Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Early days juvenile Aus red cedars were cut as a replacement for Spanish cedar , it'd take a finer eye than mine to spot the differences( before the Aus cedar has coloured up , maybe max 400 dia ) . As a tree they are also remarkably similar looking . I haven't looked into it but expect genetics wo...

I did get onto a source, but it fell through . The dealer who knew of a guy, who had some and would normally sell to him, said he refused when he found out it was CITES listed. Fair enough ! So I posted a request on the ubeaut forum, got a reply that Trend timbers in NSW had some , rang them and had...

Thanks Allen . Jeff is right on that , Ive worked my way through about 15 to 20 cubic meters of Macrocarpa . Golden Macrocarpa was what I had , same thing possibly. Grown as windbreaks around farms . A clear piece looks sort of similar to NZ Kauri Pine What I'm after is a relation of Mahogany like A...

Thanks for the replies. I rang an old timber supplier this morning and to my surprise he may have the sort of board size I need in that species . He's off checking . If it doesn't work out I may come back to checking what You have Martin and ask Tim as well . I don't know if neck blank size will do ...

Does any one know of any one supplying Spanish Cedar in Australia ?

Its for a special restoration job on a really nice little piece of furniture I found.
Ive been trying to figure out the wood for a few days and it turns out its most probably Havannah Cedar from Cuba .

Rob

No I didn't think of it . I did think it was a silly request . But to be asking a group of people who mostly do it for a hobby . And then the ones who are good enough or perfect enough to actually make a decent living from it are pretty scarce around here So when you said "especially on a luthiers f...

Well, now the opening post (obviously not stemming from my keyboard) has been removed. To help occasional readers understand what happened: the thread opener asked for support for fundrising his luthierie business, which I considered a quite odd and impertinent attempt, especially on a luthiers for...

Ron, an elderly man in Florida, had owned a large farm with a big pond in the backyard for several years. The pond was properly shaped for swimming, so he fixed it up nicely with picnic tables, horseshoe pits, and citrus trees. One evening the old farmer decided to go down and check on the swimming ...

I would ask here first .

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Rob

Hmmmm , You got me thinking here Steve . I started with your question, which evolved and may have solved a problem I have had . First I just hang guns on a hook , try and keep them clean and every now and then do a big clean up to get them working again when they are needed. That's for my cheapo gun...

I just saw a link to this over on the Woodwork Forum .

http://www.luthiershands.com/

Rob

That stuff makes the sexiest guitars !!
What are you going to paint the ends with ?

Three at once ! Great . Ive seen smaller tins some where in my travels , somewhere ? Not that it matters , a much better price per gram buying it like you have . I use the same size tins on the furniture and it takes a year and a half to get through them at that size . I just do important lamination...

Nice one Martin .

You got the big tins of techniglue I see , at guitar building rate you should be about half way through them when your about 80 or 85

Rob

"there's nothing worse than getting electrocuted whilst holding onto an 090 !"

It sounds horrible Pete but bloody funny as well

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Thanks for reminding me what a bunch of Wankers Veritas are Markus

Inox is a Silicon lube Is it ?? where did you hear that ? I thought it was a Lanolin based product . I have not read anything about whats in it and don't remember where I got the Lanolin idea from . You wouldn't want it anywhere near pre polishing woodwork if it is . Why , if something is advertized...

The rust on the steel could or would wear out the brass quicker I think . That's only a problem if its being adjusted a lot though . A little oil is probably the go One thing I learned of late , WD 40 is no good for preventing rust , it lubricates but when it dries , which it does do , it promotes r...

Nice Kim , thanks .

Tappers , is that what it's called .

He's using the fretboard like a keyboard ! It sounds good , like there is more than one instrument at times.

Is that a bit of electronic trickery I'm hearing ?

Rob

I run solid carbide plate guides which are low friction and wear . I think we did a year of heavy industrial use before any noticeable wear come up . It's simply carbide plates brazed onto a mild steel backing . Pete Great :idea: !! Ha , I finally found a use for the lady bending over to pick up th...

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Mini Max Combination Machine, Panel Saw, Planer, Thicknesser, Mortiser, Spindle In Adelaide SA This looks like a nice compact combination machine . It's got the lot, even a sliding table. I don't know if they are good , it looks good. It looks like it would suit instrument making in a small workshop...

Nice one Andrew , that looks like a good project well done .
Where did you end up getting the motor, bearings and shaft from ?

Rob

Yeah , I'm pretty sure anything up in size from a 36 and you have to dig a hole in the workshop floor for the bottom wheel.
The Wadkin 30" is 941 kg and the 36" 1005 kg there is slight differences given it the brochures so they are close to that somewhere .

Stu , the Wadkin DR30 I got from a scrapyard , Ive been buying a bit of this sort of thing for a year now , if you ever see the posts here of Micheal Connor's workshop [ Localele ] I'm pretty sure his Wadkin is the DR36 . Beautifully made machines , and heavy. I had to learn how to move such things ...