Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Thanks all for your input, I'm in a shared container so I think I'll ring someone in customs and find out exactly where I'll stand.... The wood will almost definitely be fumigated, then there's the problem of varnish (home-made and commercial) and chemicals, glue, horse hair, ebony without certs, et...

I have a few Veritas planes and am more than happy with their build quality, I bought the low-angle Jack plane and to be honest if I was buying again I would get the regular angle! Any end-grain work I do with my low angle block plane...... I bought spare blades for the Jack plane and have one at a ...

Hi all, my name is Richard and I'm a Violin making kiwi that's been in Ireland/UK the last 15 years.... Moving back to NZ in December and need to get wood, tools, wooden jigs, varnish/glue etc (whole workshop basically) into New Zealand and I'm freaking out about both the costs, gst, duties, stuff g...