Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

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.

[ Ah Adelaide, the city of contradictions, the city of churches and the city of bikey chapters, the city of Coopers and the city of Southwark....but, take a ride on a big twin through the Adelaide hills, and you know full well where God spends his rec leave. 8) Cheers Kim Kim, 1. Churches....yes pl...

Okay I just had a thought..Im going to pumice fill the IRW on this guitar so its likely that bleed out of IRW coour during pumciing will colour 8up the silica deposits. Wha do you think?

Allen, What brand of stain did you use? Cheers Martin I've not seen the silica deposits in IRW, but I just built a couple of boxes from some Kwila that was full of white deposits (silica ?). I used some Rosewood stain that I bought for a test on the opportunity grade wood that we all got recently. I...

Allen wrote:Forget the perspex for the nut and saddle. Go for bone. If you or someone you know has a dog,

Not a good idea Allen..someone will eventually notice their dog has only three legs.

Is the felt pen going to interfere with later french polishing at all?

This wood is the same batch of IRW youre talking about. I dont who came up with the lemon juice idea...we use hydroflouric acid to dissolve silica when pulling palynolgy fossils out of rock samples. Cheers Martin I've not seen the silica deposits in IRW, but I just built a couple of boxes from some ...

Whats the best way to deal with silica deposits on an IRW back set. Ive heard lemon juice can be used to remove same while others simply pick the deposits out.

Any ideas would be welcome

Taffy Evans wrote:
Oh, the safety features were removed for clarity....... do you believe that, you have to be carefull with this model.

Taff asked the fire brigade to park their engine around the corner

It's ok by me.....

Some one cant count...easy enough to check if the tuners are in a plastic pack. Stewmac and LMI are generally pretty good at remedying such situations...unlike some local suppliers

I tried the Little Creatures beer...tasted like someone had left a glass of xxxx beer lying around and a dog had dunked his balls into the glass.

Not my cup of tea at all.

Side reinforcing in place. All that needs doing now is final cleaning up of the internals before I start on the back.

Great mark Josh....now just dont go and blow it all by becoming a Geologist!

Thanks for sharing Robbie.

Dont artifically age that beast....it'll end up looking like a piece of stressed baltic pine furniture. Let the girl age naturally.

Hey Matthew, how are you finding french polishing with the Hard Shellac?

I used it on a recent build but didnt have a whole lot of success.

Cheers Martin

Allen, I dont know why you steel stringers have this idea that building classicals is harder than building steel strings. I think the opposite is the case....eg no neck/body joint to deal with. This is my third classical and my first steel string was built using the Spanish Method ala Jim Williams b...

I bought a K Yairi flamenco back in 73. Still got it and its a great little instrument...made from Japanese Cypress (Hinoki)

Sides profiled for the back with 15' radius dished form. Right hand lining glued in. http://www.anzlf.com/phpBB2/userpix/19_IMGP4155_1.jpg http://www.anzlf.com/phpBB2/userpix/19_IMGP4156_1.jpg http://www.anzlf.com/phpBB2/userpix/19_IMGP4157_1.jpg http://www.anzlf.com/phpBB2/userpix/19_IMGP4158_1.jpg

Im keeping out of this one...ExxonMobil helps fund my tonewood stash.

Heres my vacuum set up. The only tricky part is getting the b***rd to let go of the guitar.