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by kiwigeo
Wed Apr 16, 2025 9:18 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Neck angle jig
Replies: 6
Views: 4556

Re: Neck angle jig

One important comment......before working on the neck tenon make sure the area around the mortise is flat. Nothing worse than trying to get a good tenon cheek fit against a guitar front that isnt flat. Don't ask me how I know this :evil:
by kiwigeo
Wed Apr 16, 2025 7:16 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Neck angle jig
Replies: 6
Views: 4556

Re: Neck angle jig

I do it on my table saw..as described in Trevor and Gerard's books.

1. cut the sides of the tenon.
2. cut 5 degree cheeks with saw blade set at that angle.
3. Final fit using chisel and mortising planes and a sanding block with a 5 degree bevel on it.
by kiwigeo
Mon Apr 14, 2025 12:50 pm
Forum: Contemporary Acoustic Guitar Design and Build - Trevor Gore
Topic: Modal Tuning example on a falcate braced 0012 Steel string.
Replies: 2
Views: 2364

Re: Modal Tuning example on a falcate braced 0012 Steel string.

Thanks for putting up those clips John. Nice looking 12 banger.

PS: FEED YOUR CAT!!!
by kiwigeo
Thu Apr 10, 2025 8:23 am
Forum: Contemporary Acoustic Guitar Design and Build - Trevor Gore
Topic: Frequency vs. Deflection for Measuring Flexural Modulus
Replies: 9
Views: 6166

Re: Frequency vs. Deflection for Measuring Flexural Modulus

Without looking into it in detail I'd hazard a guess that with the flexure test the testing procedure itself introduces some variability in results....more so than for frequency tap tests.

But we shall await the sagely wisdom of Colonel Gore :)
by kiwigeo
Tue Apr 08, 2025 10:17 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Trumps tariffs
Replies: 18
Views: 9909

Re: Trumps tariffs

Sorry to hear that Pete. There must be quiet a few US guitar makers with factories outside the US...eg Gibsons Epiphone factory is in China isn't it? My American customer cancelled so it will be a while before I know what happens when exporting to the USA. I do have another American customer, but th...
by kiwigeo
Sat Apr 05, 2025 1:26 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: 7 String spacing
Replies: 7
Views: 3637

Re: 7 String spacing

LOL.....looks like must have been some serious mind altering substances while designing that headstock!!! :mrgreen:
by kiwigeo
Sat Apr 05, 2025 11:40 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Trumps tariffs
Replies: 18
Views: 9909

Re: Trumps tariffs

Things are getting serious! The inhabitants of Heard and McDonald islands are protesting the 10% tariff imposed on their exports.
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by kiwigeo
Fri Apr 04, 2025 10:58 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Parlour Guitar - first "contemporary" build
Replies: 15
Views: 36038

Re: Parlour Guitar - first "contemporary" build

Thanks for the update pics.

One question....you've glued in back braces with the back not trimmed to side outline? Is there a reason for this?

I ask because shaping bracing to fit the dish radius is a bit tricky without trimming to final back shape.
by kiwigeo
Fri Apr 04, 2025 9:57 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Trumps tariffs
Replies: 18
Views: 9909

Re: Trumps tariffs

peter.coombe wrote:
Fri Apr 04, 2025 9:41 am
Ha ha ha, Trumpsy's minders did not do their research properly. That really is a silly screw up.
Its an indication of how hurredly this tariff business has been cobbled together.
by kiwigeo
Fri Apr 04, 2025 7:33 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Trumps tariffs
Replies: 18
Views: 9909

Re: Trumps tariffs

The separate tariff imposed on Heard and McDonald Islands.....nobody lives there except a bunch of penguins and seals!!
by kiwigeo
Thu Apr 03, 2025 1:02 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Trumps tariffs
Replies: 18
Views: 9909

Re: Trumps tariffs

At this stage I don't know much. I would expect that an American customer would need to pay the tariff when the instrument arrives at US customs before they will release it. But isn't the big orange baby saying that the exporting countries will pay the tariffs???? I notice Australia has copped a 10...
by kiwigeo
Thu Apr 03, 2025 8:37 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Trumps tariffs
Replies: 18
Views: 9909

Trumps tariffs

Okay Trump has announced a blanket 10% tariff on all good imported into US from Australia.

How will this affect those of our members who export instruments to the US.

