Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

The way I do it: 1. If strings on I damp them with a piece of foam. 2. Hold the guitar in a normal playing position while sitting 3. Tap around bridge area 4. Mic about 300mm away from sound hole. Hi all Been a while but I've been building away and I'm almost finished my falcate braced OM. I'm just ...

Thought about making up a jig on a few occasions but by the time I'd finished thinking about it I had the slots all cut by hand

Maybe it's just me but cutting brace slots is a job I prefer doing by hand with a saw and a chisel...

Nice work John..very impressive. What's the finish? French Polish?

Nice work Allen..as always. Where did you source the Lutz? It's got to be one of my favourite top woods.

I've got mahogany sitting on my shelves but my go to neck wood is Queensland Maple.

Steve.Toscano wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 25, 2019 6:30 pm

I dont have mahogany suitable for necks that im willing to sell.
However i have heaps of flamed quartered qld maple neck blanks and can courier some to WA. Send me a PM if interested.

Thanks for the intro and heads up on the nut file sale.

I'm away at work but that sounds right. Haven't had my hands on the honing guide for over a year now :? I usually use the second stop. I also use the convex roller on my guide which allows me to put in a slight curve on the sharp end of the blade....reduces the dig in you sometimes get with a straig...

If you're using the Veritas roller style honing guide the angle of the microbevel is preset at 1-2deg. The primary bevel is ground and then the roller is elevated slightly by turning the adjusting screw....the screw only has two stops from memory..primary and micro-bevel. If working in a microbevel ...

Tried to buy a ticket.....site tells me the raffle is not available to punters outside Queensland.

Nice work.

I'm buying a ticket.....all of you other tightwads let the moths out of your wallets as well

I recently had a friend with a church pew that had had a hot plate put on the french polished finish. I went over it with a munec lightly loadd with meths it came good. The cloudy patch in the background top in your photos is classic FP after its had something hot in contact with it.The patch you're...

Looks a good excuse for trip to Australia Lillian :D Lillian, I would be delighted to sign a copy for you, the only difficulty being that the copies ordered through Kickstarter for backers outside Australia will be mailed out from a mailing house in the US, probably in Los Angeles. That said, I am h...

Why am I not surprised......:/

peter.coombe wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 02, 2019 2:36 pm

It gets worse. Apparently the local Border Force office in Eden cannot accept the Export Declaration form.

+1 for Henry Brothers. If youre in Adelaide then Norwood Saws do a fairly good job sharpening and supplying new blades.

I use a jointing plane and a shooting board. If I'm having trouble getting a good joint I'll cheat by flossing the edges with sandpaper covered builders level. Are you shooting both halves of the side at the same time and with the sides face to face? When running the plane along the edge be aware of...

That looks like staining due to a mix of iron and carbonate ions in your water reacting with the tannins in the wood (i.e. hard water plus iron plus tannins). A certain fix for that is to wash it down with a mild solution of oxalic acid in pure (de-ionised) water. Oxalic acid is available in crysta...

Can you put up a photo? Sounds like either something in the water or something water soluble on the wood that the dousing has spread around.

Kym helped a lot of people...he was a teacher by trade.

Francis wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 22, 2019 6:44 pm

Only had a few electric conversations with Kim but came across as an extremely helpfull guy. RIP Sir.

Coding up a spreadsheet is the best way to get familiar with what Trevor is trying to teach in his books. I managed to code up a spreadsheet to calculate target top thickness and Im no maths wizard. Give it a go and then if you hit major problems start asking questions and someone will give you a ha...

Looks great, Rod. I notice you have the best plunge router on the market in my opinion, as I use the same. The plunge router base is excellent and opens up lots of other possibilities, is stable too. Great for template routing and more stable for dovetail joints with template followers, which are c...

Bracing may have to be rejigged if not symmetrical.....eg tone bars over lower bout if you're using conventional X brace design.

Thank you very much for the replies. I have the sockets already and they should stand up to heat. Tried heat blankets in the past and didn't like them, so the bulb idea sounds better. I will re-wire the box to take the wiring outside as soon as it exits the bulb sockets, add some more shielding and...

Reptile equipment supply shops are a good source for ceramic light sockets.....it's where I got mine:

https://www.ebay.com.au/p/Leviton%2DMfg ... 6303&rt=nc

Light bulb powered fox style benders discussed here. Do a search and you should come up with discussions on using heat blankets.

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Welcome to the forum. For bending sides you're going to need temps generally in the range 176 to 204degF. If you're having issues at 200degC then your bender isn't going to work. The two main (practical) ways of supplying heat for a Fox style side bender are either incandescent light bulbs or silico...