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Allen put me onto Whittle's wax which he was using on Uke's. I lacquer guitar bodies but use Whittles wax on the necks - durable, easy/safe application, and as a player, I love the feel.
Frank

Nick wrote:I'm pretty sure Yngwie Malmsteen scallops his across the board?
That is one pre loved guitar! By the look of the photo your customer doesn't bend much past the 7th fret!

Could mean a lot of things eg. player plays D/G/A in conjunction with capo anywhere from frets 0 to 5!

In an earlier post on this subject when responses suggested using a drill press, someone raised concern about possible damage to seals if often applying a lot of pressure, especially in cheaper units. I found a small drill press on a nature strip and use it instead of my good unit for pressing frets...

Hi there Jim Re Gurian, I had the same experience a couple of years ago with auto postage calculator. I emailed as Allen suggested - I can't recall the details but for some reason my inquiry went to two different people at Gurian. I got 2 replies. The first indicated the large minimum order requirem...

Hey Rod, well you know which method I use but I agree with you, I wouldn't use the barrel nuts on a 13 mm tenon. Is there a reason why you have to limit it to 13mm? Not too many consequences in increasing it to more common 19 --> 23mm. I haven't read much on the merits of one over the other, other t...

Not sure if it's national or just Vic, but aldi have a bunch of tools useful for woodwork on special that might be of interest to newbies low on the tool front. I picked up set of files and wood rasps & a set of hobby knives... Frank

Haven't got anything to add to the drill bit side of things, but assuming the guitar has finish on it, it can help to apply tape to the drill area to reduce the chance of finish chipping away around the drill hole. Frank

I'm surprised that you got such little change following use of the pre-amp. Just checking that you got inside the preamp and adjusted the 'hotness' of the input, as I am assuming that this feature exists on this unit.
Frank

Re Kingspan, I hadn't heard it called by that name, but it is also used for some on site caravan annexes. I looked into it for my new little shed. I found a supplier who gave me an indicative price of $40 sq metre. As you have pointed out, it would have been great as far as easy to put together, tem...

I stumbled across the following clip on OLF this evening.... love it.
http://www.luthiersforum.com/forum/view ... 17&t=36261

I just built a new, small workshop. Colourbond walls & roof. Particleboard floor. I used foilboard for insulation - 10mm sheets in walls and floor. 15 mm sheets in roof. It supposed to be pretty effective if you follow their installation guidelines. Summertime will tell!! Frank

I would concur, not to use the silicon additive, it will not only contaminate every spray job you do, it will piss every person off there after that may have to do a repair on the guitar. (Yes that would include me) Do you have a water trap on your spray line, spraying is very easy when you know th...

I have only made steel string acoustics.... For my kids, grandkids and very close mates, they are a gift. For wider family, eg nieces and nephews, once I sensed expectations of a freebie building throughout the wider family, I set a price of $700 (without case or pickup). That has managed the expect...

Hi Ray, I can't help you with your problem but I was interested to find out more about your Fuji minimite purchase. Which model did you get? Who did you buy from - did you get it locally? why did you go for a HVLP turbine? I have been stewing on going for a Mini-Mite III because I recently moved fro...

When I developed 'the yearning', I felt the same way as you about my skills. I found a local woodworking club that had a couple of groups - one of them was into making small intricate boxes. I stayed with that group for about 6 months. Made 3 small boxes and it taught me a lot, in particular how to ...

I use a little old rusty drill press I found in hard garbage - it works well. I recall someone once raising a caution in using your 'good' drill press for this purpose because of seals being subjected to more pressure than through 'normal' drill press use.
Frank

Hope this is what you are looking for.... Sorry I can't show pics to illustrate this, but here is my (pretty common) approach. Assume I want about 10 strips of binding 900mm long x 6mm deep x 2mm wide with BWB (0.6mm each) purfling - enough for 2 guitars and some extra in case of breakage - prep bin...

Ok, cheers Bruce, I've placed my bid. And thanks for bringing it to my attention Frank. Do you still use your home made version? I still have it, but bought this same Carbatec unit last year with proceeds of a guitar sale. There are things I can't do with the Carbatec unit though that I can do with...

Some of you Canberra builders might be interested in this....Auction end late Fri arvo. Frank
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/CARBA-TEC-Wi ... 43b1fd41da

Taffy, the thing that struck me most about this little technique is that you work with such small pieces of paper. Do you cut back a top or back with the paper that size? Frank

Im at work all of June so Im a no go for Trevor's course. Dom see my PM. Thanks to Dom and others for getting this course happening and looking forward to a post-course commentary on same here on the forum. Cheers Martin ...damm. I was so looking forward to putting a face to the online personality!

Dominic wrote:We have the Queens birthday on Monday 11th June. So how would the weekend of the 9th 11th June be. It can't possibly be that easy, could it.?
Dom

A great option - I'd be in that

Hey Frank, have you left the Top End or do you just return south during school holidays? Hi Craig, with much regret, we had to return to Melb just before xmas for personal reasons. It was an amazing year, but circumstances back home resulted in us pulling the plug earlier than planned. Guitar build...

I am definitely interested. I'll bring my calculus text books and slide rule with me!!
Coming from Melbourne, so not fussed where it is.
Timewise, I would be limited to a long weekend or first 2 weeks of July (school holidays).
Frank

Anyone know where I can get the System 3 epoxy line in Australia? I've struck out locally it seems, unless one of my suppliers can source it from down south and bring it in. If that's the West product, then Carbatec usually stock it, at least Carbatec in Melb does. If you are really stuck Allen, I ...