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Topic: Dumb dobro nut question |
Yann Obergfell
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Gottenhouse, France - Soon in Bloomington, Indiana
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Posted 12 Mar 2005 12:38 am |
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Hi everybody,
I'm restoring a 1977 Dobro, and I would like to know how you can tell a bone nut from a plastic one? The nut currently on the Dobro doesn't quite look like plastic so I wonder whether it is bone or not. Since I've got to change almost everything on it, it would be a good surprise if the nut was already bone... at least one good thing the previous owner did to this poor dobro. Thanks! |
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Jon Light
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 12 Mar 2005 2:23 am
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| A trick I saw on TV for distinguishing ivory from plastic on antiques is to heat a pin or small metal tool over a flame and touch the object in question. Plastic will melt, ivory (bone) will be unaffected. Sounds like a good plan. (The reason for using a pin is to keep the damage very small if it is in fact plastic). |
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Yann Obergfell
From:
Gottenhouse, France - Soon in Bloomington, Indiana
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Posted 12 Mar 2005 2:39 am
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Thanks for the advice. I'll try it out.
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James Brown
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Mt Uniacke, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted 12 Mar 2005 4:13 am
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| Just use a little piece of fine sandpaper on it ,if it is bone you will be able to tell by the smell. |
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 12 Mar 2005 6:02 am
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Bring 1 gallon of water to a boil
add 6 stalks of celery
4 carrots cut in thick slices
cut 3 potatoes into chunks
add chicken bullion, pepper, garlic salt, paprika, and 3 tablespoons of olive oil.
Add dobro nut and simmer for 3 hours.
If the soup tastes like cr@p, the nut was plastic.
Welcome to the forum Yann.... 
[This message was edited by HowardR on 12 March 2005 at 06:05 AM.] |
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James Quackenbush
From:
Pomona, New York, USA
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Posted 12 Mar 2005 6:05 am
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Howard,
I think you're on to something here .. |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 12 Mar 2005 6:13 am
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| ....everything from soup to nuts.... |
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Yann Obergfell
From:
Gottenhouse, France - Soon in Bloomington, Indiana
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Posted 12 Mar 2005 7:27 am
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At least once thing I noticed: if you post "dumb question" as a topic heading, you should expect dumb answers 
This is a great place with great people in it, I've been looking forward to becoming a member. Thank you! |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 12 Mar 2005 7:47 am
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Bryan Bradfield
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Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Posted 12 Mar 2005 7:49 am
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Jon Light's test is interesting - touching with a hot pin. It is possible that the bone will yellow slightly where the pin touches. Sometimes when I cut bone with a hack saw, if I'm too energetic, the bone yellows at the cut line, where it was too hot. It is a very noticeable, dark yellow.
James Brown's suggestion is also good. Bone that is being worked has a very disagreeable odor. I think that it would take some very high temperatures to get plastic to smell anywhere near that bad. |
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Yann Obergfell
From:
Gottenhouse, France - Soon in Bloomington, Indiana
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Posted 12 Mar 2005 7:52 am
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| Ok, to my disappointment, the nut is plastic. I rubbed it with sand paper and I couldn't smell a thing. Looks like I'll soon have a bone nut on order... |
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Jim Bates
From:
Alvin, Texas, USA
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Posted 12 Mar 2005 5:25 pm
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While you are waiting on the mail, practice playing in every key. You do not always have to use open strings in every tune. You might invent some new licks!
The material for the nut makes little or no difference when you note with the steel or use a capo.
Thanx,
Jim |
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