I really like those Jeffrey. What woods do you use? Can you tell us how each leaf is constructed?
cheers
Mark
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- Sun Apr 08, 2012 12:33 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Malaysia Spring
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11643
- Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:30 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: A Baritone for Renee
- Replies: 26
- Views: 22948
Re: A Baritone for Renee
I'm speachless Allen. Just perfect in design and execution. I really love the colours and the art deco design cues in the rosette and headstock. And the heelcap and binding arangement is very classy. Surely, though, it can't sound any good?
Mark
Mark
- Sun Mar 18, 2012 12:09 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Norton Water Stones
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5461
- Sat Mar 17, 2012 5:13 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Norton Water Stones
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5461
Re: Norton Water Stones
Hi Jeremy Good job with the thickness gauge. I have been planning to make one too. Where did you get the gear? On another note, I notice two things that you mentioned regarding your first build - "no air con in the shed" and "getting close to closing the box" Are you aware of the humidity issue? I b...
- Sun Mar 11, 2012 5:20 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Kauri top
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12478
Re: Kauri top
Yep, I reckon you'd be getting excited about that already!
It's going to be nice Rod.
It's going to be nice Rod.
- Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:11 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: First one done....more or less...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12820
Re: First one done....more or less...
Nick, that is a stunning result. Hard to believe that it is your first one!
I really like the way that you have personalized the bridge and headstock design. Is that all your own inlay work on the peghead?
Nice stuff. Are you planning to do another?
cheers
Mark
I really like the way that you have personalized the bridge and headstock design. Is that all your own inlay work on the peghead?
Nice stuff. Are you planning to do another?
cheers
Mark
- Fri Mar 02, 2012 6:07 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: New website
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3193
Re: New website
Bill
That link doesn't seem to be working yet. Looking forward to seeing it though!
Mark
That link doesn't seem to be working yet. Looking forward to seeing it though!
Mark
- Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:06 am
- Forum: Jigs & Fixtures
- Topic: swivel vice
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15116
Re: swivel vice
Hi Bill I just love the pictures of your workshop (so much natural light) and your jigs. I spent a couple of hours last night trying to work out a good design for a temporary router table as part of my set-up. I went to bed still unhappy - then woke up and saw your "quick-release" picture. Problem s...
- Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:11 am
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Lutz and Blackwood classical
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15224
Re: Lutz and Blackwood classical
Very, very nice. That blackwood is stunning and you have used it beautifully. Great job!
Mark
Mark
- Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:00 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Buying a bandsaw - opinions please.
- Replies: 38
- Views: 30758
- Sun Feb 12, 2012 10:49 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Tools!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9533
Re: Tools!
Hi Ben It depends on what scale of operation you are planning. If you are getting into luthery as a hobby, not a business, I am in agreement with everthing that Jeremy and John just wrote. I am now working on guitars number 5 and 6 and I have been gradually scaling up my gear. I recently bought a dr...
- Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:36 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Leftovers
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7945
Re: Leftovers
Good list Dom
Definitely not throw-away. I have a couple of drawers full of offcuts. It is amazing how even small pieces come in handy for something.
Definitely not throw-away. I have a couple of drawers full of offcuts. It is amazing how even small pieces come in handy for something.
- Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:15 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Alcoflex as a french polish solvent
- Replies: 28
- Views: 22983
Re: Alcoflex as a french polish solvent
Hey Rob - I was wondering how you managed to go through industrial quantities of solvents doing FP on guitars? Then I clicked on your webpage link. Wow - that is beautiful finishing work on a scale that makes luthery seem puny. And I love the workbench on the 'In the workshop' page. What is the hist...
- Tue Feb 07, 2012 5:53 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Sand paper on radius dish
- Replies: 17
- Views: 16117
Re: Sand paper on radius dish
Jeez - you blokes are smart! Varnish the bloody dish! I didn't think of that before now.
- Mon Feb 06, 2012 5:31 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Alcoflex as a french polish solvent
- Replies: 28
- Views: 22983
Re: Alcoflex as a french polish solvent
The trouble with pure ethanol from any source is that it is quite hygroscopic (attracts and absorbs water from the air and environment). So even if you pay top dollar for highly purified stuff it won't stay that way if it is sitting around in a bottle in the workshop being opened and closed once in ...
- Sun Jan 29, 2012 5:40 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Time for a drum sander
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11080
Re: Time for a drum sander
About 6 months ago I got a 400mm one from Hare & Forbes http://www.machineryhouse.com.au/L110 . It looks identical to the carbatec one. I have been very happy with it. A drum sander and bandsaw are the two most useful power tools you could invest in. You definitely need dust extraction with it (add ...
- Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:05 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Cocobolo guitar all done
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11056
Re: Cocobolo guitar all done
OK, I found your previous post - Koa bindings and end graft. Nice combo. All round good result.
Mark
Mark
- Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:53 am
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Cocobolo guitar all done
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11056
Re: Cocobolo guitar all done
Really nice work there Wayne. And 6 months would be a quick job in my workshop! I love the look of cocobolo, and your piece really has it all going on. Unfortunately I have developed a bad sensitivity to it, but I am jealous of those who can use it for nice looking instruments like this one. That is...
- Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:25 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: new year project
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9277
Re: new year project
I'm always impressed by your work Jeff, and I bet your customers are too! Malaysian blackwood is stunning!
Happy New Year
Mark
Happy New Year
Mark
- Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:44 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: D'oh!!!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 13302
Re: D'oh!!!
And Kim - thanks for that great pictorial lesson. I hadn't really cottoned on to that before but now it is crystal clear. Brilliant
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- Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:36 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: D'oh!!!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 13302
Re: D'oh!!!
Hi Dekka There was a good thread on humidity issues a few months ago and you might want to have a look through it here. http://www.anzlf.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3749&hilit=+humidity Towards the bottom of it I relate an identical experience that I had recently, and that was with flatsawn timber (the ...
- Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:11 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Gurian bridge pins
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13710
Re: Gurian bridge pins
I agree that unslotted pins are the go. I used to think that it was important to have slots in the pins to seat the string in, and I even posted a tutorial here a while ago on a method to cut slots in unslotted bridge pins. But now I am a convert to the idea that Allen mentioned of having the ball o...
- Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:12 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Friday night question
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2868
Re: Friday night question
Bruce It should not make any difference. The zero fret sets the height of the strings and the nut simply acts to set the spacing between the strings. The distance is not critical. If you imagine a guitar with a capo - the capo can be at any distance from the nut and it still works by setting the 3rd...
- Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:49 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Christmas Tune
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5252
Re: Christmas Tune
Compliments of the season to you Dave. Thanks for that - I enjoyed your playing. The crisp bell-like tone of that guitar in DADGAD is just great.
cheers
Mark
cheers
Mark
- Sun Nov 13, 2011 2:07 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Something radical
- Replies: 27
- Views: 26238
Re: Something radical
Well it does look really pretty! Among the more normal soundboard species I would have guessed Bunya Pine because of the pink colouring and the prominent grain. You are giving us a pretty strong clue that this is not a rarefied, instrument-uses-only type of timber. Something as common as mud but tur...