Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

A few months back I built my own buffer with a few bits off ebay, a pillar drill motor and a metal shaft turned by a local lad in a shed. But you know how it is - I really don't like changing mops, and fancied an extra buffer so I could go from medium to fine to extra fine. Less sanding, more polish...

He's on Instagram -

https://www.instagram.com/curlytimbers/

I use Interparcel too.

Ta. What does that look like? Is there a serial number for the form? There was nothing like that when I booked it in with Interparcel.

Any forms needed other than the commercial invoice (3 copies) when sending an instrument from Oz to NZ?

Lads, I normally thickness my tops and backs at the Mens Shed, but due to the current situation, the sheds are all closed.

Anyone in the Gold Coast got a thickness sander I can come and hire for an hour?

Looks like I may well be getting some from China. But I'll be buying quite a bit. 450mm wide. 60 grit. Any use to anyone?

Thanks fellers. From what I can see, neither of those firms have what I'm after. Nothing bigger than A4.

Those of you who use spherical formers for "driving the bus" where do you get your paper from?

I'm after big sheets of abrasive, minimum 420mm wide. In Europe, I used to buy the sanding belts for wide belt sanders and cut them up. I'm a bit stumped here. Any suggestions?

There are alternatives...

You can "mill" on a drill press with a Saftey planer. Stewmac sell a version of it. Though it has to be said, the results from this are not great, neither is is all that safe. I've used one for thicknessing heads but I have to say its a faff to set up and the results were not as clean as I'd hoped. ...

Happy new year to you.

I've got some plastic binding to do - what's available here that's decent? Is this stuff any good?

https://www.gemworld.com.au/products/mo ... arge_110ml

LMI sell it - its called Fish paper in the US, and gasket paper in the UK. The gasket paper I bought in Oz has a more rubbery feel and is a bit different. If you're trying to laminate the top and back purfling into the sides you're best off buying from the UK or USA. If you just want to laminate sid...

Thanks lads. Getting roofers in to lift the sheets and put foil/wool down. And stick a pair of whirlybirds on at the same time.

I’d like to do the walls with batts and ply. How would you go about getting that 25mm gap between the batts and the colourbond?

Nigel

Well lads, Mrs F and I have bought a nice little house with a nice big shed. Its an old colourbond shed in decent nick. I'd like to insulate the roof and walls prior to panelling them with ply - any advice? I'd much rather not take the roof off to do so, and I've also heard that condensation can be ...

My Grandfather had a Selmer. You can read about it here:

https://www.nkforsterguitars.com/blog/i ... er-guitar/

The top varied slightly in thickness, but most of it was around 1.4mm thick.

It is a spectacular sounding guitar.

I've been using Bote Cote since I arrived here. I get the crystal + non yellowing version. Whilst the smell isn't terrible, I would advise a mask and gloves. As one feller told me - when working with epoxy, there are two types of people. The ones who are allergic, and the ones who aren't...yet.

One more: 2:04


youtu.be/Yi4Ee2a-WsE

And another (this one for the top) at 0.27


youtu.be/ZjOI-jQmgdM

youtu.be/kJogy9pANEU

Found one at 1.32

Anyone out there got a good jig for notching linings for fitting braces? I'm set up so my braces are in the same spot each time but I've never made the next step - a jig for routing the linings to fit each time.

Anyone out there made one?

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Who do you insure your instruments with when you ship Peter?

There is always the cheapskate version - fabric softener. Pick a white one.

I didn't finish it. There is an old feller where I hail from who spent the last 40 years or so making "replicas." So he's pretty good at making them look old. He did it. But as far as I can gather, the tools of the trade are a freezer, a sandblaster and a bottle of bitumen. You'd have to look on the...