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by liam_fnq
Sun Feb 24, 2013 10:14 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: DIY Hot Hide Glue
Replies: 1
Views: 2843

DIY Hot Hide Glue

This is what I wish my luthery shed was like.

Shortcut to the 33min mark for the glue part.

http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/view/31173
by liam_fnq
Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:40 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Warning ! Machinery Porn.
Replies: 33
Views: 36621

Re: Warning ! Machinery Porn.

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 What about the wee in the first photo? He was justifiably excited about the new bit of kit Liam. I thought my pug had been round to ...
by liam_fnq
Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:01 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Warning ! Machinery Porn.
Replies: 33
Views: 36621

Re: Warning ! Machinery Porn.

DaveW wrote: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
What about the wee in the first photo?
by liam_fnq
Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:47 am
Forum: The Gallery
Topic: Sheoak Squareneck Resonator
Replies: 17
Views: 16437

Re: Sheoak Squareneck Resonator

Now that is shit hot :cl

I've got she oak set that's now been allocated to a reso uke. I'll have to do some more lay ups for rope bindings too. 8)
by liam_fnq
Fri Feb 15, 2013 4:07 pm
Forum: The Gallery
Topic: first build - Blackwood tenor uke
Replies: 18
Views: 17117

Re: first build - Blackwood tenor uke

It looks pretty good to me and you get bonus points for building it in a log cabin.
by liam_fnq
Mon Feb 11, 2013 9:30 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Router?
Replies: 19
Views: 17400

Re: Router?

by liam_fnq
Mon Feb 11, 2013 4:28 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Fret hammer
Replies: 13
Views: 19066

Re: Fret hammer

What's the cat gonna throw in front of the car now that it got away with the hammer?
by liam_fnq
Mon Feb 11, 2013 7:00 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Fret hammer
Replies: 13
Views: 19066

Re: Fret hammer

Supercheap Auto.
by liam_fnq
Fri Feb 08, 2013 9:06 pm
Forum: The Gallery
Topic: Cocobolo O-18 12 fret
Replies: 25
Views: 26120

Re: Cocobolo O-18 12 fret

Bob that is one sharp guitar. Very nice.

I do my ukulele double sides using titebond. The 1mm sides are glued together in an outside form and synched up using the same dressmaker's twill tape I use to synch the bindings.
by liam_fnq
Fri Feb 08, 2013 8:15 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Scale length - does it really affect sound?
Replies: 15
Views: 16747

Re: Scale length - does it really affect sound?

I think it's a case of a solution looking for a problem. I've got a mate who is built like an ewok. With hands like an ewok. He plays plenty well. No like Steve Vai but I doubt that's his thing anyway. Also, if you look through Ukulele Underground forum you'll find numerous threads where people thin...
by liam_fnq
Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:01 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Beginner - Humidity in solid body builds
Replies: 11
Views: 9412

Re: Beginner - Humidity in solid body builds

A whole gum tree?
by liam_fnq
Tue Jan 01, 2013 8:42 pm
Forum: The Gallery
Topic: Baritone Ukulele in Ancient Spruce and Honduran Rosewood
Replies: 28
Views: 25494

Re: Baritone Ukulele in Ancient Spruce and Honduran Rosewood

Early days but a beautiful warm sound with impressive bass response.
by liam_fnq
Thu Dec 20, 2012 10:28 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Suitable Tasmanian soundboards
Replies: 78
Views: 65302

Re: Suitable Tasmanian soundboards

Sheep shagging's more beastiality than wanking isn't it?
by liam_fnq
Mon Dec 17, 2012 7:21 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Valve/Tube Guitar Preamp
Replies: 19
Views: 18764

Re: Valve/Tube Guitar Preamp

What a dickhead, I work at an Electrical Engineering/ Manufacturing company and we spend most of our time making things to keep people safe , and that Guy is asking for death , just cause they are batteries does not mean they can't kill you. the human body resistance can be as low as 300 ohms, depe...
by liam_fnq
Mon Dec 03, 2012 7:11 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Mango Milling question
Replies: 3
Views: 4768

Re: Mango Milling question

Maybe some uke sets.

That mango tree's just a baby. A 2m diameter is not unusual up here in FNQ. Outside one of the local nurseries is a mango tree at least 4m in diameter. It's the biggest mango tree I've ever seen.
by liam_fnq
Thu Nov 29, 2012 7:33 pm
Forum: Tutorials
Topic: Purf Inlay
Replies: 6
Views: 11239

Re: Purf Inlay

Very clever Nick, I'll be refering back to this tute when the time comes.
by liam_fnq
Sun Nov 11, 2012 8:24 am
Forum: Instrument Plans
Topic: Resonator
Replies: 7
Views: 28017

Re: Resonator

Dobro or biscuit?
by liam_fnq
Fri Nov 09, 2012 5:55 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: American Election Race
Replies: 110
Views: 84557

Re: American Election Race

Just when I thought no one could match Kim's incomprehensible rants....................




P.S. A heartfelt congratulations to Lillian.
by liam_fnq
Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:54 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Stew Mac Binding Jig
Replies: 34
Views: 29880

Re: Stew Mac Binding Jig

I had to drill and tap to get my trimmer base to fit the SM jig. As a side note I own a heap of trimmer bases from eBay. I leave them attached to a bunch of jigs so I don't have to own half a dozen trimmers or move a single base to a heap of different jigs.
by liam_fnq
Sat Oct 20, 2012 8:40 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Stew Mac Binding Jig
Replies: 34
Views: 29880

Re: Stew Mac Binding Jig

I find the bit-bearing rides half on the binding ledge if I do the binding channel first. I figure it's better to have the whole bearing bearing against the side.
by liam_fnq
Fri Oct 19, 2012 7:53 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Stew Mac Binding Jig
Replies: 34
Views: 29880

Re: Stew Mac Binding Jig

Do the purfling shelf then the bindings.
by liam_fnq
Fri Oct 19, 2012 7:15 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: installing endpin jack for K&K Pure Mini
Replies: 11
Views: 14633

Re: installing endpin jack for K&K Pure Mini

There's blokes at work who call step drills Christmas tree bits too.