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This user has no status.This user has no status.08-17-2020 1597650582 #381
This one was to experiment with reconstituted wood, also called fineline. Fineline is basically a bunch of thin sheets of wood (usually Ayous) that are glued together and cut in the perpendicular direction. This makes a cheap, very consistent and relatively light veneer. This is also the material used nowadays for handles in most commercial blades. Because it's soft, Ayous accepts color really well, so the sheets are pre-dyed and then glued, enabling those intricate patterns. Performance wise I would call this the "poor man Hinoki", it's soft but very bouncy.
Composition: Fineline / Glass-Fiber/ Kiri / Glass-Fiber / Fineline
Weight: 90.4g
Thickness: ~7.15mm
Freq.: 1290Hz
Balance: 3.4cm (Med)
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This user has no status.This user has no status.08-20-2020 1597909328 #382
This is the first of two blades I built for a customer. He's a very good player and also a coach, you can check his insta account @keean.tt
This one is my Innegra outer composition which has received good feedback lately, featuring Singapore colors in the handle.
Composition: Limba / Innegra-Carbon/ Framiré / Kiri / Framiré / Innegra-Carbon / Limba
Weight: 87.1g
Thickness: ~5.8mm
Freq.: 1290 Hz
Balance: 1.8cm (Very low)
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says Over 30yr TT experiencesays Over 30yr TT experience08-20-2020 1597922073 #383
The color combination of the Innegra and Framiré is awesome. The Framiré looks like gold next to that layer. Is that it's natural color?
Why did you/your customer choose Framiré instead of the normal Limba or Ayous?
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This user has no status.This user has no status.08-20-2020 1597950353 #384
Yes, that's the natural color, but just like limba there can be some variation, I've seen some much darker veneers.
Well, Limba or Framiré over Ayous because they are heavier and harder. Ayous would make this composition too slow, it's better combined with a harder top like Koto. Framiré and Limba are very very similar, the former being just a little lighter and harder. This gives a slightly crispier feel but the difference is almost negligible.www.sdcttblades.com / Insta: @sdc_tt_blades / Face: @SDCblades
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says Grand Consultant to the Office of the Goon Squadsays Grand Consultant to the Office of the Goon Squad08-20-2020 1597950928 #385
So good lookin' it could be illegal...
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This user has no status.This user has no status.08-20-2020 1597952209 #386
What's that gorgeous, thick piece of dark striped wood you've use in the handle on this latest blade?
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This user has no status.This user has no status.08-20-2020 1597953118 #387
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This user has no status.This user has no status.08-24-2020 1598260386 #388
This is the second blade I've built for @keean.tt. The composition is similar to the N301 and once again we tried to incorporate Singapore's flag red and white in the handle. It also features a really cool white Koto top Ply.
Composition: Koto / Ayous / A-C / Ayous / A-C / Ayous / Koto
Weight: 94g
Thickness: ~6.0mm
Freq.: 1315 Hz
Balance: 2.6cm (Low)
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08-24-2020 1598260709 #389
"wow" for the handle
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says TT-CLOWN, old gitsays TT-CLOWN, old git08-25-2020 1598329461 #390
WOW ! to the beautiful craftsmanship and all the research you have put into it.
Looks perfic to me.........................me very very envious
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This user has no status.This user has no status.08-25-2020 1598340852 #391
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says TT-CLOWN, old gitsays TT-CLOWN, old git08-26-2020 1598435054 #392
Many years ago I used to be in the fiberglass business and one of my biggest problems was always to get tidy clean cuts on Kevlar and/or hybrids. so I admire your skills and the finish you are achieving on the edges with the Carbon/kevlar hybrid. I got myself an innerforce and marvel over their finish too.
All the best.
lodro
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This user has no status.This user has no status.08-26-2020 1598473417 #393
Thanks, I do put a lot of manual work in the finishing department. Carbon is easy to smooth but sometimes the dust gets in the wood pores if the cut is not smooth to begin with. Zylon is a lot more resilient than kevlar but somehow I seem to get better edges with it. But then again Diolen is even softer than kevlar and it's a real pain to get smooth.
I would love to know how Butterfly does it, it must be a quick process so that it is cost effective. Although I do see some loose fibers in their blades sometimes.The Following User Likes hipnotic's Post:
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This user has no status.This user has no status.08-26-2020 1598484716 #394
As far as I can tell, butterfly cuts their blades oversized with some type of router, and then they use these monster sanders to finish stacks of blades all at once. Check out this video (starting at :20):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YiNEfBakqs
If you don't mind me asking, how do you cut your blades out? My flush-trim router bit tends result in some tear-out on one side (when going against the grain right) near where the blade-face rounds into the handle. To eradicate this issue, I recently built myself a tool (involving a bearing just larger than my sanding drum) so that I could use an oscillating spindle sander to cut blades flush with my template (and I recently used it on some ZLC with tremendous success).The Following User Likes Nate4s's Post:
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says TT-CLOWN, old gitsays TT-CLOWN, old git08-27-2020 1598489551 #395
Quote from Nate4s """" If you don't mind me asking, how do you cut your blades out? """
Of course I am also very curious but now that i am in my 70ies I won't start up anything like blade building.
My specialty was Carbon/hybrid wing paddles for the serious Kayakers. For cutting Kevlar dry I had a specially ""Adapted"" pair of Nylex gardena garden scissors and for cutting the over hangs on the split molds a Stanley knife did the job if I got the hardening process just right. Otherwise it was the old angle grinder.
Honestly,,I would not tell anybody ..............The Following User Likes lodro's Post:
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This user has no status.This user has no status.08-27-2020 1598522577 #396
Well, there's no way I can compete with that kind of machinery
I attach the template to the blank and cut it roughly leaving 1-2mm gap. Then I use my disk sander to leave the smallest gap possible. This is serves more to alleviate some work from the router bit than anything else. Then off to the router it goes. I'm using a 2+2 compression spiral bit and that helps a lot with with splintering of the top ply, never had an issue with that since using this bit. However I also get some tear out when going against the grain. Not always, it also depends on the piece of wood. I tried all kinds of things, fast passes, slow passes, climb cutting, different router speeds, etc, but nothing seems to fully eradicate this issue in blades with fibers.
That spindle sander idea has crossed my mind because I noticed it is easier to sand fibers than cut them, but unfortunately I don't have enough space in my shop for a spindle sander.The Following User Likes hipnotic's Post:
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This user has no status.This user has no status.08-27-2020 1598522828 #397
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This user has no status.This user has no status.08-28-2020 1598604657 #398
A pair of commissioned blades with the Innegra outer composition.
Composition: Framiré / Innegra-Carbon / Framiré / Kiri / Framiré / Innegra-Carbon / Framiré
Weight: 86.2 and 86.7g
Thickness: ~5.7 mm
Freq.: 1313 Hz
Balance: 1.9 cm (Very Low)
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This user has no status.This user has no status.08-28-2020 1598605137 #399
Framire looks quite similar to limba... what is the difference?
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