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- Mon Jan 23, 2017 6:51 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: liquid hide glue for frets.
- Replies: 6
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Re: liquid hide glue for frets.
After a bit of reading I decided to go with Titebond original which I have used before. I ended up buying a bottle of Liquid hide and used it to glue the new bone nut into the job. Hopefully the bond will break easily for the next bloke who has to remove it.
- Tue Jan 17, 2017 5:35 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: liquid hide glue for frets.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6829
liquid hide glue for frets.
currently refretting an old Gibson explorer and tossing up whether to use LHG instead of CA gel I usually use. Reason is the CA is tricky if you get it on the Gibson finish. It is easily dissolved by acetone I have used Titebond original in the past for this reasonj.
Any one used LHG?
Any one used LHG?
- Tue Jan 17, 2017 5:31 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: African Mahogany
- Replies: 25
- Views: 26400
Re: African Mahogany
i've used both and they are similar. in the boards ive had the fiji tends to have more swirly grain and the african a bit denser with ribbon patterning.. I have used the African for a few necks with excellent results
- Thu Oct 20, 2016 3:16 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Binding Glue
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13438
Re: Binding Glue
personally I like CA gel. Used Weldon a few times and didn't bond with it :lol: even bought a couple of large tubes which I bought at a plastics place out Braeside way. It still sits unopened in a drawer in the workshop/ The CA can be a little challenging at first and after you glue your fingers to ...
- Fri Sep 16, 2016 10:52 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: glueing caul question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5572
Re: glueing caul question
I've used staples shot in from a hand powered staple gun and nipped off with pinchers leaving tiny little teeth to hold things from sliding. Whenever I've done it though I've wondered about them rusting and staining the veneer after a few years. It's been my practice to use titebond. Using epoxy as ...
- Fri Sep 16, 2016 6:46 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: glueing caul question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5572
glueing caul question
I need to glue 4 layers of veneer to the back of a head stock. The caul has been created and matches the curve at the head stock to neck transition pretty well. There will eventually be a carved volute similar to this one I did late last year so there is a curve that the veneer needs to fit. http://...
- Wed Aug 31, 2016 12:08 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Build 11 - "Slydebyrd"
- Replies: 39
- Views: 40908
Re: Build 11 - "Slydebyrd"
nice to see an electric build -
might be worth while reading this http://www.wood-database.com/sweetgum/ before you get too much further with the neck.
might be worth while reading this http://www.wood-database.com/sweetgum/ before you get too much further with the neck.
- Fri Jul 01, 2016 10:52 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Cheap laptops
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14813
Re: Cheap laptops
impressing fellow travelers in the Qantas lounge or trying to mathematically model the universe. hee hee - just making sure you blokes know that 90% of available resources is used just to get windows on the screen - as long as what's left does the work you need its all good - i've re-purposed many ...
- Fri Jul 01, 2016 2:11 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Cheap laptops
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14813
Re: Cheap laptops
yep this is a cheap laptop or notebook as they are more rightly called. It's running an ancient processor on an end of life mainboard bundled in a substandard case. The OS it is running requires approximately 6 - 8 times the processing power and memory available . This machine is an excuse to sell a...
- Fri Jul 01, 2016 1:42 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: making an electric guitar shim
- Replies: 22
- Views: 26811
Re: making an electric guitar shim
I use a piece of brass bar .015" - .025" thick by about !/2" wide across the back of the pocket to get the neck angle right if necessary. Ive seen bits of cigarette packet, sandpaper, credit card etc etc. Never really noticed a difference in tone or sustain. It is my belief that good compression in ...
- Fri Jul 01, 2016 1:19 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: The zero fret
- Replies: 27
- Views: 31611
Re: The zero fret
Ray, a compensated saddle is fine for most of the fretboard but the lower frets will still not be correctly intonated with just a compensated saddle. Having setup many 100's of nuts and bridges on electric guitars I find chords in farmers corner very sweet when I'm done. Certainly you can go over t...
