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Cerleen Hutchins was one of the pioneers in the science of violins. She was behind the Catgut Acoustical Society: http://www.catgutacoustical.org/journal/index.htm

I've always used desert woods for fretboards.

My truss rod adjuster always stops either flush with end of neck block. I don't run the adjuster through the upper transverse brace as I want to make the hole through same as small as possible....usually a 7mm diam hole. A rod adjuster allen key will be long enough to pass through the hole in the ro...

Thanks a lot Allen.

Thanks Allen, Questions:

1) which epoxy resin are you using? West Systems or Boatcote?
2) after the initial epoxy sessions do you do any sanding back?

I'm ashamed to admit that I haven't yet read your book in it's entirety...but like Trevor Gore and Gerard Gilet's Books your book is the sort of book where you read a couple of pages and you know straight away that the rest of the book is going to be just as good. Reading the rest of your book and p...

Thanks a lot Robbie and Happy New Year to you.

Or there's Weld-on 16 https://www.abstractplastics.com.au/pro ... astic-glue

ALS have this stuff..it's pricey. https://luthiersupplies.com.au/acrifix- ... r-bindings

A sad post script to this thread....a few months ago Kym's wife Nerida succumbed to cancer. I'm not sure what will happen to the guitar I made Kym...his daughter is a musician so I hope that she will play the guitar. The guitar has a twin that I started work on before having to pack up my workshop f...

Yes I use the capture screen. Thanks Martin. Well it looks like i have a few VA settings wrong then. Ill go back and reread the post on Trevors site. Also that's the "capture spectrum" screen i think. I had mixed results trying to use that. Then I'll twiddle some knobs and see what happens. .

Hi Richard,

Here are the typical plots I get for tap tests.
Flong Fcross Fdiagonal

Thanks Bruce, Unfortunately both Jeremy and myself have been very busy with house builds and/or house moves this year so haven't had as much spare time as we'd like to spend on the forum. That will change from mid next year when I get my new house finished and get the workshop up and running again. ...

Hope you guys (and gals) all have a great Christmas and a big thank you for your support of the forum over the last 12 months. For those of you in bush fire affected areas...stay safe and remember your house can be replaced but you can't.

Friday was hell here in The Adelaide Hills. Cudlee Creek fire was 20km from me and CFS red warning zone extended to a couple of kms from my house. Had car packed ready to roll and fire plan activated. Wind changed to the south late afternoon and pushed fire away to the north east. Fire is still burn...

I did a parlour guitar with laminated sides a few years back...think I used some macrocarpa side sets for the inner lamination and some extra thin Indian Rosewood side sets I got from LMI for the outer layer. I'm not sure if fibre sheet would be stiff enough to work for laminated sides.

Thanks Alain.

An intriguing build.....play on McDuff....play on!

Don't forget the obvious...with time your playing usually gets better

LMI has a special on their binding tape.....a few of you might want to get together and do a bulk buy and cut down on freight costs.
https://www.lmii.com/tape/29517-sale-4- ... 19f6c226f9

Interesting reading. Did they distinguish between woods with and without preservative? I assume this might be mentioned in the body of the paper....which you have to pay to download. Er ok hang on..yeah if I scroll down there's the full paper :/ My reading matter for the holidays ... https://www.res...

My thoughts. Wood consigned to ground fill eventually decomposes....and produces CO2 in the process. I currently use a wood stove as my primary source of heating in my current house (new house will be Passivhaus....very little heating required) so any wood scraps I burn means burning less red gum fr...

Thanks Robbie!!

The garage and workshop will remain unchanged.....the workshop has been packed up as we'll be living in the garage/workshop while the pld house is demolished and the new place built. With the house build my workshop is currently packed up and out of action for at least the next 12 months....I badly ...