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Having repeated heard dire warnings about shell toxicity, I was quite surprised when stumbled across this article:

https://luthiersupply.com/18/informatio ... dndie.html

Bloody routers, they scare the jebus out me!

That was great. I do enjoy the understated tone of your tutes too. I am sure if I attempted that there would be lot more drama and cursing

Outstanding work Allen

Welcome to the forum Andy! Looking forward to seeing more of your builds.

Very nice

Yep, I do just as you describe. Tape over the channel, spread glue over, peel tape off, fretboard down and clamp. The only addition is I usually have registration pins in the nut ledge and to locate the fretboard so it doesn't slip around.

I love the grain and colour on that bridge

Very nice Stuart How was that great rosette made?

Hi Oliver, Give Andrew a bell on 0418 569 019, the school is located Unit 5/101 Jijaws St, Sumner QLD 4074.

I find 1st-time students usually take a class (3 &1/2 hours) to carve a neck and non-cutaway heel, quicker for a cutaway. They usually take another class of sanding to get the neck/heel/headstock near finished sanded.

Very nice

I was looking at this https://www.stewmac.com/Materials_and_S ... lanks.html

What material do you normally use Allan?

Hi All, Does anyone have any experience in engraving an acoustic pickguard? I would like to engrave a pickguard a bit like on a J200 except not that design/style. When I look at the material available on Stemac, it is only 0.6mm, which would seem much too thin to engrave. (LMI a bit thicker at 0.7mm...

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Mon Apr 29, 2019 1:24 pm

Here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tViTWUL8Was

That was very interesting. Straight to the bookmarks

Nice Chris. Did you make the endgrain binding yourself? It has a very nice effect.

Nice John. Isn't it so pleasing to see your creation played with aplomb

Look at that grain! Very nice Steve and well done Tony

Wow! Great work

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 excus...

Welcome Mick

Gidgee doesn't take to ebonising well (I think Pete Curly has posted several times about it). Blackwood on the other hand with steeped tea (just Liptons) and iron acetate solution turns jet black and is much less dense. The below bridge came in at around 12 grams:

Very nice Steve. What have you done with the 7th fret marker?

Well done Pete