Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Nice avatar Urban.....with a face like that you MUST be drinking American coffee.

Tims actually busy loading the 5000 Master Grade tops into the semi ready for their trip over to Adelaide.

Its okay...Im around at Tims place right now along with Kim and were getting stuck into the case of Grange Hermitage we bought with your money. Only joking..Tim's a competely trustworthy supplier and member of this forum. I buy most of my Aussie tonewoods from Tim and cant fault the quality of the g...

Lilian, I belive you have just out-purpled Hesh.

Getting the scarf joint such that I dont have the join showing on back of headstock is one my archilles heels......anyone here care to throw up a tute of making a steel string scarf jointed neck with veneer on back of headstock?

The pieces in the pack I got were about a foot square. Note this stuff is fairly thin so youd use it for the layers underneath the top veneer which would a bit thicker than the stuff in these packs. I use offcuts of opp grade IRW from Allied Lutherie for the top veneer. I glue up the veneer sandwich...

Try here:

http://www.gunnsveneers.com.au/woodcrafts/

Nasty old Gunns produce a nice little veneer sample pack of Aussie woods.

Hey Lillian, Nice looking gramil.....might have a go at making one myself. For rogue grained sides I use a scraper plane.....better for removing large amounts of material than the cabinet scrapers and you dont get cooked fingers. Ive got two scraper planes...a flashy new Veritas and my favourite...a...

Are you talking about reducing the thickness of the headstock? I use a block plane for this....doesnt take long but watch for tear ou on one side of the scarf joint. Some people use a Safe-T-Planer in a drill press.

If youre doing a scarf joint on your headstock then the veneer will be necessary.

Without a headstock veneer getting a nice tight fitting nut slot might be tricky.

Bring back the Giraffe!!

Whoa....Jakes in _Big_ Trouble. Lillian's just asked for his email address!!!

The cello and child birth just have too much in common......legs wide apart...woeful moaning....need I go on..

I have a confession...I just loooove the sight of a woman playing the cello. I obviously have a thing about child birth because a woman sitting with her legs wide apart playing a cello always reminds me of a woman giving birth.

How much did you flog 'em for??

You can route your binding/pufling channels with a router and bearing build set but keep in mind that the router has a flat face plate and the top of a guitar is usually arched to some degree. Because the router is registering off the top of the guitar your channels are going to vary in depth depend...

Dont do a thing. Most of my guitars have a blemish or two.

Hope youre back and firing on all cylinder soon David. Glad to hear the surgery wasnt for something too serious.

Did you have a left brain surgeon working on you?

Cheers Martin

Nice one Steve. Im not usually a big fan of sunburst but in this case Ill make an exception.

Lookin' good there my purple chapped friend. Now time to get building!!

The side bracing is a bit over the top in the upper bout. I looked at the view after installing the side struts at the end of the upper cross brace and decided that the UTB looked a bit strange without side braces so added them...purely asthetic.

Glad you didnt follow the Jimi Hendrix method of antiquing a musical instrument (requires lighter fluid and a box of matches).

Waiting on purfling from LMI at present so not much happening on the classical. Got the back glued up and back braces have been rough shaped and profiled. The back is opp grade IRW from Allied and it has alot of silica deposits. Im going to pumice fill prior to french polishing and Im hyoping enough...

My workshop is one of the better parts of Adelaide.....all welcome with a bit of fore-warning.