there was a Julie Andrew's song there ... quote: These are a few of my favorite things Terry ... .... for a minute I thought I was looking at one of my wife's medical books ... Circumcisions gone terribly wrong ... ------------------ Aiello's House of Gauss My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield
Jan Hess Member From: Winnipeg,Manitoba,Can.	posted 04 June 2005 05:41 PM profile send email edit Rick...Howard's on the right track,but I would add working on your other "production line" + a few hours of solid sleep.I'm sure you'd be ready for anything! I was thinking of building a double neck after I finish my 6 string.An 8+ a 10 or at the outside a 12er.I still want to get your MRI for the 8 neck for sure. Geez...you could do a neck with about 28-30 strings with that monster mag you mentioned!WOW I don't think I would want to go that far,but it could put you in the Guiness Book!! Terry..were you a machine operator? It appears you left enough to pick with anyways.I've got a bunch of scars from Table saws & jointers,but knock on wood,no missing bits.I transfered in to the door shop to get away from eatin' more dust & more scars a few years ago.Ah well...Later guys...Soundhound
Terry Farmer Member From: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA	posted 04 June 2005 05:49 PM profile send email edit Jan, it was a router that thought it was tougher than me. I lost.
HowardR Member From: N.Y.C.,N.Y.	posted 04 June 2005 08:01 PM profile send email edit Well, good thing it wasn't the whole finger.... quote: Circumcisions gone terribly wrong otherwise known as leaving a lousy tip... [This message was edited by HowardR on 04 June 2005 at 08:15 PM.]
Andre Nizzari Member From: Bronx, New York	posted 04 June 2005 08:17 PM profile send email edit Wow Rick, I love em'........It's REAL tough not own one of those steels! I might throw a fit!
Rick Aiello Member From: Berryville, VA USA	posted 05 June 2005 04:41 AM profile send email edit I'm deathly afraid of saws ... The good news is ... all cutting is done by heat generating abrasives ... The bad news is ... at its pouring temperature ... the molten metal can vaporize bone ... ------------------ Aiello's House of Gauss My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield
Jan Hess Member From: Winnipeg,Manitoba,Can.	posted 05 June 2005 08:19 AM profile send email edit Rick..When I took woodworking at school,they tell you never to be fearful of a machine but to respect it's power.I'm sure you're keenly aware of that molten metal when you do a pour,eh?! I know I would.The little bit o' time I spend on my saws in the basement is full of awareness! Besides, I really want to build a couple of nice guitars.I can indulge my need to build things & add big time to my love of music! Also...I'd love to have 1 guitar from each of the builders on this forum,but I'm just managing to build my own right now.There's always a kernal(mustard seed?)of hope,I'll at least get some.Talk to you guys later,Aloha & have a good one. Soundhound [This message was edited by Jan Hess on 05 June 2005 at 12:10 PM.]
Jon Light Member From: Brooklyn, NY	posted 05 June 2005 08:37 AM profile send email edit Remember--power tools and molten metal are more afraid of you than you are of them. Oh, wait, that's something else.... And no, it's not a subject I treat frivolously. I do a systems check for mental clarity before I fire up the good stuff (circular/table saw, router, jointer). Wish I was as diligent before taking a knife to a bagel. Looking good, Rick.
Gerald Ross Member From: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	posted 05 June 2005 08:43 AM profile send email edit Two five year old boys are sitting in a hospital waiting room. One leans over to the other and says, "What are you in here for?" The other says, "Circumcision." The first boy says "Oh, man! I had that done right after I was born. I couldn't walk for a year!" ---------------------------- Did you hear about the Rabbi who saved all the skins from the circumcisions he performed? He made them into a wallet. When you rubbed the wallet it turned into a suitcase. ------------------ A Priest, a Rabbi and Joseph Kekuku walk into a bar... Gerald Ross 'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar' Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website Board of Directors Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association [This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 05 June 2005 at 08:45 AM.] [This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 05 June 2005 at 08:46 AM.]
Rick Aiello Member From: Berryville, VA USA	posted 05 June 2005 09:19 AM profile send email edit Maybe I should call one of the new models the ... Royal Deluxe II Royal Deluxe II ------------------ Aiello's House of Gauss My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield [This message was edited by Rick Aiello on 05 June 2005 at 09:20 AM.]
Jay Fagerlie Member From: Lotus, California, USA	posted 05 June 2005 09:20 AM profile send email edit To add to Geralds post: Did you hear about the rabbi that did circumcisions for free? He only took tips. AND About the boy who was born without eyelids? When he was circumsized they used the parts to make him eyelids....everything went fine...then he went cock-eyed! Jay