- Fri May 06, 2016 12:45 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Carbon fibre source
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10924
Re: Carbon fibre source
I have bought bar from these blokes a couple of times - not sure what the spec is but its very tough stuff
http://www.carbonfiber.com.au/index.htm
http://www.carbonfiber.com.au/index.htm
- Tue Apr 19, 2016 10:57 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Maple and Spruce archtop
- Replies: 22
- Views: 27353
- Mon Apr 18, 2016 2:36 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: cleaning instruments.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3983
Re: cleaning instruments.
best i found is shellite [naptha] which is cheap and available anywhere. it will clean off pretty much any crap and and i see a lot of very cruddy old electrics through here. It does not damage old or new finishes or plating. it evaporates quickly and sometimes will leave a residue which is a whiff ...
- Thu Apr 07, 2016 8:16 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: parekh exports
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7425
Re: parekh exports
I did request replacement and they sent more of the sameWoodsy23 wrote:My experience with Stewmac is that they will send replacements for defective parts, no questions asked. Worth a try, even if the order was large.
- Wed Apr 06, 2016 10:34 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: parekh exports
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7425
parekh exports
any one buy wood from here?
http://parekhexports.co.in/home
looking at bringing in a small lot of fingerboards - I have bought quite a few from s***m*c in the past but the last lot were rubbish
http://parekhexports.co.in/home
looking at bringing in a small lot of fingerboards - I have bought quite a few from s***m*c in the past but the last lot were rubbish
- Tue Apr 05, 2016 8:38 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: What is "Hand Made"
- Replies: 82
- Views: 69459
Re: What is "Hand Made"
If you are employing some other form of intelligence to do the work, isn't that the same as buying it from a supplier. anyone who's had anything to with computers would know that there is no "other form of intelligence" involved in computer driven machinery. in fact a computer has no more intellige...
- Tue Mar 29, 2016 10:14 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: What is "Hand Made"
- Replies: 82
- Views: 69459
Re: What is "Hand Made"
My definition would be built entirely by one person. As soon as tasks are let out to others you have lost touch with an instrument. As far as using power tools would a potter for arguments sake using an electric wheel still be making hand made pots? To be fair you would have to say yes. A luthier us...
- Sat Mar 05, 2016 1:55 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: truss rod needed urgently
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6795
truss rod needed urgently
Truss rod in the neck in progress atm snapped - just glued on the fingerboard - luckily it failed its first test and not the 5th or 10th - seemed ok when i give it a good twist prior to installing it. I have some coming from LMI maybe two weeks or so away but I really need to get on with this job sm...
- Sun Feb 28, 2016 4:50 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Timber from America
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4188
- Sun Feb 28, 2016 4:49 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Liberon Earth Pigments - Ceasing production
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5538
Re: Liberon Earth Pigments - Ceasing production
Langridges are still making pigments for the art trade and unlikely to dry up any time soon. Finest quality in many many colours. buy these at any serious art shop - you might be surprised at what other useful things you'll you'll find when you go to one
- Thu Feb 25, 2016 10:15 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Timber from America
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4188
Timber from America
anybody had experience buying from this mob?
http://www.rarewoodsandveneers.com/
http://www.rarewoodsandveneers.com/
- Thu Feb 18, 2016 12:30 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Cheap laptops at Aussiepost
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3030
Re: Cheap laptops at Aussiepost
that would be guitar porn i spose
btw it would probly go pretty well with linux mint loaded
btw it would probly go pretty well with linux mint loaded
- Tue Feb 09, 2016 1:18 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Finish problem
- Replies: 18
- Views: 17328
Re: Finish problem
the advice on stabilising the edges with CA is good. if you get lacquer on the fingerboard it usually will scrape off with a razor I usually leave some lacquer pooled on a waxy bit of paper and once it goes off you have a thickish chunk of it. It can be lifted off and sliced into small pieces that c...
- Tue Feb 09, 2016 1:01 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Buildng Advice for a Telecaster neck
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11892
Re: Buildng Advice for a Telecaster neck
main thing is not to overthink things - Leo was a man of action and expedience and that was the key to the success of this particular design - Use what is at hand and if it is top quality and built carefully it'll work. here's a decent layout of a model T neck i PDF format - if you get that printed ...