Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Hard to say Paul, but never in a million years would I attempt or recommend to fill pores with the finish as you are describing. Even without getting the results you are experiencing, the build of material you are getting is going to be way too much for an instrument.

That's lovely Peter.

I'm having the same issue with cases. Just get something fits perfect and can get reasonably quickly and then the supply dries up. Drives me mad.

What Mark said.

If you glued up in high RH then this instrument is destined for failure. Don't worry, you wouldn't be the first to happen to. My first guitar top and back turned into potato chips the day after I glued the braces.

This was a commision for a young fellow as his first custom instrument. 20" Scale length and tuned to dD, gG, bb, ee. Ambrosia Maple with a Sitka soundboard. Blackwood bindings and Supple Jack fret board, peg head veneers and bridge. Rubner tuners, MISI air pickup and high gloss polyurethane. Ambros...

Darrell has just had a stint in the hospital and only got home yesterday. Might be out of commision for a little bit.

Do the specs place the bridge somewhere closer to the middle of the lower bout than the example you have on the left?

I like the shape though the waist is very tight and you might have issues with getting timber to bend like that.

Ukes aren't guitars and you will be well served to keep that in mind. Build a uke to be a uke. You said 6 strings, but what is the configuration and what are you tuning them to? Is it going to be octave pairs on a couple of them or linear tuning with a couple extra bass strings. There is a hybrid in...

Probably the most difficult thing for beginers to get their head around is how to go about making a neck that looks and feels right. I don't know if this video will help with that, but at least you see how I go about it. The total time from start to ready for pore filling was just under 1/2 hour, an...

I don't buy direct from Mirotone. My supplier decants into 1lt. and 2lt. containers of the common, quickly moving stock. It's more expensive to purchase that way instead of the 4lt. but I don't have to keep so much stock on hand.

No worries Peter.

Another one out the door.


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Mine are to 0.001mm.

But they are cut on my CNC.

Thanks.

Video is getting me far more response on social media, so thought I better brush up on my skills. It does make for a different look to static images.

Yeh, just a bit. It helps wet the surface without having too much water on it. And it's also lubricating so the paper will glide better.

This should be pretty self explanatory. The final grit on the palm sander is 3M P3000 Trizac.


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This was a commision for a fellow that asked for a Baritone that was classy but not over the top with bling. We agreed to a simple color pallet using Master Grade Australian Blackwood with Gidgee trim and Black MOP details. The bindings are cut from the sides to give a cohesive look with just black ...

For purflings in my opinion you are way overthinking this. Pretty common for them to be fiber (paper) based and much softer than the timber that we typically build with. If you want to firm them up if they aren't scraping well, then after you have everything glued in place you coupld also us CA glue...

I did this headstock on a couple of 5 string ones to make a better string path, and now am getting client requests for it. The heel cap change is because Im using a bolt on neck now instead of the Spanish Heel. Makes it impossible to do the old style.

Thanks Paul. I use a Nikon D90 with one of their pro 18-105 zoom lenses. I bought a 4' square light tent with 3 flouro lights in a kit online years ago Was pretty cheap (under $200 at the time). Does the job but as you said its almost impossible to show any reflections in the finish no matter how sh...

Theres no problem doing this. Commonly called a long neck soprano. You just have to make sure that the bridge is in the right spot so you will need to adjust the fret to body join. More than likely it will end up being a 14 to the body instead of 12. The tension on the strings will be marginally hig...

Cedar soundboard.

I hand bend everything no matter what timber, and then set the shape with blanket and solid form. It was pretty easy.

First time I've worked with Satin Box, and was pleasantly surprised on how it works. Even with this amount of curly figure I managed to bend the sides without any trouble.....though my bum was puckered up to start with. The bindings are curly Blackwood and Ringed Gidgee for fret boards and head plat...

I have a mate that bought one of these as it also has the router included. Said he's pretty impressed with it for the price.

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A ukulele wouldn't have a tail piece and floating bridge. What you have is a hybrid instrument that is niether a uke or mando. Uke people are far mor accepting of instruments that don't fit the norm though. Whereas good luck with the mando crowd.