Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Anyone with the balls to post up warts and all photos of his very first gets my full respect.

You're doing fine for a first build.....looking good.

I want to build it out of insulated panels - think what coolrooms are built of. The basic version is two sheets of Colorbond with 50mm of polystyrene between them for insulation, but you can get versions with PIR foam, which dramatically improves the insulation. They're self-supporting so you don't...

We're using the word "shed"......a term that conjures up images of cobwebs, dust and piles of stuff you should have thrown away years ago.

Workshop is a better term....

Wayne writes up a detailed plan complete with full scale drawings before eating breakfast each morning

Love the attention to detail.

Looking good mate. Nice score with that Stanley plane.

If humidity is an issue then you have a choice of controlling same in the whole shed....or isolating a small part of the shed (ie a cupboard) for humidity control at critical stages of guitar construction. I obsessed a bit about humidity here in The Adelaide Hills and started off with a dehumidifer ...

Had to do a double take there. Thought the thread title read "jockstraps" .

lamanoditrento wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 01, 2025 4:30 pm

Although I do normally know the pallet of woods I want to use.

Pallet loads of tonewood.......LOL

Nice work Wayne....a unique looking instrument with a lot of "personality".

Alan McFarlen will know.

malcolmw wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 21, 2025 11:22 am

Will have to see if i can borrow it from the BGMS library. There are a few things to decide, including soudhole size and back stiffness - lots of fun!

I have a first edition of The Books up for sale on Buy and Sell.

That's what happens when you let WAS get out of control.

Nick wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 18, 2025 9:25 am

Go west young man (West of NZ that is)

I think most of New Zealand is already over here in Oz..last one to leave please turn out the lights

Okay...I ended up using Pack n Save (Unley, Adelaide franchise) to freight 600kg of tonewood from Adelaide to Brisbane. The franchise is run by two lovely Iraquis..Rez and Azadeh. Rez dropped by with a van and picked up 38 cartons and took care of palletizing them before shipment to Brisbane. The wo...

Australia is a massive country.....you first need to key in your entry and exit points. Further planning would revolve around the latter.

Fit Indian Rosewood cladding and then go in with a pumice pore fill and french polish!!

Thanks Nigel. I love professional luthiers who openly share insights into their working day.

During my recent new house build my house designer vetoed my suggestion we go for Gore style laminated falcate roof trusses

malcolmw wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 10, 2025 5:59 pm

Isn't that wonderful! Though, my wife says no using the design for the house extension.

malcolmw wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 09, 2025 5:39 pm

I plan to build the back fairly lively to see how that contributes to the tone.

Be careful with a live back. Suggest you read up Gore and Gilet for advice on tuning of back frequency.

Over the last few weeks I have had to delete a number of posts in which relatively new members are spruiking their businesses/products. While we are open to members advertising their businesses via this forum we insist that people consult with forum admins prior to doing so. Permission will be grant...

Just to keep things in perspective....I've just finished boxing up my tonewood Stash. 37 cartons.....540kg of wood.

JeffHGW wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 08, 2025 7:27 am

So far I've got roughly 30 back and sides sets, 20 tops, plus some fretboards, neck wood, and other bits and pieces. It's not a small amount.

There's also the fact that some of us don't do Facetube :) If anyone has any questions about this — why and what for — please ask away. One I’ll pre-empt: why the forum, and not just have a Facebook group? Fair question. But here’s the thing. Facebook is a revolving door. Posts disappear down the fe...

Send Trump one of your ukes and he'll be so impressed that he'll sign a PO declaring that you'll never pay any taxes or duties on your instruments ever again

Allen wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 04, 2025 1:02 pm

Thanks for the update Peter. I have one to go to the USA next week and was a bit worried.

To the individual who joined the ANZLF today and used his first post to advertise the sale of his tonewood stash...your post has been deleted along with your membership of the forum. To date your contribution to this forum has been zero so I don't see why we should act as a free platform for you to ...

Thanks Tom and Iain