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- Tue Sep 06, 2022 10:48 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Soundboard joining
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5536
Re: Soundboard joining
I think what Peter is worried about is how to get clamping pressure pushing in from the edges - to get the centre join together. If the outside edges are straight you can use some sort of straight edge to push against, but maybe he is wondering how to do that if the outer edges are already cut with ...
- Sun Sep 04, 2022 9:14 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: The box Ive been dying for
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2988
- Sat Sep 03, 2022 10:54 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Student build - Ebony and Spruce OM
- Replies: 5
- Views: 19947
Re: Student build - Ebony and Spruce OM
Wow, that is a real head-turner!. The colours and the finish are stunning. Is it heavy? How is ebony to bend?
- Sat Aug 20, 2022 11:28 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: X Bracing planning
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5642
Re: X Bracing planning
Other variables to decide are the angle of the x, and how to place it relative to the sound hole and the bridge. Most larger body guitars like 000 or D have an x angle around 95 to 98 degrees, but a smaller body guitar might want the main x-braces in the lower bout brought a bit closer together - ma...
- Tue Jul 26, 2022 9:31 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Elvis has entered the building
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10545
Re: Elvis has entered the building
It is amazing that they go to this much authenticity for the movie - and incredible that you could deliver it Martin. I am wondering if they were that authentic about Elvis’s socks and undies and everything else - or is it just because the guitar is such a star in the show? Martin, how much informat...
- Fri Jul 22, 2022 9:59 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Backwood/WRCedar Mandolin from Tasmania
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13453
Re: Backwood/WRCedar Mandolin from Tasmania
Looks like a stunner!. We are seeing more mandos than guitars here lately, and it seems like even more pure luthiery. Inspiring stuff.
I love to see a zero fret, and I also love the pickguard. What the hell is that figured neck made of? Beautiful.
I love to see a zero fret, and I also love the pickguard. What the hell is that figured neck made of? Beautiful.
- Fri Jul 22, 2022 12:27 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Indian Rosewood Bridges coming off Cedar and Pine tops
- Replies: 33
- Views: 25791
Re: Indian Rosewood Bridges coming off Cedar and Pine tops
But Martin is known to sometimes tend towards overkill.............
- Fri Jul 22, 2022 10:47 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Indian Rosewood Bridges coming off Cedar and Pine tops
- Replies: 33
- Views: 25791
Re: Indian Rosewood Bridges coming off Cedar and Pine tops
I have a few different types, including the aluminium Fox brand one, which is OK and pretty cheap. https://www.amazon.com.au/Shop-Fox-D2804-Aluminium-C-Clamp/dp/B0000DD1TC/ref=asc_df_B0000DD1TC/ If you got two of those you would be in business. If you are in Canberra and making ukes you might want t...
- Thu Jul 21, 2022 12:00 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Indian Rosewood Bridges coming off Cedar and Pine tops
- Replies: 33
- Views: 25791
Re: Indian Rosewood Bridges coming off Cedar and Pine tops
Of all the variables that you have identified, I think the clamping is perhaps the most pertinent. Bridge clamps are an important tool. Most common clamps are unsuitable for this particular job and the ones specifically made for this purpose are the best solution. Vacuum clamping is also great - but...
- Mon Jul 18, 2022 5:54 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Indian Rosewood Bridges coming off Cedar and Pine tops
- Replies: 33
- Views: 25791
Re: Indian Rosewood Bridges coming off Cedar and Pine tops
Trent mentioned a really important cause of failed bridge glue-ups - imperfect contact of the two surfaces. This is common if there is a slight arch to the top of the instrument, but the bridge is flat. Are you confident the shapes correspond well? Many people use the technique of placing sandpaper ...
- Sun Jul 17, 2022 8:42 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Crack repair posssible?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 22414
Re: Crack repair posssible?
Maybe you did all the right things and this is just a crack-prone piece of wood? But it is very beautiful! I have never worked with Padua so I am not sure if it is more prone to cracking than other timbers. I think your plan sounds good. I would use Tightbond Original, maybe diluted a bit to get it ...
