Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

That's what happens when you let WAS get out of control.

Nick wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 18, 2025 9:25 am

Go west young man (West of NZ that is)

I think most of New Zealand is already over here in Oz..last one to leave please turn out the lights

Okay...I ended up using Pack n Save (Unley, Adelaide franchise) to freight 600kg of tonewood from Adelaide to Brisbane. The franchise is run by two lovely Iraquis..Rez and Azadeh. Rez dropped by with a van and picked up 38 cartons and took care of palletizing them before shipment to Brisbane. The wo...

Australia is a massive country.....you first need to key in your entry and exit points. Further planning would revolve around the latter.

Fit Indian Rosewood cladding and then go in with a pumice pore fill and french polish!!

Thanks Nigel. I love professional luthiers who openly share insights into their working day.

During my recent new house build my house designer vetoed my suggestion we go for Gore style laminated falcate roof trusses

malcolmw wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 10, 2025 5:59 pm

Isn't that wonderful! Though, my wife says no using the design for the house extension.

malcolmw wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 09, 2025 5:39 pm

I plan to build the back fairly lively to see how that contributes to the tone.

Be careful with a live back. Suggest you read up Gore and Gilet for advice on tuning of back frequency.

Over the last few weeks I have had to delete a number of posts in which relatively new members are spruiking their businesses/products. While we are open to members advertising their businesses via this forum we insist that people consult with forum admins prior to doing so. Permission will be grant...

Just to keep things in perspective....I've just finished boxing up my tonewood Stash. 37 cartons.....540kg of wood.

JeffHGW wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 08, 2025 7:27 am

So far I've got roughly 30 back and sides sets, 20 tops, plus some fretboards, neck wood, and other bits and pieces. It's not a small amount.

There's also the fact that some of us don't do Facetube :) If anyone has any questions about this — why and what for — please ask away. One I’ll pre-empt: why the forum, and not just have a Facebook group? Fair question. But here’s the thing. Facebook is a revolving door. Posts disappear down the fe...

Send Trump one of your ukes and he'll be so impressed that he'll sign a PO declaring that you'll never pay any taxes or duties on your instruments ever again

Allen wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 04, 2025 1:02 pm

Thanks for the update Peter. I have one to go to the USA next week and was a bit worried.

To the individual who joined the ANZLF today and used his first post to advertise the sale of his tonewood stash...your post has been deleted along with your membership of the forum. To date your contribution to this forum has been zero so I don't see why we should act as a free platform for you to ...

Thanks Tom and Iain

Welcome to the forum Tom and thanks for taking the time to introduce yourself.

A nice looking stash of wood there.........it will only get larger regardless of how many guitars you make

After struggling with understanding how 'the book' does it using a table router, and much head scratching, I repurposed the (failed) first version of the bobo mortise jig I made and mounted the router to it. On a table router I use a 1/4" spiral up cut bit. The neck blank is set up so one side is t...

Can anyone recommend a reliable freight company that can get a large amount of wood from Adelaide to Brisbane?

Thanks alot Peter...I plan to run a few of the sets through the sander to see how they come out.

Mark McLean wrote: ↑

Mon May 12, 2025 5:11 am

Could be a good reason to do an oil finish on this build.

LOL..it's already got an oil finish!

The acetone wash got rid of the oil but there are still dark marks where the oil deposits were.

Thanks for the info Tom,

I actually had a session with some acetone and while it gets the worst of the oil off there's still visible staining. Ill experiment with a few other solvents tomorrow.

I'm currently busy cataloguing my tonewood stash and came across some King Billy Pine top sets with oil deposits on the surface. Are these tops usable? Any advice would be much appreciated

Thanks for the heads up Trent...hope you make some sales.

I got busy with domestics today....sorry.

Tap testing first job for tomorrow

I have a falcate braced parlour guitar sitting on the bench awaiting re-finishing. I basically followed a plan for a Gibson parlour. I forget where the top and Helmoltz peaks were. I'll give it a tap test tomorrow and return with the data

Nice work Taff. Those meranti bindings look nice..were did you get the wood?