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by woodrat
Mon Oct 12, 2015 12:05 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Guitar makers festival
Replies: 46
Views: 44600

Re: Guitar makers festival

Your up late Wayne..

You just beat me with that post...I didn't see it until I posted....:)

WR
by woodrat
Mon Oct 12, 2015 12:01 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Guitar makers festival
Replies: 46
Views: 44600

Re: Guitar makers festival

Hi Jeremy, it was great to meet you in Melbourne and the others as I mentioned earlier
...regarding my guitar Hank is holding it in one of the pictures that Wayne (56nortondomy) took ... See above..

WR
by woodrat
Sun Oct 11, 2015 8:32 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Guitar makers festival
Replies: 46
Views: 44600

Re: Guitar makers festival

....I forgot Rod Octigan, Trevor Gore and Jack Spira...sorry chaps....
by woodrat
Sun Oct 11, 2015 8:12 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Guitar makers festival
Replies: 46
Views: 44600

Re: Guitar makers festival

The Woodrat came out of hibernation for the MGF....he was pleased to put faces to the names meeting Wayne, Hank, Stu, Jeremy, Allen and David Aumann. A weekend amongst guitars and good company.... Woodrat was last seen leaving Melbourne carrying a piece of antique furniture through airport security....
by woodrat
Tue Jun 02, 2015 6:37 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Sending timber to NZ
Replies: 6
Views: 7847

Re: Sending timber to NZ

Thanks chaps. Big help. Mind the way NZ are batting just now, I don't think they need much help. They turned the Headingly test into a 20/20! Beating the Poms doesn't matter...beating the Aussies does. 1981underarmbowling.jpg Australian translation of Martin's quote..."beating the Kiwis doesn't mat...
by woodrat
Thu Apr 16, 2015 6:29 am
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: ambulance drone
Replies: 5
Views: 8654

Re: ambulance drone

http://www.youtube.com/embed/y-rEI4bezWc

There you go .... Should work now..
.I remembered what Nick told me to do to embed YT video's....:)
by woodrat
Thu Apr 16, 2015 6:27 am
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: ambulance drone
Replies: 5
Views: 8654

Re: ambulance drone

Hi Tod and Steve..... Yes I am still alive....:). All well in paradise..... is... Hastings valley.... :)
...I will try to fix the link...

Cheers...... WR
by woodrat
Wed Apr 15, 2015 3:59 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: ambulance drone
Replies: 5
Views: 8654

ambulance drone

Interesting concept on a rapid response drone to save lives....

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/embed/y-rEI4bezWc/[youtube]
by woodrat
Sat Feb 21, 2015 10:29 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: How to drive a pile, ...:)
Replies: 6
Views: 9627

Re: How to drive a pile, ...:)

[quote="Nick"]Another little tip,
If you remove/delete the 's' from the end of the initial part of the address (https) it will embed the vid in your post John,
Like......
youtu.be/[/quote


Thanks for the tip Nick!....:)
by woodrat
Wed Feb 18, 2015 12:11 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: How to drive a pile, ...:)
Replies: 6
Views: 9627

Re: How to drive a pile, ...:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB2uHnztADU

This link might be better....
by woodrat
Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:42 am
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: How to drive a pile, ...:)
Replies: 6
Views: 9627

How to drive a pile, ...:)

.....well here is something quite interesting....if you dont have a modern hydraulic gadget to do it for you....just call your mates and have a dance...

[youtube]https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ ... Kypg?rel=0[/youtube]


WR
by woodrat
Fri Feb 13, 2015 1:38 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Just bought this book
Replies: 14
Views: 14499

Re: Just bought this book

Quoting French: "Based on section modulus, the rectangle is the stiffest shape per unit weight." Not entirely true, unless this statement had further qualification. It's dependent on aspect ratio, too. Check out Fig. 4.4-21 in CAGDB. (AKA "The Book"). CAGDB....Trevor I thought that you were talking...
by woodrat
Wed Feb 04, 2015 12:23 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: How to Add Bridge Mass
Replies: 6
Views: 8048

