Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Really nice lines on that guitar.

Nice rebuild. I met Vic a fair few times as he was mates with my dad. I’ll make sure I show him.

Hey,

I have had pizza there a couple of times visiting friends or for festivals.

Most of the time I have been under the influence but loved the pizza.

Friends have moved from the area so unfortunately doubt I will be there any time soon.

How would berry picking on the north coast of NSW be?
Plenty of blue berry farms there and they are looking for 500 more international workers.

Excellent looking guitar, the entire guitar goes so well together.

You should be very proud of that effort.

Looks excellent Rod.

Tod, I was abit surprised to hear it as well considering it was regarding solid body electrics but we will never know unless someone tries. I would but I dont have access to a decent set of calibrated scales. Sounds like a crock to me I agree with you but I still would like to see how much mass dif...

Tod,

I was abit surprised to hear it as well considering it was regarding solid body electrics but we will never know unless someone tries. I would but I dont have access to a decent set of calibrated scales.

Nick, Any chance you could do another experiment. I have read on a US site that using oil for a finish adds too much mass to the wood which does not allow it to vibrate. Could you get a couple of pieces of wood and oil some and then spray or however you usually finish and see how much weight is added?

When fretting I use two radius blocks. The first is a smaller radius and hits the outside in. Then the second is slightly bigger than the fretboard radius. Then I just tap the frets with the hammer to make sure they are down. I use a copper hammer. I imagine you can get them at a lot of places. If y...

How romantic Kim. :lol: lovely old cast machines and tactile sounds of the planer. Romantic Ro? Well possibly. But when it comes to hand planes its a sentiment shared by craftsman around the globe, well at least those who know how to tune and sharpen the tool properly anyhow. Likewise with old iron...

How romantic Kim.

lovely old cast machines and tactile sounds of the planer.

Do you check the cut with a straight edge before gluing? That is something I always do. Vertical, horizontal and diagnal. I agree with your comment though - it really doesnt matter HOW it gets done as each person is going to have their own preference, as long as it's done and the joint is perfect. ...

Its not so much to with with the blade as it is about the quality of saw, its guides and how it is set up. A well balance band or table saw gives amazing results and that kind of accuracy is most easily achieved from old iron with the weight and structure to deliver vibration free operation, that, ...

Please forgive me for taking away from your post. The jig is well thought out and will be of use to many that have a jointer but not a well set up saw. Be that a table saw or bandsaw. I use a carbide tipped blade that makes a cut that looks like it went through the drum sander. Hot hide glue and a ...

Thanks Graham.

I didnt think it would be able to be done but you never know until you ask.

Anyway he got back to me and they do carry it just wasn't on the price list.

Hi All,

Is it possible to dye/stain celluloid or ivoroid binding. I am after some dark coloured stuff but the guy I deal with doesn't have them in the size I want.

I don't have any laying around to try.

Thanks,

I think we may pick up a gold in hockey, maybe 2. Hopefully something in both mens and womens waterpolo. I would much rather see a NZer win gold than any other country and actually feel as if it was one of ours winning it. Same in football I dont mind if we loose to NZ and a lot of the time I am hop...

Glass could be used to polish the wood. That is a good one to try out Ro , when you say glass ,do you mean like burnishing the wood with something harder than it ? That is done to compress , or sort of case harden the skin of a timber. And depending on the timber ,can bring up a good shine. Exactly...

Has anyone tried woodturning wax.

Glass could be used to polish the wood.

Blackwood goes "black" due to tannins, iron and an alkali environment. There is usually enough tannin and iron around in the native wood for an alkali environment to turn the wood "black" (where "black" also means the dirty green, brown etc. that blackwood and your hands will turn). That is the sim...

Most chanderlys sell a penetrating epoxy called everdure. You can thin epoxy with acetone for a similar result as penetrating epoxy. It reduces the gluing strength by a lot and doesnt actually penetrate all that far but penetrating epoxy doesnt either.

I dont know which is on or off but if you have a multimeter or volt meter it is easy to tell.

On you multi meter set it to volts dc and touch pin 2 and 3 and flick the switch with it plugged in and turned on.

jeffhigh wrote:Sounds real good Kim.

I came to Australia via 6 years in Scotland as a young kid but never picked up the accent wee laddie.

Hence the last name?

Copper conducts heat far better than Aluminium so just get some copper from your pluming supply shop.