Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Unless you intend only cutting up to a maximum of 6mm thick material don't even consider table top saws, before the wealth of info and advice that was available on the internet (we're talking pre-internet here!) I mistakenly bought one when I started down this crazy path, worst purchase I ever made!...

Don't usually make 'new years resolutions' but I must get around to reading "the books" this year :oops: (they've been sitting in their boxes for far too long!), that's a beautiful looking joint and stronger that a brick outhouse by the looks. Have you only just removed the sealing layer of Shellac ...

If the customer bought it new then I'd be suggesting he takes it back and either asks for a replacement or his $ back. I'm not sure whether these companies (in the current economic climate, as they say) have laid off the quality control guy in an effort to save money or hired cheaper labour when I s...

Hey Chalks, long time no hear! Which way have you got your neck block grain orientation? if you've got it orientated so that the end grain is facing the back and front plates then it could possibly be a faulty glue joint with the back plate.

Suits guitars built in a factory environment where slapping in a zero fret takes less skill than working up a nut. Probably quite right there Martin, Maccaferri was like the Henry Ford of guitars, his thinking when setting up production at Selmer, was to have as much made by using jigs so that anyb...

kiwigeo wrote:Yeah but sometimes I wonder if I should have stopped after the first one..

Amen to that!

Kamusur wrote:That chart isn't complete Nick, sorry to say. They forgot a bees pube, a midges bawhair and the finest of them all a poofteenth.

Steve

Must be a country thing Steve, never heard those terms used in Ky why ungineering. I did notice I've missed out "5/8ths of F.A" though

Here's a quick and easy conversion chart I formulated for engineers (using "officially recognized" engineering terms) when removing material.

What can I say? Absolutely gorgeous Trevor, it's no secret I'm a fan of Blackwood and those pieces are exceptional (well done Pete) ! The rest looks a thing of beauty as well, and to have the sound to match?!.....one lucky customer. :cl :cl :cl :cl Was stopping the frets at the 15th the customer's c...

If the third umpire wasn't also the 12th man for Aussie we might have been in with a shout!

demonx wrote:In the one thread we have a Alan, Allen and an Allan.

It can get a bit confusing!

Mind if we call ya Bruce?

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This guitars been apart more times than Richard Burton & Elizabeth Taylor and had more work done than Joan Rivers!
I'm enjoying this build though Martin, warts and all, it's a great learning tool for beginners and older hands alike.

Here's a Uke I made a couple of years ago using a Mahogany top, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHswarzWhc8 As Allen pointed out, it has that more traditional Hawaiian Uke sound, I'm not sure about Cocobolo though that's 'harder' still, again as Allen said (he is the Uke master after all, he's the wi...

kiwigeo wrote:Blatant Ozzie bashing!!

Na not just in Oz and not just DHL!

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Not sure about DHL anymore, although this was only one airport and a few employees.

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Excellent job Wayne for a 'firsty', what style of bracing did you go with (X or parallel) and have you achieved the tone you were after?
What is the brand of tailpiece? I know Benedetto used one in a talk he gave and did name it I think but it's been some years since I watched the DVD.

Whoops, double post, hit quote instead of edit!

no oxygene means no oxygene aka Vacuum without air a fire cant breath and therefor dies, or in this case does not start so in my book "torrefication" means drying the wood by burning it in a vacuum add air to the process and you might end up with "terrification" rather ;) best j Not completely corr...

kiwigeo wrote:Would it turn mouldy Kermode spruce into beautiful clean Lutz spruce???

You haven't still got that stuff have you? I thought it would have become kindling ages ago!

Hmmm not sure about all this T(1,1) type talk ( still haven't read 'the books' yet :oops: ) but it sure is looking good :cl :cl Sorry Nick T(1,1)1 - air resonance T(1,1)2 main top T(1,1)3 - main back Christmas is coming up...time to start leaving photocopies of the front of The Books lying around t...

All of that sounds like a whole lot of messing around compared to simply putting a few pieces of tape on! Once you've done it a few times it becomes a very quick operation (doesn't take that long to cut out a rough circle with a pair of scissors) compared to trying to get those last couple of bits ...

You're getting the hang of these Ukelele things aren't you?
At the risk of repeating myself (cos I'm running out of superlatives for your work), just beautiful Allen and you've done that piece of Mahogany proud.

Hmmm not sure about all this T(1,1) type talk (still haven't read 'the books' yet ) but it sure is looking good

I've sprayed in darn near all finishes (I think child's poster paint is the exception), two pot, Acrylic, Nitro and pre cat and I've always used the balloon trick. I will say however that with the two pot, instead of leaving the balloon exposed as in Wayne's pic, I would cut out a piece of stiff car...