Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Here's a nice little write up in one of the local rags about Murray Kidman and Otways Blackwood.

Skip through to page 17.

ANZLF even gets a mention.

https://issuu.com/theweeklyreview.com.a ... 160602-iss

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A friend of mine in Tasmania sent me this pic of a Blackwood tree growing on his property.

There would be some fairly crazy grain the bend (break) one would imagine.

Whether it would be stable enough to use once dried would be another matter.

Beautiful.

Good to see you are up and about and ready to tackle all of the new challenges that have been thrown at you.

All the best with the new endeavours.

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Seems Brent is doing OK which is great news.; Brent is doing great, in fact he is doing so great that he was release from the hospital Sunday evening!!! Yay!! All of his burns are healing very well and he will make a full recovery with minimal scaring! Dad and mom will be staying in Seattle at my si...

Here's an update. This is an update from my sister KayLee Abbott. Who is there with our parents in seattle! Feel free to copy/paste and edit as necessary to share other places Update 4/20/16 Great progress made today and it was wonderful being able to talk to my dad (Brent today). He is looking so m...

Annette is OK but Brent is in the intensive care unit of the Seattle Hospital.

The family dog didn't make it through the fire

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Hi Everyone One of our preferred suppliers, Brent Cole and his wife Annette, have lost their home to a house fire this morning. It was burnt to the ground and they lost everything. Brent is being treated for burns but I'm not sure how extensive his injuries are. Once I've been in touch with him I'll...

I've used Hot Stuff medium CA and had no problems with it.

FYI

http://www.stewmac.com/Hardware_and_Par ... _Pins.html

I've got the finishing book.

Some really good information in there about tint mixes to replicate vintage bursts etc.

rocket wrote:Stack them together on edge and stick them through the drum sander.

Rod.

Me too.

Have a good one Pete. I'll be at Port Fairy making sure Rod behaves himself.

This stuff looks interesting. Looks like they've stopped using the LMI white glue. http://www.lmii.com/products/finishing/adhesives/lmi-yellow-instrument-glue ADHESIVESYellowInstrumentGlue28sizesFGX600.jpg It has a florescent dye which is visible under black light which should make this stuff great ...

It's about bloody time you got back in here Lillian.

We were about to send a delegation over to give you a serious talking to.

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A Tiger Myrtle neck and body , never seen that before Bob , Nice !

There's a lot of carbon fibre in it!

Good luck with the move Rob.

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kiwigeo wrote:

Nick wrote:Woah Bob! That tiger Myrtle body and neck....insane, thought I was flashing back to the seventies and psychedelia!

Yeah I had the same thoughts........the guitar comes with free Tie-dye T shirt, beads and incense

Must be the drugs.

One Cocobolo, one Blackwood and two Tiger Myrtle acoustics mid stream here.

Nice bottle of red'll do me for this evening.

Happy New Year all.

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Merry Christmas everyone.

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The Guitar Center in South Manhattan is worth a visit even if just to have a look at the wall of Les Pauls. They have some vintage stuff as well. Mandolin Brothers on Staten Island is about to close unless someone new takes it on. Might be worth a final look. According to the website you have to mak...

The X-braces be 13mm high by 8mm wide Dave.

The two upper transverse braces are 12mm x 12mm

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I'm sure you have a cure for "hot and dusty".

Building this Cocobolo guitar at the moment.

Used Titebond on a fresh joint.

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Top notch Jim. Very impressed.

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