Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Okay I think my mid life crisis has arrived about 10 years late. yesterday against my better judgement I headed down to my local bike shop and $5000 later came away kitted out with a mountain bike and all the associated accessories required to make a mess of one's self on the side of a mountain. The...

Thanks for putting up the pics Billy...nice work for a first build. A few comments/questions: 1. A stupid question probably but I dont see any indications theres a truss rod in the neck (eg no hole in UTB for allen key to go through and access TR adjuster. 2. What sort of neck/body joint did you use...

Welcome to the forum Billy. Looking forward to pics of your current build. Would be interested to hear how you reconciled some of the different approaches to guitar building contained in Kinkaid and Campiano's books. Eg I tried Kinkaid's top/back clamping caul method and hated it.

Hi Nick, No sleep overs allowed in this shop...if Im not inside for dinner by 6pm sharp theres a p***ed off looking Japanese girl banging on the main door of the shop. The shop is a bit of a mess at present.....I need some decent racks for wood so I can clear off some of the bench space. Tools could...

Hi Taffy, April 23rd is a bit too far ahead for me to plan anything concrete. Ive got a job starting for ExxonMobil early April but hopefully that will only run for a few weeks. At this stage its more likely Ill be around than not but no promises. Ill keep you posted on my movements and whereabouts ...

Yeah howd you go in the rain with those backless chaps??? Must have been a bit uncomfortable around the nether regions.

Technically were talking laminate rather than plywood arent we? In my mind plywood is at least three layers usually laminated with grain at right angles to each other.

Nice to see Martin, is there any chance I could see some more detailed pics of the floor plan of your workshop, like the route from the door to you wood stock please. A pictorial guided tour of the shop attached. View of the shop from main entrance. http://www.anzlf.com/phpBB2/userpix/19_Workshop_0...

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Ive done a barter type deal with the girl..her brother is the winemaker up at Mountford Estate near Waipara so payment is goiing to be a few bottles of his lovely Pinot Noir....

Nick O wrote:
Oh by the way, almost forgot, the guitar's coming along nicely. Hope it's going to a worthy home.

The guitar is going to another expat Kiwi living in Sydney....shes a Christchurch girl.

Careful Graham...what if Mister Walker finds out youve been moonlighting with his recording equipment????? Methinks youll be sporting a skull ring indentation on your chops.

Graham McDonald wrote:Dom,

I can borrow some rather good kit from work that will get you some samples up on the net. Give me a call.

graham

Great pics thanks Bob. Nice pics of Jack Spira....good to finally put a face to the name.

Bob, I dont have any tomatoes but I do have 4 huge melons ripening in my garden.

Why is it that whenever I post up interesting pics of me working on a guitar everyone spends there time gazing at my wood stash????

How about I just photograph my entire stash and post it up???

Jim,

There are two doors into my workshop...the burglar comes in through one door and I stand waiting behind the second door.

Ropes off and a quick run around with the bearing twin flute flush cutter to trim the back overhang. I always draw sequence and direction of cuts on the back before I start. The router is my trusty Trend T5....its about the only decent thing coming out of the UK these days apart from Colin S and Dav...

Tommy a brilliant guitarist but I cant forgive him for attacking the lower bout of his Maton with sandpaper. If it was one of my guitars Id sandpaper his ar*e!

Dominic wrote: Do you take a guitar to the rig with you to play?
Must be nice to be back.
Cheers
Dom

Dom, there's usually a 10kg baggage limit on the choppers out to the Browse Basin jobs Ive been doing of late. By the time you pack your boots and basic work clothes theres not much allowance for anything else.

A couple more pics. Pic 1 showing top bracing....standard Torres fan bracing. Pic 2 is of the back glued on and roped up. The butt block is an offcut from the headstock (IRW venerred mahogany) http://www.anzlf.com/phpBB2/userpix/19_IMGP4161_2.jpg http://www.anzlf.com/phpBB2/userpix/19_IMGP4176_1.jpg

Looking good so far (from what I can see)Martin, can't wait to see the finished product. Do you make all types or are classicals "your thing"? By the way, That's a decent stack of kindling you have in the background too :twisted: Hi Mark, The tally so far is two steel strings (OM and Dreadie), one ...

Okay today I finally managed to get in some quality time in the workshop. Currently working on a classical for a friend in Sydney. In the pic Im working back braces with my trusty Sorby 3/4" paring chisel.

Cheers Martin

Does the guitar come with the grubs that made the holes.....yum!!

Good on ya Rick, Im sure your donation will go a long way to helping out a musician in need.

Martin my friend some of the painter's tack cloths available in the states do have silicon in them..... I stopped using them because of this and started looking for ones that did not have silicon in them. This included some contact with manufactures and asking questions. What a time sucker and I ca...