Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Yeah that’s pretty much what I was getting at Sorry for the bad wording, Ok well I certainly won’t tape of the binding and top like that so looks like I’ll just seal top and bindings with shellac. Another instruction they mention is wiping oily wood like rosewood with with thinners or spirits to get...

I’ve chosen to use OSMO polyx original To finish my guitar I’ve got spruce top wooden bindings and purflings I don’t have a huge amount of ventilation so non toxic and low odour would be helpful One thing I thought of was just taping it off with low tac painters tape and tape newspaper to the top wo...

In my opinion as soon as a CNC starts doing major components such as carving necks, making bridges ect That’s when a guitar is no longer “hand made” which bugs me when company’s claim that they’re hand made but you go on a tour and they still reiderate hand made but there’s heaps of neck blanks bein...

Im still deciding on finishes for my first guitar build which is based on a Gibson J-45 I have hardly any room for any sort of spray so its down to Wipe on which is what I kinda preferred anyway My choices oil especially cause there’s so many types Some sort of water based (if it exists) shellac Som...

Hey guys thanks For all the replies sorry I haven’t checked in while In Alan Hamley mentioned a dowel/ tenon joint It reminds me of Irving Sloane’s tenon with locking dowel joint he uses in his steel string construction book which is by the way is the first book I ever read on guitar making which wa...

Hey guys, I’ve been watching the Stew Mac tracing guitar shape video And I want to make a copy of my tanglewood folk small jumbo however mine is a cutaway and I want to build one without a cutaway is there a better technique to trace just the left side which obviously doesn’t have the cutaway? Also ...

Hey guys thanks for the replies so far, keep them coming even if it’s about different joints you can never stop learning and it’s fun sharing experiences, A weird neck joint I found the other day was for a steel string acoustic. they used a but joint with dowels like a plug and socket not, my cup of...

the standard dovetail in guitar making is a tapered dovetail but has anyone ever tried or used a straight dovetail as in no taper?

if so how did it work out?

great concept however just need to clarify something there are two types of PVC at Bunnings. I can get 1M $30.00 which is DWV which is slightly different to Stormwater which is $79 for 6m (can’t get any smaller) they're both PVC but the stormwater is made to handle more pressure as in gas and water ...

as luthiers / guitar makers ect we're always trying to come up with the next best jig and alternate ways of doing things

as a newbie and plenty of other newbies around

i'd like to here about any or everyones methods whether basic or complex