Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Sad news Jeremy, I haven't purchased anything from you but knowing the quality of your builds I know that the timbers you sold would only be of a top quality nature. But good luck with your move, it's only when you shift that you realise just how much crap you've accumulated over the years!

Listening to 80's hair bands is a perk? .... Def Leopard + Twisted Sister tracks on constant rotation, not to mention trying to set intonation with the intro section for "hot for teacher" blasting over the stereo

Hand made is such a broad term used these days. Back before steam and the industrial revolution hand made meant just that, one person making either one particular part or the whole damn shootin' box, using hand tools they probably made themselves. Now-a-days where do you draw the line/definition? Pe...

Are the trade secrets books worth it? I've got them (2 volumes) and they're full of lots of useful tips and tricks, in these days of google, youtube & forums, most are probably available with a bit of a search but it's handy having them all together at your workbench in two books. It's been some ye...

To use a Kiwi saying..."Flash as Bro". Nice job John.
When I first saw the thread title and your username I thought it was going to be a tutorial on making little routouts

Can't sing in Un Zud unless you can do Ten Guitars Bro!

Find out if you have a local supplier for "Weld-on 16" cement, it's a recognized glue in luthiery for plastic bindings. It's all I've ever used, tell a lie! I did use another Acrylic glue once and it turned out to be rubbish. There must be something in the recipe that these guys use that makes it wo...

With a little artistic license, I guess a Ukelele could be considered a guitar..

Thats a big call, making an assembly line after only manufacturing two basses to start with Steve He's been spending years dabbling away in his garage building many prototypes, getting an 'assembly line' approach to building them all setup (He's a consultant who travels much of the globe helping ot...

As well as making the high chair I've also been helping this guy to get set up and producing basses. He's 'launching' at the London Bass show on the 12th of this month and considering he only had his own 2 completed basses when we first set the factory up, he's done well to get a dozen basses togeth...

Are you going to make us guess? Nice bench, by the way.......... I was going to say Kev's house training pet rocks........until he spoilt it with the real reason! :wink: :lol: Here was the last thing I had "on the bench", made from rescued old Rimu bookcases our department were going to throw in a ...

Just as a general question, where can you find decorative screws of various sizes for pickguard and other visible parts of the guitar? Again preferably in Melbourne? These guys do screws and all sorts of bits you may need for guitarin if you want to order online, don't know about Aussie but in NZ t...

Not sure if your dad had a "Spraystore" in Auckland or any other similar motor trade finish supplier but they can mix any colour up and put it in a spray can for you, if they can do colours then a clear is no problem I'm guessing. As they supply the motor industry the finish won't be Nitro but Acryl...

From what I remember Ervin didn't visit his own sub forum much and certainly didn't offer advice or answer specific questions as generously as Trevor does so maybe Bob removed the topic as it was dying a natural?

Might be time to say "no" to new work, at least until you get more staff

Whoops, been away up in Palmerston North for a week, sans internet (I've had a 3 month old grandson to fill the technology void). Yeah we were driving back from Timaru when the 5.7 hit so never felt a thing, we live over in Riccarton so a little way away from the coast so when we got back there were...

The guy had pure funk running through his veins.

Found it! It took me five minutes of hard out staring but I eventually found the bench in the picture! What do I win?
Congrats Lillian, I too love that moment where you're telling management that you're leaving their horrible job, the feeling is quite liberating.

I actually quite like the 'unfilled' grain look you've got here Alan, makes a nice change from a high gloss finish. Oak body! How is the finished weight compared to your usual builds?

I've had this happen a couple of times too and my fix is to wick in some thin superglue under the chips that have lifted using a tiny amount of glue on the tip of a toothpick, let it cure then re do the buff out steps from the 600 grit level to re-level the surface. Any 'stray' glue that may have fo...

Hmmm not sure about applying anything that contains unknown chemicals (even though it's a GHS product and trust/like them enough to use their strings on all my electrics). To me the only thing that should go on fingerboards is your fingers and natural oils so I'd be dubious about using anything else...

Look forward to having you back Lillian, it's been far too long! & good news about the change in job circumstances.

Woah Bob! That tiger Myrtle body and neck....insane, thought I was flashing back to the seventies and psychedelia!

I've been, and still am, building a highchair for my recently born Grandson (the first of many,a wishful thinking wife tells me) using all the old Rimu bookcases and bench units the Department were just going throw out into a wastetaker. Haven't had much time for loofery things of late!

It's a sad fact Richard, that because they can churn a 44 gallon barrel of the stuff out cheaper than a pint of milk that they return HUGE profits and as such can talk the numbers when talking sponsorship to the likes of the "AB's". I put AB's between quote marks because these days they aren't reall...