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by kiwigeo
Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:08 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Graham McDonald in American Lutherie
Replies: 16
Views: 10868

Our Graham in the GAL mag???? Good on ya mate. Cant think of a more deserving person.
by kiwigeo
Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:04 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Using shellac for sealing top
Replies: 24
Views: 23519

David you might as well get the shellac youre going to use for the french polish job. Just make up a 2lb cut with the flakes and IMS meths (100% meths ie no water) and then cut it back to 1lb cut for sealing up prior to routing/CA gluing. For FP I use blonde shellac flakes....LMI shellac is good but...
by kiwigeo
Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:15 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Luthiers timbers and other gear - deceased estate on ebay
Replies: 39
Views: 28430

Looks like I won one of the B and S sets. Dont know what it is but from the pics it looks like IRW. I had a bid in on the spray gear but someone got in with a bid for $133 and got the stuff.

Looks like Sallywattle got some good and fair prices for her late hubbies stuff.
by kiwigeo
Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:44 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Okay NOW Im worried - Tonewood OD??
Replies: 7
Views: 5506

Email received from the Timster......the wood did came from him and it was Celery Top as I thought. Apparently I'd enquired about same some time ago.
by kiwigeo
Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:56 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Okay NOW Im worried - Tonewood OD??
Replies: 7
Views: 5506

Tim hasnt responded to my email. Maybe I did order some celery top pine years ago but Im pretty damned sure I havent paid for it.
by kiwigeo
Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:29 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Okay NOW Im worried - Tonewood OD??
Replies: 7
Views: 5506

Well if someone doesnt fess up soon theres going to be trouble. You dont live in Eden Hills do you Kim?????? :?
by kiwigeo
Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:19 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Okay NOW Im worried - Tonewood OD??
Replies: 7
Views: 5506

Okay NOW Im worried - Tonewood OD??

Okay the postie just arrived with a package containing 5 back and side sets. I dont know who theyve come from and I dont recall having any outstanding wood orders in the system. The package has come from Eden Hills and it looks like celery top...no postcode so I dont know which state. Label looks li...
by kiwigeo
Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:51 am
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: I'd love to be eight again.
Replies: 5
Views: 4611

Typical wife.....doesnt say a thing until hes spent all day taking her around the theme park :?
by kiwigeo
Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:51 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: One Trillion Dollars
Replies: 4
Views: 4234

Im sorry but I have no concept of value when you show me a pile of paper.

Show me a trillion dollars worth of tonewood and I MIGHT be interested!!
by kiwigeo
Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:48 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Waterthin CA
Replies: 18
Views: 14507

Just shellac the inlay channel and immediate area of the top. No need to do the whole top. All youre doing is providing a barrier against the CA wicking out from the rosette and staining the spruce top. As far as I know shellac won't compromise adhesive properties of CA. As an aside shellac is also ...
by kiwigeo
Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:14 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Tap tuning classical guitar top
Replies: 16
Views: 18504

I’ve tried using sitka as a replacement top on a classical I fixed, it came out a bit flat and quiet, it was also very dead on the nylon strings. I ended up taking the top back off and changing the bracing, I removed the outer fan brace on the treble side and moved the brace next to it to split t...
by kiwigeo
Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:08 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Waterthin CA
Replies: 18
Views: 14507

I use the Hot Stuff CA glues.....they come in three viscosities. Im pretty sure Carbatec carry them. Macwood here in Adelaide certainly stock them. Loctite are a reputable brand and if Kim says their CA glue is ok then it must be ok. One tip if youre flooding CA glue anywhere near a spruce top.....s...
by kiwigeo
Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:32 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Craig Lawrence?
Replies: 16
Views: 12217

Glad to hear from you Craig. Sounds like the battle's still raging but youre getting the better of the disease. Looking forward to seeing you back full time in the workshop.

Cheers Martin
by kiwigeo
Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:43 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Very Irate at Carbatec
Replies: 9
Views: 8322

Good on ya Allen, stick to em. I'm in the US at the moment, and the level of service available here on just about everything makes our suppliers look like a bunch of clowns. For example I ring one of the four or five contractors that I'm dealing with and most times they've got a bloke (electrician,...
by kiwigeo
Sat Mar 28, 2009 4:43 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Luthiers timbers and other gear - deceased estate on ebay
Replies: 39
Views: 28430

Your kind thoughts are much appreciated Mark but I dont plan on expiring in the near future. Funnily enough when I mentioned Sally's ebay auction my wife asked me what the hell shed do if I carked it and she had to hock off my workshop.
by kiwigeo
Sat Mar 28, 2009 4:41 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Craig Lawrence?
Replies: 16
Views: 12217

Yeah hes dropped off the radar again. Hes a worry that boy.
by kiwigeo
Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:52 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Luthiers timbers and other gear - deceased estate on ebay
Replies: 39
Views: 28430

So who nabbed the LMI guitar building manual/catalogue??
by kiwigeo
Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:49 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Amazing likeness
Replies: 5
Views: 5844

Hey Ron, id have a few problems with that toilet brush...id be trying my best to jam the whole thing around the S bend not just the head :D
by kiwigeo
Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:06 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: APOLOGY, UPDATE, PROPOSAL
Replies: 64
Views: 52031

Allen..put me at BOTTOM of the list....ie fretboards not required in a hurry.

Cheers Martin
by kiwigeo
Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:25 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Amazing likeness
Replies: 5
Views: 5844

Amazing likeness

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by kiwigeo
Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:21 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Some action at last in the workshop
Replies: 55
Views: 38124

No action in the workshop today...too busy burning up the countryside on my new mountain bike.
by kiwigeo
Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:07 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Very Irate at Carbatec
Replies: 9
Views: 8322

Allen...Im reading a carbon copy of the experience I had a few months back when I ordered some bandsaw blades and an HNT Gordon plane from Carbatec in Adelaide. Admittedly they did come to the party and didnt charge me for all the bandie blades but the moral of the story is always ring them up to ch...
by kiwigeo
Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:02 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Which truss rod to use for access at the nut
Replies: 3
Views: 3431

Welcome to the forum David,

My choice of truss rods is the Allied two way rod. Trust me...Im a kiwi 8)

Which guitar making course did you attend? It wasnt the one run in wellington by Paddy Burgin and Dave Freeman was it?

Cheers Martin
by kiwigeo
Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:48 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Guitar Builders Quiz
Replies: 22
Views: 14978

Struth mate....talk about a Seppo stitch up!!! We should flamin' ban the lot of 'em!! :?
by kiwigeo
Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:34 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Tap tuning classical guitar top
Replies: 16
Views: 18504

Hesh....do you notice a difference in tap tones when youre wearing different coloured shorts?? :D