Re: How to Add Bridge Mass

DarwinStrings wrote:That one has done pages of threads on the AGF. The designer has had his say there and even though he does call them "Power Pins" he is happy to concede that they are not quite like putting a 351 in your Morris Minor.
Jim...Perhaps more like putting a Morris Minor in your 351!.... :lol: :lol:
by woodrat
Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:30 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Nigerian Scammer
Replies: 6
Views: 7285

Re: Nigerian Scammer

The last Nigerian scammer who contacted me ended up getting the string along from me for two weeks. I think he finally twigged that he was getting shafted when he rang the phone number I'd given him as my own and he found himself talking to the Australian Federal Police in Canberra :shock: Yes Mart...
by woodrat
Sun Jan 11, 2015 11:59 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Jumbo Acoustic Re-Build
Replies: 25
Views: 26492

Re: Jumbo Acoustic Re-Build

Nice one Alan......Well Done! :cl :cl
by woodrat
Fri Dec 26, 2014 3:56 pm
Forum: Jigs & Fixtures
Topic: Various jigs
Replies: 5
Views: 21865

Re: Various jigs

Hi Luke....Nice jigging there..... :D
by woodrat
Wed Dec 24, 2014 10:30 pm
Forum: The Gallery
Topic: OM Cutaway
Replies: 20
Views: 29415

Re: OM Cutaway

ozwood wrote:Thanks John ,

That top is WRC (Wood Rat Cast Off) the last of all the WRC's.

Will you be casting of any BRW or HM ? :mrgreen:

Cheers,
You never know what the crazy WoodRat may cast off.... :lol:
by woodrat
Wed Dec 24, 2014 8:35 am
Forum: The Gallery
Topic: Experimental Model C
Replies: 3
Views: 6513

Re: Experimental Model C

Hi Nigel....Lovely guitar....interesting bridge design too....:)

BTW we use British English here, so bonnet and boot not hood and trunk is what we say too.... :wink:

John
by woodrat
Wed Dec 24, 2014 8:27 am
Forum: The Gallery
Topic: OM Cutaway
Replies: 20
Views: 29415

Re: OM Cutaway

Hi Paul.....A lovely Sassy guitar! Nice work on the lattice there too....:)


John
by woodrat
Wed Dec 24, 2014 8:24 am
Forum: The Gallery
Topic: L1 style guitar
Replies: 11
Views: 15272

Re: L1 style guitar

Hi Luke....that is a beautiful guitar!.....the tobacco burst is very nice and I like how the upper bout is all black and the burst is only in the lower bout....lovely interior too....WELL DONE!!!
by woodrat
Fri Dec 05, 2014 12:31 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: An Oldie but a goodie....
Replies: 0
Views: 10195

An Oldie but a goodie....

Many would remember the small cartoon version of The Butterfly Ball that was sometimes shown as a filler before the ABC news many years ago...I always loved it as a kid when I saw it...It was a great song. Here is a live version with RJD of course (albeit a little older) heading up the orchestra at ...
by woodrat
Fri Oct 17, 2014 5:55 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Woodrat's journey
Replies: 79
Views: 76224

Re: Woodrat's journey

Kamusur wrote:Looks like you have converted another soul John, he too has crossed to the darkest of sides and joined the 'Whatnot Cult'.


Steve
:lol: Steve!


John aka Darth WoodRat! :D
by woodrat
Thu Oct 16, 2014 10:59 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Woodrat's journey
Replies: 79
Views: 76224

Re: Woodrat's journey

Cheers Nick....I am in KL at the moment waiting to board the second leg of the journey back to Oz....

...Yes Ale, Glorious Ale...and Wood...Glorious Wood....:)

Cheers til next time I invade Blighty and ravage her antique shops...:)

John the WoodRat
by woodrat
Tue Oct 14, 2014 8:53 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Woodrat's journey
Replies: 79
Views: 76224

Re: Woodrat's journey

Hi Peter...Yes I am the WoodCat with the cream with that BRW...:)
by woodrat
Mon Oct 13, 2014 10:25 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Woodrat's journey
Replies: 79
Views: 76224

Re: Woodrat's journey

Well it's not everyday you get a stranger holding a panel saw knocking on your front door.... That's for sure, I had to move my last panel saw with a forklift and a crane truck. Congratulations Woodrat and my hat is off to anyone who wears just a T shirt in Old Blighty. Jim Thanks Jim....actually t...