Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Thanks.
I am glad I am not alone!
Pete

A question re routing the binding channels. Do you guys ever get the goose pimples when you have made a beautiful guitar with expensive woods and spent ages only to be faced with ROUTING!. Personally I crap myself and am still nervous of it. The irony of it is that you cannot have a good drink befor...

Nice work.
I like this thread.
This is going to be superb.
I like your selections of wood.

What PUPS are you planning to use?
Pete

Thought I would share how I make Rosewood bindings go further by splitting them in half without the kerf of the saw robbing me of the wood. I like to use very thin dainty bindings that do not stand out in the face too much. It's important to keep the fourth and fifth fingers as in the pic so as to s...

Sorry...forgot the BOW BAR pic... Have a good day Y'all.
Pete

Further to the plot re my Tenor Uke build. Here is the back being glued to the main body. I know!...where is the radius dish? I know it's the right way but for one Uke ( for me) I found another way around it. It is flawed I know. The marrying strip has the grain the wrong way but honestly, for a Uke...

Just noticed the six strings Mark.
Sorry!.....Aghhhh
Pete

Mark. Many many thanks for that tute. I was oblivious to this. It sounds like an A. Stradivari secret!. I am very grateful to be let in on this. I will now get very excited about being a chemist. Smells are brilliant but so long as doesn't go " Bang" ! My father in law, now 92 was a very clever chem...

Trent Nice bridge! Now some questions if I may? Is your bridge made up or one piece? Is that a Ukulele? May I see the whole picture as I like what I have seen, your outline. The Rosette is beautiful. I will have to source some blackwood and also iron a acetate. Do you mean Liptons Tea? Please excuse...

I will be using ebony fingerboard, nut, bridge saddle and tuning pegs so I think an ebony bridge is a must. Either that or I dye some Gidgee which I have. But I dont think I will be gaining much by doing that. As t you say, a Uke bridge is a lot smaller. I was just starting to get paranoid about lig...

I am always reading various blogs about fitting a light bridge. Having lashed out on Koa for my Tenor Uke, I do not want to make a mistake. What confuses me is that top grade classical guitars are fitted with ebony bridges which kinda makes a mockery out of the concept. Can someone please enlighten ...

Ach Mench!
Dan muss es Qveenslend Mepel sein Ja?

If a German named all the trees then that let's me off the hook just a little bit?

Seriously...that was interesting.
Thanks
Pete

I have looked again and again at your wonderful French Polishing. I have another side to this! I think you are trying too much! Your guitar looks glorious. My take on this. I harp on about this but in the sixties when I played a 1933 Santos Hernandez Flamenco guitar .. It was not glass finished but ...

Cheers Bruce. And dont tell me you have a wife called Shiela!! Ha ha. So it's the Godammned Pommies to blame. Bloody lot!!! Thanks for clearing that up. And yes...I agree...it is a beautiful wood both figured and unfigured. I understand it is getting scarce now so I had better panic buy. It is lovel...

Hi. Bit of help please. In my Bushwhacker Ukulele thread you will see that the last Uke built was from Queensland Maple ( figured ) I am now mastering a neck for a Tenor Ukulele from Queensland Maple ( not figured ) The two woods bought from the same supplier who I really like, are totally different...

Got it!
Pete

I think I have OCD. I have French polished my Japanese planes! I like tools to look like tools and cherish them as they are expensive..( well to my mind anyway ). It makes them look nice. It makes them feel good. It prevents them getting grotty. It shows my appreciation and proves I deserve them. Th...

Bunnings have 9.5mm hard wood rods and also the 9.5mm white rubber feet to match.
Why 9.5 instead of 10?...I cannot answer.
Anyway they work fine
Pete

Think I understand the humidity thing!
We are on 90% today.
It is like planing/ scraping card board.
Bends and warps like hell.
I think I can actually " feel " it in the wood.
Am I getting there?
Pete

Ps.. I am not professional but for the record I no longer use cotton wool enclosed in a square of cotton because I cannot control the amount of polish to the cotton wool. I also find that the cotton wool after several runs goes hard and therefore even more difficult to gauge the polish application. ...

Rob is the one!
Keep rubbing back and keep it thin.
Pete

Well I really now do not know what to think! There was me harping on how brilliant the Veritas Scraper is ( and on the wrong thread...sorry admin ( and I have done exactly what Martin has done.....gone back to using another favourite Scraper. To be clear I am not knocking Veritas ...I am knocking my...

I was waiting for that one Martin. Ha ha. Point taken re go bars for bridges. I didn't tell anyone but my first uke bridge pinged off after being set up for five days. Clean ping off so easily fixed. I used Gorilla glue instead of Titebond. I mean pva type gorilla glue. The bridge bottom was not as ...

You mean......?????......
Like this? Good old Bunnings.
Didn't know they were also a Luthier supplier!..
Question
If I made a block of wood exactly the right height and located it directly under the bridge position can I use Go Bars to glue it down?
Pete

Brilliant!
That solves my question.
Many thanks for the alternative solutions.
Pete