Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

I reckon since Tim first joined us a few years back, he's clearly demonstrated his intent is to bring more to the craft than he will ever take...Please feel free to post relevant links and prices for your products Tim...especially if you offer our members a quid or two off... 8) Seriously,..feel fr...

Nick wrote:What did you end up calling them Ken? EBay's a big place if you don't know what you are looking for specifically

I call e'm "string spacing gauge" But we've got to come up with a good name one day..."Nut Scratcher" was one suggestion

I just started making e'm again..They are now on ebay in the UK selling world wide.

If you make a wooden curved front jaw with a single magnet in the centre, it is great for holding guitar necks and odd shapes. like this one on Frets.com ..note the cork linings on the jaws.

:( I liked that Ken. Did you manage to get a tight butt join at the tail block? The Nunes ukes had a feathered lap joint held together with staples....The staples were removed after the glue had set and the damage covered over with a strip of veneer. :wink: ...The Mossman ukulele had a contrasting s...

Just a bit of fun...Making an Island style ukulele in the old way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqRbjMqlWFs

Nice little micro adjustment setup you have on the drill press there Ken, do you have the thimble graduated so you can read how deep you are going with the cut? Yes thats right! I made a large knurled graduated nut to fit the screwed rod that normaly is used for depth stops..I also fitted a greased...

Having made up a load of these, here is another video showing how I fit e'm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvFwwwQ ... GoMthfyFvw

That's a very clever fix you worked out there Ken. The Chinese factory should just install those as part of the "deluxe" fit out. The factory should simply install a decent fingerboard on the "deluxe" model, IMO. I may be completely wrong but i don't think that ingenious fix will last very long. I ...

Thanks for the Tom and Jerry cartoon..it's years since I last saw that one.
Great bass player that Tom ...Plays left and right handed as well

I ran out of Rosettes and made a new batch of e'm today....Here is a another video to bore you all I advise you to turn the music down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njtfBbX ... GoMthfyFvw

slowlearner wrote:Thanks guys. I think you're right Mark, I'll be going ahead with a bolt on and the owner of the bass is happy enough.

Is this a Six String Bass ?? ...The "B" string confused me...Nice bit of carving you did there

How have you anchored the other end That took a bit of thought....First thing I did was make a hardwood block with a 6mm hole drilled at an angle ..I glued that to the underside of the fingerboard...I made up a long 4mm drill bit by grinding the end of a spare length of M5 threaded bar ..I then ins...

I bought this cheap Chinese bass on ebay I went for the Delux model with a hand carved top..It needed a heck of a lot of setting up to get it playable..I made a new ebony nut to replace the dodgy stained maple one... and got to work on the rubbish fingerboard ... This is ebonized maple also....The t...

I find this useful..But you may prefer other methods :wink: ...Bridge hight depends on a few things, action prefered, Fretboard thickess, neck angle, top radius, Fret size, etc: .. I try and get it as close as I can during construction but it usualy needs some fine adjustment in the end to get it j...

I don't know if this will help..Or you could have seen it before...It's just another way of doing it.
http://forum.ukuleleunderground.com/sho ... adius+dish

Still looking for a good name for e'm

Just a quick vid...Making these custom order pins with the Lathe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpRvZW4O ... GoMthfyFvw

These will handle anyting that requires equal pitches.. bridge pins, headstocks tail pieces..whatever...My Mrs uses one for un-picking stitches when shes dressmaking

Looks very nice, what have you put in place to allow for string thickness compensation I get asked this quite a lot..You have to remember that if you space out the strings at the bass end of the nut you have to cramp up the strings at the treble end ..I don't do this co's finger tips press down on ...

Seeing as the UK winter is setting in .. I've started up the metal work department of the shed again..This time making a couple of string spacing gauges. SIX POINTER http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc143/shiregreenbod/PICT0031_zps4e288caa.jpg FOUR POINTER http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc143/...

And here's a close up of the business end...I've since replaced the cap screws at the bottom with button headed ones to avoid any chance of scoring the workpiece while cutting

Nicely done Ken. I'd be interested in seeing the spring counter balance set up for the router. Nothing groundbreaking Allen...Just two springs, one end attached to the top fixed bit..and the other end to the moving bit...with an adjusting screw (off a turnbuckle) at the top to set the balance ..The...

And I found another one here showing more detail..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwaT2Wg01OU

Nice neat job..I did almost the same upgrade last year with the drawer slides and end stop all on the same board...You made a better job of your's tho ..I made a light hearted video of it in action ..can be seen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF0FLVRO0tY