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[Craigerrr]

That is way cool! I have a spinning wheel, but its not that nice! I love how the lamp is attached. Gorgeous workmanship! Did they have a "brand" name?

They were just know as "Rognvaldson Wheels", pronounced rugglson, it is an Icelandic name. My great grandfather was the son of Rognvalder, when he became Jon Rognvalderson, the "er" was removed. Interesting note, the Icelanders followed the same pattern on the maternal side. Girls would have their given name, and their surname would be their mothers name plus dottir at the end.
Jon (referred to as John in the following 1989 news article) started making wheels around 1930.
They were sold across Canada in the Eaton's catalog.
The three men in the following article, my Mom's Uncles, are from left to right Clarence (Uncle Sonny), Gordon (Uncle Gord), and Ellis (Uncle Ellie). They are 3 of the 8 children Jon had, my Grandfather was the oldest.
I actually had my Uncle Sonny as my grade 9 shop teacher!
The lamp was an option by the way, a non lamp model pictured below was just one I found in a google images search

 

[Craigerrr]

Recently I performed a bit of surgery on my oldest guitar. This guitar is close to 40 years old, and the neck has bent over the years to the point that it can't be adjusted any more. This causes what we call the "action" to be high, meaning that the distance between the strings and the fret board is more than ideal,makes it hard to play up the neck. I used a wood block and sand paper and essentially milled the bridge down close to 2mm. I also made a new bridge saddle from a blank. The original saddle was plastic, I made the new saddle from bone. All said and done,the action is still a little high, but it is much more playable now. The sound is much brighter with the bone saddle as well!

 

[Craigerrr]

Being on vacation I am able to join in on my weekly live guitar lesson with Ricky Comiskey rather than watching later, or another day

 

[Simonpyman]

Being on vacation I am able to join in on my weekly live guitar lesson with Ricky Comiskey rather than watching later, or another day
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I need to get my guitars out of their cases. I go through spells where i get de-motivated and don't play for a time (i think i have ADD and cant focus haha!)
Regarding your earlier post in March...although may not be worth it but you could reset the neck if that is possible. Not comfortable fiddling myself but i need to get my two acoustics and one electric setup.

 

[Craigerrr]

I need to get my guitars out of their cases. I go through spells where i get de-motivated and don't play for a time (i think i have ADD and cant focus haha!)
Regarding your earlier post in March...although may not be worth it but you could reset the neck if that is possible. Not comfortable fiddling myself but i need to get my two acoustics and one electric setup.

The truss has been adjusted as far is it will go on that guitar, it is very playable now, I'm happy with it.
I use to gain and lose inspiration to play because I didn't really have a direction. I seem to have reached a point that I love it too much to not pick it up regularly. Not many days go by that I don't play.

 

[FleetingSmoke]

Diving into the Irish Penny Whistle when not working or playing Table Top Role Playing Games. Or brewing beer with friends and family>

 

[Craigerrr]

Diving into the Irish Penny Whistle when not working or playing Table Top Role Playing Games. Or brewing beer with friends and family>

Cool!
(I had to like Irish Penny Whistle)

 

[Craigerrr]

There is nothing like the bright beautiful sound of fresh strings on an acoustic guitar. Changed strings on both of my acoustics, also gave them a good cleaning and a polish

 

[Josh Hughes]

Rewired an old, cheap epiphone this evening. It was my first guitar, I bought it as a sophomore in high school for Christmas in 1996. Played it a bunch over the years. I’ve taken everything out, changed pickups, rinse and repeat. Not had any guts in it for probably 8-10 years. Tonight I put in new pots, switch, jack, and pickups.

 

[Craigerrr]

Rewired an old, cheap epiphone this evening. It was my first guitar, I bought it as a sophomore in high school for Christmas in 1996. Played it a bunch over the years. I’ve taken everything out, changed pickups, rinse and repeat. Not had any guts in it for probably 8-10 years. Tonight I put in new pots, switch, jack, and pickups.

Sounds liberating!
I am working on playing Goodbye Yellow Brick road clean.
Capo @ 3
Key of C relative to the capo

 

[Josh Hughes]

Sounded good through my old Marshall. Only played a few minutes though, it was after 11pm and Kim was getting ready for bed. I was going to work on it while brewing tomorrow but I went ahead and did it.

 

[Over The Cliff Brewing]

Sounded good through my old Marshall. Only played a few minutes though, it was after 11pm and Kim was getting ready for bed. I was going to work on it while brewing tomorrow but I went ahead and did it.

Did you have the pre-wired pups or did you have to solder? I have been trying with gutting my Carvin SB5000 bass for years. There's so many options, I just keep procrastinating.

 

[Josh Hughes]

Did you have the pre-wired pups or did you have to solder? I have been trying with gutting my Carvin SB5000 bass for years. There's so many options, I just keep procrastinating.

I solder it all. I bet I’ve changed pickups among my different guitars probably 50 times in the last 25 years and pots /switches multiple times as well. I would even take Guitar’s home from kids that I had in class and wire new pick ups fix pot that wasn’t working right etc.. I really enjoyed that kind of stuff. This is the first time I have wired anything up since Covid more than likely.

 

[Donoroto]

I solder it all. I bet I’ve changed pickups among my different guitars probably 50 times in the last 25 years and pots /switches multiple times as well. I would even take Guitar’s home from kids that I had in class and wire new pick ups fix pot that wasn’t working right etc.. I really enjoyed that kind of stuff. This is the first time I have wired anything up since Covid more than likely.

That’s a bit like what @AHarper does.

 

[Josh Hughes]

That’s a bit like what @AHarper does.

I don’t do amps though like he does. I mean, I’ve changed speakers and tubes, but none of the actual modifications or anything.

 

[J A]

I spent my working career building guitars (mostly acoustic but also electrics) and repairing all sorts of stringed instruments. I don't do much of it any more but I still have a bunch of guitars and amps and do try to play as much as my worn-out hands will allow (clutching sanding blocks and fine woodworking tools of all sorts for 8 hours a day over a span of 40 years will take a toll).
I've tinkered with pedals and amps and I like electronics but mostly I leave tube amp work to the guys that really know how to do it right (and do it safely).

 

[Josh Hughes]

That’s cool @J A

 

[Minbari]

I have recently taken up competitive shooting. IDPA urban courses. It's really is fun, even if I suck at it so far. I can shoot a 4" grouping at a static target from 15 yards with my 1911. Hitting that same target while moving it moving from over target to the next, and staying behind cover, whole different game

 

[Dave Y]

I have recently taken up competitive shooting. IDPA urban courses. It's really is fun, even if I suck at it so far. I can shoot a 4" grouping at a static target from 15 yards with my 1911. Hitting that same target while moving it moving from over target to the next, and staying behind cover, whole different game

i used to shoot ICORE - sort of like IDPA, but with wheel guns

 

[J A]

I have recently taken up competitive shooting. IDPA urban courses. It's really is fun, even if I suck at it so far. I can shoot a 4" grouping at a static target from 15 yards with my 1911. Hitting that same target while moving it moving from over target to the next, and staying behind cover, whole different game

I like shooting but was never drawn much to "action" style disciplines. I got into 22 target shooting and did a few competitions and in general, I prefer bench-style shooting. Handgun shooting is usually my single-shot Contender(s) at 100 yards. I have both handgun and carbine Contender configurations in several different calibers. It's usually the case that I'm heavy into it for a few months at a time and then move on to other things for a while. At this point, I'm overdue for some range time.