Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Absolutely stunning, the raven just tops it off. Actually listening to one making a racket just outside my window!!!!

Hi Brenden I can completely understand your frustration with a possible carpal tunnel syndrome and the conventional approach to treatment. I normally wouldn't give medical advise over a forum but Ive seen good and bad outcomes to both surgery and other forms of treatment. There is a something that I...

Nice work Alan Its really heartening to see builds like yours underway, as it gives novices like myself confidence and ideas of what to expect when I finally start my own (waiting on some blackwood to dry). I'm a big fan of simplicity your combination's are sweet. Nick O I'm with you on the loose gr...

Allen
What a great piece of functional art. Everything about it oozes class.

Hi Really interesting topic guys. Timber sustainability not only in other countries but also in our own backyard, I feel is a subject that has to deal with a number of issues on multiple levels. The logging of old growth forests in Tassie, Victoria and WA historically and now can only be described a...

Thanks Bob
If anyone wants some of this blackwood I have their number. They are near Orbost in East Gippsland.
Cheers Todd

Hi All There are a couple of guys in Victoria that have a rather massive blackwood (around a meter in diameter) log ready to be milled. They are professional timber millers and I happened to mention that they should cut some 1/4 sawn for instruments and seemed quite interested. What sizes would be r...

Thanks guys I will get it cut and see what happens, if its no good I will throw it on da fire. Ive also just found some green blackwood how long should I leave to dry before I cut it for back and sides?
Cheers Todd

Hi All I'm very new to all this and slightly daunted but seem to have caught the bug. I find this forum very helpful so thank you. I'm wondering what red box (as I found some highly figured stuff) would be like as a tone wood and how important is 1/4 sawn for the back and sides if the timber is old ...