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Maybe it just wanted to stay safe and has gone into self isolation? :

Hi

Has any one else noticed that a post has been taken off the forum?
Could the moderators please explain why?

Hi Nick
I have purchased sanding discs 610mm diameter and drive belts for my Jet 16/32 drum sander
that are 410mm wide from the Sandpaper Man in the past, (5-10 years).

Hi Rod.

Lovely guitar. The blue white blue purfling. Is it died timber or fibre and
did you make it yourself or purchase it from a supplier?

+1 for the Sandpaper Man
www.TheSandpaperMan.com.au
In Wynnum Qld. Phone 07 3396 4457.

Bloody hell Rod a glass splash back and parquetry floor in a laundry!
That should keep the missus happy and win you a few brownie points.

Allen - yes it rubbed out easily by hand, it appeared to be in the finish and not in the timber.

Martin - thanks for posting your photos, they confirm that there was no evidence of staining on my set ES 014 prior to use. Trevor - thanks, I tried using Shellite on a small area of staining and it had no apparent affect. So I decided to bite the bullet and I have sanded back a small section of the...

Thanks, all comments appreciated. Mike - yes I have considered contamination from the steel wool. I only used the steel wool lightly between the coats of Mini Wax and would like to think that I carefully wiped the surface clean before applying the next coat. That is my usual practice, I do not use s...

A black stain has developed sometime in the last 4-5 months on the soundboard of this guitar which I built in 2018. The soundboard is Englemann spruce and I sealed it with wash coats of dewaxed blonde shellac whilst working on it i.e. installing the rosette, then finished with Mini Wax Wipe on Poly ...

Thank you Martin and Jeremy for keeping the forum going, it is appreciated.
Hope you are well and keeping safe. Best wishes to all members for the New Year.

Slo Mo's Canberra Bubble is not keeping the smoke out in Canberra.

Hi Trent.

Thanks for that info Trent.

Hi Trent I really like the 18 hole bridge. What is the head stock angle and did you increase it to suit the Perfection pegs? I am assuming that as the string pegs are 90 degrees to the head stock face and the wound string remains above the plane of the head stock the break angle of the string over t...

Hi Trent

Thanks, hm duh I mean't to say 18 hole bridge, there appears to be three holes per string.

Hi Trent Congrats that is a very nice looking guitar, looking forward to a sound clip. I gather that with the heel cap and back being one piece that it has a Spanish heel, if so how do you manage to do such a great job with the French polishing where the sides abut with the heel? Is the binding insi...

Hi Greg

Just sent you a PM, hope it is helpful.

Thank you Trevor, will follow your sage advice and take an aspirin and lie down

Hi In the Design volume (first edition) at pg 4-58 Young's modulus along the grain is given by equation 4.5-1. Then on page 4-59 this equation is reduced to equation 4.5-2, which contains a value of 0.94625. My question is how was this value calculated? Using equation 4.5-1 and the average figure of...

Hi Richard

Try searching under Instrument Builders Forum for posts by christian (Christian Druery).

Hi Mick

"BTW, I used to live in Canberra. Did quite a few gigs around there too. I wonder if we ever crossed paths?"

I am not a muso so it is unlikely that we have crossed paths but anything is possible in the Canberra "bubble".

Hi Mick

Try McJing Tools, Yagoona NSW. - www.mcjing.com.au
they show a safe t planer in their online catalogue, item B1390 for $60.00.

Hi Pete Don't blame us mate, the common names given to Australian timbers came from your mob when they colonised this land. Queensland maple - Flindersia Brayleyana is not a true maple - Acer spp. In younger tress the heartwood can be a pinkish colour and brown to mid brown in mature trees. The grai...

Hi Pat

I'd say red meranti or one of the Shorea species.