Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Thanks Allen
appears im on the right track
I know my query seemed self explanatory but its always good to have someone confirm your doing the correct thing
Dave

Dust extraction ,cant put a price on your health and Im sure your friends wouldnt be giving out that sort of cash if they didnt want you around for a while longer while I dont have room for large extraction systems I purchased a Festool RO 90 Dx sander/ polisher and the festool vacuum (which I can u...

Hi Allen so you must have done this before ? I just wanting to know do I thin the neck minus the total thickness of the veneers and the fretboard ie if my fretboard is 5mm my veneers are 2.5mm each and I want my neck at the 1st fret to be 20mm I shave the neck down to approx 7.5 to 8mm ? and how far...

Hi Guys
has anyone done or know anything about backstrapping a headstock
Im attempting it at the moment but am really just going by looking at a guitar I own ,Im trying to use 3 veneers,
anything I seem to find on the net isnt really that helpful.
any help would be appreciated.
Dave

Hi Rod my first experience with jarrah bindings was horrendous,I ended up giving up as it would bend ok in the bender I use but when I tried to install they would break at the waist when I was trying to pull the last few mm in to the ledge ,went through abut 8 pieces before I gave up and used bloodw...

Hi Greg just been trying to help sell your Mahogany . The wandoo is very strange wood ,I would call it more wavy than curly ,the actual photos dont do it justice as I love it ,it has browns and pinks and greens and blacks and just lots of colour and Im a sucker for lighter coloured guitars which the...

Hi this started out as an attempt to make a guitar from all west australian woods but I failed instead it turned into something possessed couldnt find a wood suitable for a top but I think now maybe sheoak may work,anyway it ended up as Australian woods I must let you all know that this guitar has v...

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Fantastic Rob
what woods and what is the finish in the photos it looks to be a cross between a gloss and satin ,it just looks incredibly ,...................."silky" for lack of a better term
Love them ,can we get some more pics?
Dave

I Guess we have overlooked how much security must add on to an item shipping out of the states
since 9/11 ,dont think that because its coming out makes any difference it would be helping to pay for whats coming in as well.

Hi Nate I see no one has replied to you which isnt surprising as we are a fairly apolitical people. We have elections coming up this year which usually generates a bit more discussion but I think like most countries in the western world we dont expect to much to change ,like America its basically a ...

StewMac use DHL and their prices are reasonable especially if you look at shipping times if I order on a friday night I have it delivered to my doorstep in Perth on monday morning !!!!!! got no idea how they do that ?? well I am beginning to ,I think they have flights from a sorting area in Hong Kon...

Ok after I got over the workshop I went on to their site and checked it out very impressive especially when you consider the price and what I am using at present,for me just being able to wheel it around is another added bonus,I can mess up one area and then move to another ??seriously I suffer from...

Ok the saw is impressive......................................but how the F@# do you have a workshop that clean
Id be impressed if my kitchen looked like that !!
Dave

yeah that looks really simple Trev ??
Im afraid my build has progressed beyond being able to attempt a "simple" join like that
Dave

Hi people Im in the process of a build at the moment and have been doing a bit of experimentation /learning and are thinking of attaching the fretboard to the soundboard mechanically. Ive seen the way Taylor do it but that seems overkill to me ,and I dont have a CNC machine I was thinking of just so...

Hi guys
I just got my first commission after someone saw this ................thats a scary thought someone actually paying me to build something for them ???
and Greg I will be starting to use some of that Mahogany soon
Gave

Hi
its a bit small for a uke I think, about 250mm
I was just going to make some rosettes with it
Dave

Hi Just finished my sons birthday present ,all be it 4 weeks late Back and sides : Flamed Sheoak from Tim @ Australian Tonewoods Neck : Sheoak with Myrtle burl back veneer headstock : York Burl Fretboard and back lamination : Mulga Tuners : Rubner Cone : Beard Coverplate and Spider bridge : ebay Fin...

I see many things in that figure JJ but monkeys arent one of them??
Dave

Hi Bob
it will allow me to get the festool sander I was after and maybe some wood from you ?
Dave
and yes they can be awsome ............sometimes

will that help get CA glue stain out Trevor ?
Dave

yes Ive got generous kids
or maybe they like me disappearing off into the cave ?
but all jokes aside it was a good christmas,hope everyone else's was as well

I guess I can get something to help F!@#K up some dead bits of tree with this
Dave

Awsome !
Dave