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by kiwigeo
Mon Jun 09, 2025 5:44 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Archtop considerations and hello
Replies: 11
Views: 8366

Re: Archtop considerations and hello

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.
by kiwigeo
Mon Jun 09, 2025 8:26 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Advertising on this Forum
Replies: 0
Views: 1716

Advertising on this Forum

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...
by kiwigeo
Sun Jun 08, 2025 12:55 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Your experience of being a luthier in Australia/New Zealand, and moving a wood stash over there.
Replies: 6
Views: 4709

Re: Your experience of being a luthier in Australia/New Zealand, and moving a wood stash over there.

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.
by kiwigeo
Fri Jun 06, 2025 4:49 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Forum Governance Update: ANZLF Now Supported by Incorporated Association
Replies: 5
Views: 9397

Re: Forum Governance Update: ANZLF Now Supported by Incorporated Association

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...
by kiwigeo
Wed Jun 04, 2025 1:49 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Trumps tariffs
Replies: 18
Views: 9907

Re: Trumps tariffs

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.
by kiwigeo
Tue Jun 03, 2025 4:33 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Please Say Hello!!
Replies: 24
Views: 41768

Re: Please Say Hello!!

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 ...
by kiwigeo
Fri May 30, 2025 3:38 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Please Say Hello!!
Replies: 24
Views: 41768

Re: Please Say Hello!!

Welcome to the forum Tom and thanks for taking the time to introduce yourself.

A nice looking stash of wood there.........it will only get larger regardless of how many guitars you make :mrgreen:
by kiwigeo
Thu May 15, 2025 6:17 pm
Forum: Jigs & Fixtures
Topic: Routing truss rod channel in bolt-on extension
Replies: 4
Views: 13750

Re: Routing truss rod channel in bolt-on extension

After struggling with understanding how 'the book' does it using a table router, and much head scratching, I repurposed the (failed) first version of the bobo mortise jig I made and mounted the router to it. On a table router I use a 1/4" spiral up cut bit. The neck blank is set up so one side is t...
by kiwigeo
Thu May 15, 2025 10:51 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Reliable Freight Service Adelaide to Brisbane - Recommendations?
Replies: 7
Views: 4166

Reliable Freight Service Adelaide to Brisbane - Recommendations?

Can anyone recommend a reliable freight company that can get a large amount of wood from Adelaide to Brisbane?
by kiwigeo
Mon May 12, 2025 11:10 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Oil deposits on King Billy Pine tops
Replies: 6
Views: 4594

Re: Oil deposits on King Billy Pine tops

Thanks alot Peter...I plan to run a few of the sets through the sander to see how they come out.
by kiwigeo
Mon May 12, 2025 7:32 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Oil deposits on King Billy Pine tops
Replies: 6
Views: 4594

Re: Oil deposits on King Billy Pine tops

Mark McLean wrote:
Mon May 12, 2025 5:11 am
Could be a good reason to do an oil finish on this build.
LOL..it's already got an oil finish! :D

The acetone wash got rid of the oil but there are still dark marks where the oil deposits were.
by kiwigeo
Sun May 11, 2025 4:17 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Oil deposits on King Billy Pine tops
Replies: 6
Views: 4594

Re: Oil deposits on King Billy Pine tops

Thanks for the info Tom,

I actually had a session with some acetone and while it gets the worst of the oil off there's still visible staining. Ill experiment with a few other solvents tomorrow.
by kiwigeo
Sun May 11, 2025 2:16 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Oil deposits on King Billy Pine tops
Replies: 6
Views: 4594

Oil deposits on King Billy Pine tops

I'm currently busy cataloguing my tonewood stash and came across some King Billy Pine top sets with oil deposits on the surface. Are these tops usable? Any advice would be much appreciated
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by kiwigeo
Sun Apr 27, 2025 6:48 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Parlour Guitar - first "contemporary" build
Replies: 15
Views: 36019

Re: Parlour Guitar - first "contemporary" build

I got busy with domestics today....sorry.

Tap testing first job for tomorrow :)
by kiwigeo
Sat Apr 26, 2025 8:00 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Parlour Guitar - first "contemporary" build
Replies: 15
Views: 36019

Re: Parlour Guitar - first "contemporary" build

I have a falcate braced parlour guitar sitting on the bench awaiting re-finishing. I basically followed a plan for a Gibson parlour. I forget where the top and Helmoltz peaks were. I'll give it a tap test tomorrow and return with the data
by kiwigeo
Fri Apr 25, 2025 1:13 pm
Forum: The Gallery
Topic: Rosewood & Englemann parlor.
Replies: 5
Views: 17355

Re: Rosewood & Englemann parlor.

Nice work Taff. Those meranti bindings look nice..were did you get the wood?
by kiwigeo
Fri Apr 25, 2025 11:25 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Unique soundboards
Replies: 6
Views: 3668

Re: Unique soundboards

MDF?
by kiwigeo
Fri Apr 25, 2025 9:14 am
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: This might be hoarding.
Replies: 2
Views: 16070

Re: This might be hoarding.

My dilemma......how small does a piece of wood have to be before it gets binned?
by kiwigeo
Thu Apr 24, 2025 9:43 am
Forum: Tutorials
Topic: 6 PIN 12 STRING BRIDGE (shared pin method)
Replies: 25
Views: 70095

Re: 6 PIN 12 STRING BRIDGE (shared pin method)

Nick wrote:
Thu Apr 24, 2025 6:52 am
Damn Allen and his backless chaps dare! :o :oops:

LOL...Allen paid me a visit in Adelaide shortly after that backless chaps business. I recall him threatening to arrive wearing those chaps. Wouldn't have caused even a batted eyelid here in Radelaide :D
by kiwigeo
Tue Apr 22, 2025 2:12 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: New Luthier Tips du Jour Video - French polish repair
Replies: 1
Views: 1652

Re: New Luthier Tips du Jour Video - French polish repair

Thanks Robbie.....glad to see there's at least one sane person still living in America :D
by kiwigeo
Fri Apr 18, 2025 2:21 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Trumps tariffs
Replies: 18
Views: 9907

Re: Trumps tariffs

This just posted by William-Grit Laskin on a FB group some of us belong to. Hi Folks--LACEY ACT ALERT! For anyone shipping into the US, the value threshold for Lacey to apply has been $2,500. Just 2 weeks ago, as a result of the new tarrifs, the threshold has been dropped to $250. Wow. Does Trump r...
by kiwigeo
Fri Apr 18, 2025 7:29 am
Forum: Contemporary Acoustic Guitar Design and Build - Trevor Gore
Topic: Gore and Gilet's The Books - Edition 3 now available
Replies: 3
Views: 49710

Re: Gore and Gilet's The Books - Edition 3 now available

And what exactly were you doing to stick the pages together?? It happens while you're trying to lay in carbon fibre tow with epoxy resin and trying to read The Books at the same time :) But it's ok....I now have two sets of The Books. One is the working set and the other is the coffee table set.
by kiwigeo
Thu Apr 17, 2025 7:39 am
Forum: Contemporary Acoustic Guitar Design and Build - Trevor Gore
Topic: Gore and Gilet's The Books - Edition 3 now available
Replies: 3
Views: 49710

Re: Gore and Gilet's The Books - Edition 3 now available

Trevor...when is the glue proof edition of The Books coming out?? :)