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Hi Pete
Looks great from here and sounds ok. You worry too much.
We must get together one day and compare "muck ups".
I'll show you mine if you show me yours

Hi Andos some progress pics of a baritone uke using Georgia Luthier Supply plans. Macro top back and sides with jarrah bindings. Pity about the knots in the macro over there, over here ours is straight grained and knot free. :lol: :lol: Got mine from Pete at Curly Timbers. Macro uke1.jpg Macro uke2....

Dave

In Tasmania native olive is vernacular for Notelaea ligustrina. There is also an olea species
Olea paniculata that occurs the coastal rain forests of New South Wales and Queensland
and is also called native olive

Hi Dave and Frank
the two links below are to previous posts where macrocarpa has been used.

viewtopic.php?f=25&t=6723&p=75171&hilit ... nca#p75171


viewtopic.php?f=25&t=6739&p=75173&hilit ... nca#p75173

Thanks for that John.

Hi John,
oops I meant John not Jim.

Hi Jim

...." I might add a black purfling strip to the inside of the sound hole to drop the air resonance a Hz or 2. "

could you please explain? Are you in effect making a mini tornavoz?

This is a recent story from the Washington Post.......(some might say it is fake news)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics ... a74447107f

Hi Ross

A group buy was canvassed previously but never got off the ground.... see
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5889&p=73002&hilit= ... ses#p73002

Hi Pete

I also don't wish to hi jack this post but are you building the FE 17
in the traditional method ie. with a Spanish heel on a solera? If so
why do you need a body mold?

Hi Kim

Just sent you a PM re some plans that may be suitable.

Bob

Thank you for all your time and effort in hosting this forum. The forum has been a great inspiration
and valuable source of information to me. All the best in your new venture.

Hi Rod

We all feel your pain as we all make mistakes. Take it easy on yourself
your work speaks for itself.

Hi Robert
You could try Goods and Chattels in Ferny Grove Brisbane, www.goodsandchattels.com
or The Wood Works Book and Tool Co. in Mona Vale NSW, www.thewoodworks.com.au

Cheers
Bruce

Hi Bob

You're a legend Bob, your directions worked for me.

Cheers
Bruce

Hi Bob

Thank you for maintaining this forum. One small issue, when I open my
private messages Inbox the page is filled with the unread post icon overlaying
the text.

Cheers
Bruce

Looks good Pete and thanks for the sound clips.

Hi Craig Good to hear from you, thanks for the advice, have unwound and re-tightened, unfortunately the bridge lifted, :oops: :oops: :oops: Luckily I was able to remove it cleanly without damage to soundboard. If at first you don't succeed............. :? :? Spasmodic communications from mutual frie...

Thank you Martin, John, routout and Allen for your comments.
Will unwind and retune again.

I have just finished a baritone uke using the Georgia Luthier Supply plans for a 14 fret baritone. I built this uke for my wife who has a soprano uke and we decided to string the baritone uke in re entrant tuning high gCEA as per the soprano using Aquila 23U strings. These particular strings are for...

There's a few local luthiers around here. So she'd probably contact them and they'd probably get first dibs on the good stuff and the wood stash I guess... lucky buggers. Maybe I shouldn't be saving up the best wood for those future special projects!

I must keep in touch with your wife Pete

".....I am still wondering if someone can put me on to a wood database that has most Aussie timbers on it."

Whilst they are not online data bases Wood in Australia by Keith R Bootle and Australian Rainforest Woods by Morris Lake
are two good references.

No worries Steve, it's the least I can do when you are so
generous in sharing and passing on your knowledge to others.

Thank you Allen and Pete for your input. Something for me to ponder over.
Might end up with a lot of head stock veneer and rosettes

I have inherited two slabs of timber said to be beefwood. The timber was acquired in Emerald, Central Qld. The density of one slab is approx 955 kg/m3 which puts it in the range of Grevillea Striata. I am thinking of using this timber for back and sides on steel string and nylon string guitars. Woul...