- Sun Jul 17, 2022 1:46 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Crack repair posssible?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 22414
Re: Crack repair posssible?
Hi Jurgen Most of us have experienced something like this. Humidity issues are a serious concern when you are building with solid wood, and unless you manage the humidity during certain stages of the building process you will get issues like this. It should be fixable. First lets go over what caused...
- Sun Jun 26, 2022 8:15 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Acoustic Guitar neck bolt options
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4615
Re: Acoustic Guitar neck bolt options
Peter, if you want the definitive discussion of bolt-on methods you will find it in the Gilet-Gore books. If you don’t have them yet you should consider upgrading your information sources. Anyway, they take you through the merits of various approaches. The bottom line is that if you are going to bol...
- Sat Jun 25, 2022 10:20 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Acoustic Guitar neck bolt options
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4615
Re: Acoustic Guitar neck bolt options
An alternative to the mortise and tenon design is to do a butt joint with a bolt down fingerboard. I have done a few with a kit system from Luthiers Cool Tools (link below). I would recommend one alteration to this method however. This is to avoid using threaded inserts straight into the end grain o...
- Wed Jun 22, 2022 9:56 pm
- Forum: Jigs & Fixtures
- Topic: Bending Strap
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13436
Re: Bending Strap
Doh indeed!. Looks like a good idea. I will definitely give that a try
- Sat Jun 18, 2022 11:07 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: The Caldersmith Papers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 20472
Re: The Caldersmith Papers
I want one too. Going to order it now.
Nice job curating that Graham.
Nice job curating that Graham.
- Mon Jun 13, 2022 8:58 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Finishing disaster
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9057
Re: Finishing disaster
It is an old Suzuki from the tip? So why not go to town with the coptic textas and give it some really outrageous artwork?
- Sun May 01, 2022 10:36 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Peg shaver
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2805
- Sun May 01, 2022 10:33 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Bending Irons
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7926
Re: Bending Irons
I agree with Martin that the commercially available electric ones are simple to use and, as far as I can see, all pretty much the same - so if you see a bargain anywhere jump in and grab it. It is very satisfying to bend by hand, and actually not difficult to master the skill.
- Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:49 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Macrocarpa for neck
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4113
Re: Macrocarpa for neck
Hi Pat. Which “macrocarpa” species are you referring to? Macrocarpa is latin for “large fruit” so it is used as a descriptive term in the botanical name of many different trees. I Googled it and found a few. There is a Eucalyptus macrocarpa in Australia, or the so-called “Monterey Cypress” in the US...
- Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:30 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Slow progress on the neoclassical
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6920
Re: Slow progress on the neoclassical
Well, if that bridge fails it won’t be for lack of clamps.
- Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:24 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: bridge marking
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6151
Re: bridge marking
Nice video Nigel. I always love seeing an expert doing a task to notice the little points of difference to my ham-fisted work. Let me see if I understand your process. Please correct me where wrong: 1. You are doing this at the stage when the guitar is prepped for finish, but not yet sprayed. 2. I n...
- Wed Apr 27, 2022 5:59 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Clicking when tuning.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6313
Re: Clicking when tuning.
Great tip! I have a few old stethoscopes in a drawer and have sometimes used them to track down problems around the house (but, so far, not in guitars). The dowel trick sounds really clever. I presume you place it against the mastoid bone, just behind the ear?
- Tue Apr 19, 2022 10:04 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Rick Turner
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3826
Re: Rick Turner
He was a sensational "outside the box" thinker and innovator. I remember some fantastic contributions that he made here on important ideas like adjustable neck designs and flying buttress internal bracing. The bio at Fretboard Journal makes you realize the varied roles he had in luthiery and the mus...
- Sat Apr 09, 2022 8:02 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: new classical with spectrum
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7659
Re: new classical with spectrum
Great work Jim. Looks fantastic. Do you have any photos of the V-joint of the headstock in progress? The end result looks great.