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Nice work, mate. Worth the wiat. Lotsa fun to get those first notes out of them isn't it? I don't mind admitting that it actually brought a tear to my eye. Really inspires you to keep building, I can only imagine what it would be like to build one for someone and see the look on their face the firs...

At least the Snortin' Norton has it's own room. :cl In the late 60's I used to hire, for a carton of cigs, my newlywed mates 750 commando. I'd ride south to San Diego or north to Santa Barbara. 4 hours return either way. Coast highway, fantastic. Did 90 mph once and got worried about hanging on. Th...

I though so too but the pics on the stewmac site show them on top. Looking at the pics in the reviews section though and it looks like most people have mounted them worm gear up. Anyhow they seem to work fine and don't fit the other way round so I am stuck with them like that! http://www.stewmac.com...

Mines pretty sparse at present. Waiting till next year when I can buy a house on my land and Build the big shed

I keep all my wood and WIP's in a small spare bedroom with a de-humidifier.

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Finally finished after 18 months. Been playing it for a week. Set the intonation today. I am so happy with the outcome. I am a everyday player and I have a Larrivee OM. I haven't picked up the Larrivee since this was finished, Might have to sell it! Anyway its a Engleman 000 with EIR back and sides....

Oh what a feeling . Sounds surprisingly good. I will post some pic's in the gallery section once I work out how to take a nice photo.

I was in the Brisbane store last weekend and it was a Jet feast. They had their machinery floor split in half with Jet on one side and CT on the other. I have the same band saw as the guy on the cover of the catalog. I can't imagine pushing a log like that through it :). Funny thing is I don't think...

Ah man I was hoping no one would notice

Hi Trevor,

I have a friend who has a single pedal one of these. It is quite loud un-amplified and has a good base drum like sound. I tried it sitting on it playing guitar and it was a load of fun.

http://www.threeworlds.com.au/store/pro ... Cajon.html

Very cool...

Yea, lucky bugger. I am still waiting for my CNC to arrive and am beginning to wonder if it will ever arrive. Is looking like a big mistake. Peter Have you purchased a machine? I am very intrigued by this, they seem to be getting very cheap but it seems like it would be a minefield working out whic...

Just had a visit from the CNC fairies. http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k366/bambam99_photo/20120919_165926_zps5a2c46aa.jpg I work as a programmer and I have built some software for a large CNC factory. They were nice enough to put a job through for me today. It was on packing sheets too so it cos...

Man I wish this thread had of been about a week earlier. I have a similar effect on mine. I sprayed the first coats on the weekend. Its not so bad though. The worst part is i put a sponge in the sound hole to protect the inside and it must have been dirty. There are red dust marks on the top under t...

I did mine similar to Nick and Allen. It has a fairly tight waist radius. The way I did mine was to soak the purf in a hot bath for about 5 mins. Then I bent it around a 5 mm ply wood template. I used plastic thumb tacks to hold it in place around the template and let it dry. It actually worked real...

That's cool 8) I managed to catch Jeff Lang at the broadbeach blues festival a few months ago and he is phenomenal on those things. I personally haven't had the chance to play one but it has always been at the back of my mind to get (or build) one some day. I love the stuff that Jack Rose does on an...

Looks awesome Nick, Love the woods and that top is amazing. I have one of these from stewmac and it seemed to work very well http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tools/Tools_for_Binding/TrueChannel_Binding_Routing_Jig.html . It will be ages until I am at the point of using it again (I am very slow). If you d...

Allen wrote:I'd love to give it a read Jeremy. I'll also gladly pass it along when I'm done.

No problem Allen, PM me your address and I will post it on Monday. Sorry you missed out Steve. Allen feel free to pass it on when your done.

Cheers.

HI Guys, I just finished reading Clapton's Guitar by Allen St John. I know it has been discussed here before so I won't go into it. I just wanted to offer it up to anyone that felt they wanted to give it a read. So if your a long standing contributing member of this forum and want to read this book ...

Looks fantastic Nick. Love the blackwood.

Does anybody know if this is the same unit? It looks very similar.

http://www.machineryhouse.com.au/L110

OK I think I am now going to go a different way. A hobby store down the road stocks z-poxy finishing resin. Seems like it would be a lot easier to use this as it is clear and I can fill the bindings, neck etc without having to worry as much about staining the lighter coloured wood. This should be OK...

Geez I hope it isn't 4 week. That's why I love stewmac, order on Monday and its here by Friday.

I might give Kim's suggestion a try and just use the lacquer as a sealer, I have enough of the stuff .

The Feast and Watson at Bunnings is orange only up here. I've been to every one from Brissie to Ballina...same. Jeremy, if you find yourself down here, I'll give you a couple ounces of blonde. Cheers Nick, I might just take you up on that if my order takes to long. How long generally does an Lmii o...

Mirotone high gloss.

EDIT: Mirotone MIROCAT 3220 to be exact