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ps: Martin...I get the joke but consider it inappropriate under my circumstances :gui :dru :lol: do you get my joke my friend? Sorry to hear about your health issues Ross.....sounds like you've drawn the short straw there. Re my OP...it was serious. The "Free Money" title was chosen simply to attra...

Not sure Dave. I suspect it may be based in number of posts or something. Ill check it out for you. This is an idle query, but I have often wondered what our labels tell about us. I seem to be a Blackwood, there are Kauris and assorted other names. Do they have any significance or are simply assigne...

I fret up the fretboard and I press in my frets. I leave out 2nd and 12th frets as there are holes drilled in same that register with pins on the neck. I haven't thought too hard on this one but fretting up with the fretboard off the instrument is definitely a lot easier than doing it with the fretb...

Nice work Alan.....

Hi Al,

No just sorting out an issue for another member. Got it worked out in the end. See Tutorials Section

Okay. 1. Select the share option under the clip in Youtube. This will be a URL link looking like this https://youtu.be/JBM5r5WnPOs 2. In your post go up to row of buttons at top of window and select "youtube" button at far right. This will insert the two square bracketed codes into your post. 3. Pas...

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBM5r5WnPOs[/youtube]

Working on it. Jeremy is the IT brains.....my main function is shooting down potential spammers and trouble makers

Valben wrote: ↑

Thu May 14, 2020 10:04 am

Hi Martin, any hint from your side? I have spent some time trying but can only get the link in the post but not the embedded box thanks VB

This is the stuff I use.....I used to get it from a retail outlet here in Adelaide and I think Robert Shines still supplies the stuff. http://www.recochem.com.au/index.php/products/industrial_products/ethanols/item/daa_industrial Robert is best contacted via phone call....he's very knowledgeable and...

DHL knows they can get stuff around quicker in their planes so they're probably price gouging. At least with a DHL plane you wont have Qantas baggage handlers handling your instrument. The price difference will absolutely astound you Martin. $83 AUD for AustPost. $450 AUD by DHL and even higher by o...

Unless you need to keep the bindings just go in with a router and rout them out.

Do you have specs for that "shellac reducer"? I mixed and store the cut in a glass jar. When using it i put some in a small plastic (PE??) bottle with a tip so i can apply it accurately to the fad. I'm using "shellac reducer" which is methanol I believe. Its all going well at present, so I'm happy.

I believe Richard has his mike over the bridge. I think holding it over the sound hole will result in a better T(1,1)1 response. The guitar looks good. I also wonder about the consistent lack of T(1,1)1 on your plots. I just wonder in you setup something is filtering out the lower frequencies. It sh...

One of these also works....https://www.stewmac.com/luthier-tools-a ... ation.html

Thanks for the update mate. Looking forward to pics of your daughters build....and also yours when you get back into it. Hi Folks, its been some time since I have even lurked but I am back and hope to become a (semi) regular again. My 13 yo daughter has given me a hard time about not building much I...

Glass container? What's the meths you're using?

seeaxe wrote: ↑

Tue May 19, 2020 11:34 pm

Fresh pack of ground blonde shellac.

I'm thinking courier companies who operate their own freight aircraft would be a better bet than Aussie Post which I assume would use commercial passenger services for most of their international freighting. I don't want to get any busier. The biggest issue I have is getting them to clients overseas...

Afterwards I strained it through cotton t-shirt material and decided I would use a kitchen measuring jug to do that. Even then it kinda went everywhere. Not too worry I thought, it will come off pretty easily. I wiped the jug out with a cloth and took it inside to wash. Get a pack of those paper fu...

LOL...reminds me of asking about the "best" french polishing method

My first thoughts...I wouldn't expect as much difference as that you'd see with a guitar mainly because of the big difference in area of the top. A frequency plot will show you where the important frequency peaks are but it won't accurately show you things like relative volume unless you hit the top...

Looking good there Richard. That blackheart sassy is a really nice looking wood.

ozziebluesman wrote: ↑

Sat May 09, 2020 11:15 am

..... the guitar can not afford for the tuners to slip.

That's what I was thinking when I first strung up my 7 course gut strung Gerber lute

"Does the BOBO neck have to have such a fat heel that I see on them in the book or can it be shaped in the traditional lean, sharp flamenco style?" The "chunkiness" of the heel is because of the need to have a bit of "meat" surrounding the 10mm square brass bar that the two bolts engage into. Ive go...

I wouldn't leave out the wedge....