Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Thanks alot Richard for the posts.....please post up some pics of the finished instrument when the owner gets done with same.

Information for those of you using the hard shellac supplied by Robert Shines. I rang him today to order some stuff and phone was answered by an Indian sounding girl. She informed me that they were no longer supplying made up hard shellac although they can supply the ingredients. She directed me to ...

simso wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 09, 2021 7:32 pm

Nice simple classical bridge jig, like it

The jig is basically straight out of Trevor Gores "The Books". The wedges holding the blank in place I dont think are in Trevors original jig.

Well it's been nearly a year since my new house build finished and it's taken this long to get my workshop reinstalled and muster up the motivation to get back building. A few pics of goings on..... Build 1: A falcate braced classical. Making up a bridge for same. IMG_0395 (1).jpg IMG_0395 (1).jpg I...

seeaxe wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 08, 2021 7:56 am

Especially if you read the manual first....

LOL.....one thing you'll find with French Polishing is there is no one universal method....you spend hours at it and you develop your own "method" tat works for you

Steve.Toscano wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:43 pm

Is there anything you guys want me to cover?

Nah mate..just keep it simple.......tell us EVERYTHING you know about making guitars

Wow....that's a fine looking instrument Wayne. Nice work!

LOL........that pumice pore filling will drive you bonkers. Yes....you should only be applying alcohol and pumice to the pad. Make sure you don't overload the pad with pumice and watch for build ups of pumice/wood fibre/shellac on the wood surface. Try and clear any build ups but if that doesn't wor...

I usually chalk up the mortise when fine tuning for for a bolt on/bolt down neck. That way I know after taking anything off the cheeks if the tenon is hitting the side of the mortise.

Grab a stick of chalk and rub it over inside of the mortise. Fit the tenon and the chalk will transfer to the high points on same.

My approach to humidity has always been to maintain shop humidity at a level equal to or lower than that in which the guitar will be eventually living. A guitar taking on a bit of moisture is better than a guitar that is drying out.

I used to lurk on the forum about 10 years ago, maybe a little less, and it seems like it isn’t as active as it used to be. Or maybe I just remember it that way? But I do remember users like Taffy, Bob, Kiwi and others being quite active and Tim offering wood for sale often. Daniel Welcome back to ...

I reckon by the time NZ comes out of lock down you'll have a workshop full of completed guitars

Thanks Robbie!!

A bit hard to see the streaking you're talking about on the guitar No 5. is it just on the top wood or on the back and sides also? Is the streaking on the surface of the finish or in the wood underneath? If had streaking with hard shellac when I've waited too long between bodying sessions....were ta...

Welcome to the forum Alex and nice work on that guitar. What did you use as a finish?

Allen wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 22, 2021 6:22 am

Thanks. Ill contact him.

I've sent you Andrew's mobile no via email.

Andrew Armstrong?

After a 2 year break from building mainly because of a new house build things are slowly cranking up in the workshop. Among the pile of half built instruments and instruments waiting repair is my old K Yairi Flamenco. This guitar has 1978 on the makers label and this guitar was my main instrument th...

Staying at home making guitars a much better idea than packing up and heading north for holiday!!!

Looking good there Wayne and thanks for the detailed documentation of your build.

Thanks for your post Mike and welcome to the forum. I haven't used LuthierLab (still using VA) but others who have used it seem to like it. I'm sure if anyone has any suggestions for improvements to the program they will let you know.

Thanks Dave

2. Or is there another simple way for me to work out the best thickness for a soundboard . I am building small ( 0 , 00 , 000 ) guitars without a heap of expensive electronic equipment . Peter, a tap testing rig wont cost you the earth. You've already got a computer. One of the free/shareware FTT p...

Allen wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 05, 2021 5:45 am

Its then easy to just open this up at customs when you get back to Australia when they want to inspect the timber.

This works...until you get a Customs person who's a luthier