Any comments Pete..or others?
by kiwigeo
Wed Apr 02, 2025 5:02 pm
Forum: The Gallery
Topic: 00 Sitka / Hawaiian Koa falcate steel string.
Replies: 5
Views: 11473

Re: 00 Sitka / Hawaiian Koa falcate steel string.

Welcome back John..you've been missed. Doesn't look like your build skills have been affected by your time off. Beautiful looking and sounding instrument mate
by kiwigeo
Wed Apr 02, 2025 1:26 pm
Forum: Tutorials
Topic: 6 PIN 12 STRING BRIDGE (shared pin method)
Replies: 25
Views: 70106

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

Abstraction wrote:
Mon Mar 31, 2025 10:14 pm
There's no chance of retrieving the images on this thread, I expect? Great conversation on the topic.
images link to a website that appears to have been hijacked or sold to a Chinese knock off outfit.
by kiwigeo
Wed Mar 26, 2025 9:20 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: saddle height/ neck angle
Replies: 7
Views: 6397

Re: saddle height/ neck angle

I'm with Mark. Let the instrument settle down for a few weeks and then reassess.
by kiwigeo
Tue Mar 25, 2025 7:54 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: saddle height/ neck angle
Replies: 7
Views: 6397

Re: saddle height/ neck angle

How have you built the guitar? Spanish method with a foot supported by the back or with a neck bolted to body?
by kiwigeo
Sun Mar 09, 2025 6:42 pm
Forum: The Gallery
Topic: Englemann & flame maple archtop
Replies: 7
Views: 45232

Re: Englemann & flame maple archtop

Lovely looking instrument Trent....
by kiwigeo
Tue Mar 04, 2025 9:36 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Lutherier's Workbench
Replies: 42
Views: 96026

Re: Lutherier's Workbench

LOL....was waiting for Taff to chime in!! :D
by kiwigeo
Mon Feb 24, 2025 1:57 pm
Forum: Jigs & Fixtures
Topic: Guitar Body Mould Tips?!
Replies: 3
Views: 49463

Re: Guitar Body Mould Tips?!

The internal spacers - keep 'em simple. Ideally they need to stay in until both back and top are on. That means they should be small enough to be pulled out through the soundhole.

Some people get carried away with moulds...to the point where their moulds look better than their guitars :)
by kiwigeo
Mon Feb 24, 2025 11:26 am
Forum: Tutorials
Topic: Final bridge Positioning.
Replies: 1
Views: 48690

Re: Final bridge Positioning.

Nice set up Taff.

To make the little positioning pins I drill a hole in a card scraper and then hammer a matchstick through the hole
by kiwigeo
Sat Feb 22, 2025 10:35 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Diamond stone tip
Replies: 1
Views: 12551

Re: Diamond stone tip

Thanks for the tip Matthew...will give it a go.

Info on the product here: https://diggersaustralia.com.au/product ... t-cleanup/
by kiwigeo
Fri Feb 21, 2025 8:52 pm
Forum: Jigs & Fixtures
Topic: soundboard deflection jig
Replies: 4
Views: 14804

Re: soundboard deflection jig

Stewmac......TaffMac :D
by kiwigeo
Sun Feb 02, 2025 5:38 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: tasmainian Oak soundboard or back and sides
Replies: 9
Views: 28432

Re: tasmainian Oak soundboard or back and sides

This is a group reply So you guys are telling me if I went through bunnings and found a really straight grain piece for an acoustic guitar it would already be dry and stable enough to use, for back and sides or neck? And people would still buy a guitar with bunnings supplied tasmainian oak back and...
by kiwigeo
Wed Jan 29, 2025 8:49 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Router bits
Replies: 10
Views: 31315

Re: Router bits

Cutters I use the most in my shop: - straight and ball end cutters for doing truss rod slots - double flute cutters with bearing guides (top, bottom, top and bottom bearings) for use with trimming up to templates. - a 45 degree bevel cutter for classical bridges (ramped backside of saddle slot). - a...
by kiwigeo
Wed Jan 29, 2025 6:28 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Router bits
Replies: 10
Views: 31315

Re: Router bits

A router table one of the best tools I made up for my workshop. I got my hands on a Unilift router lifter and made up the table myself. At the time the Unilift was the bees knees of lifters but these days there are other makes available that do an adequate job. As far as router safety goes.....learn...