Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Hi Mak, I am using it and it works fine. It was recommended to me by the rep at Mirotone when I went looking for some at the start of my journey in 18. Not realising that others use 3220. I don't thin it to the level I hear others do with the 3220 but just the recommended 20% and it flows fine and ...

There are two critical stages of your build where high RH can really ruin your job. These are: (1) the bracing of the soundboard and back, and (2) the point at which you close the box by gluing the top and back to the rims. If your wood is swollen by high water content as you perform these steps - ...

I was born and raised in Christchurch....the place is cold and damp because it's built on a swamp. I solved my humidity problems by moving to Adelaide :mrgreen: Gotta love the swamp! I'm a stormwater/drainage asset engineer for the Council, and the funny thing is there is now a push to reinstate th...

I have an underbench RH control system ie a cupboard with a dehumidifier in it. When the humidity has been high in the workshop, I have made the go bar deck into a sealed space using plastic and a plastic "door" with a bathroom heat lamp inside and use that for my cross brace gluing keeping the hum...

Hi All, First post with some questions to hopefully help get me out of my procrastination mode and into action! As some background, I've built a few electric guitars in the back 1/2 of our Christchurch double garage which is two bays long rather than the norm of 2 bays wide. Its your "traditional" t...