Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Kim wrote:
Dominic, that's a fine looking bending set up, how about you show us in your own thread a closer look at your take on the Doolin system.

OK. I will take some pics this weekend.
Cheers
Dom

Nice looking figure Bob. Look forward to seeing it finished. I have just made a new bending form for an MJ and i made it solid for the same reason as you, to help keep the sides flat. It would also help to contain the heat which can be lost in a slat setup. Another thing i have done to help keep my ...

Martin, I use the carba-tec version WDS-400. Like others have said it took a while to get it set up but was pretty easy using shims to level the two ends of the drum. If I was doing tops all day i might want a bigger one but it doesn't take long to thickness a top as long as the sanding belt is reas...

Hi Allen, you answered my question even though you didn't know it. I was asking what order you put the joint together. From what i think you are saying you fit the spruce reinforcement (what I am calling a pre formed triangle block) last. I was wondering if you made that bit first then glue the side...

Allen, I wasn't sayng you shouldn't do it and stick to Martin 000 copies. Far from it. It makes me think about the merits of an asymmetric lower body.

I like the cutaway. Did you just stick the sides to a pre-formed triangle block or is there something more tricky?
Dom

So Allen, (I’m just thinking out loud here) with the arm rest, it effectively makes the bass side lower bout a different shape, smaller. I would assume this to have some effect on sound but what? Somewhere in the gazillion things I have read on guitars was something about symmetry. I suppose you c...

Mr Bum, cheers mate. The 3 bits of narra are butt joined with offcuts of EIR sides stuck in there at the same time full depth. I used spruce strips along the seams as usual. Lovely wood. I have more.
Dom

Yeh, dust. I read in a woodworking mag the other day about the risks of getting nose cancer from wood dust. And the treatment is pretty shocking. You get the cyclones from http://www.clearvuecyclones.com/ . There are lots of threads on the OLF about them. They are now sponsors at the OLF. Also read ...

Hey, a while ago I posted about dust problems. Well I installed ducting to all my machines and moved the extractor out of the workshop. But there was still fine dust everwhere and my shopvac just helped spread the finest. But today the mini-cyclone from Clear vue arrived and in a couple of hours I h...

Hey Allen, by projects do you mean guitars or jigs and things or both? I tend to have lots of things going at once. I only mentioned about half of them above. The TS I got is an MBS300 from Carba-Tec. It is a 12 inch. They get good raps on the Ubeaut Woodworkers forum. Frankly it scares the c%&p out...

Hey, Ive been quite busy and a bunch of things are close or have been finished. First a couple of dreads. 1 EIRW, 1 insane Narra http://www.anzlf.com/phpBB2/userpix/62_Dino_DN_Jun08_008_1.jpg http://www.anzlf.com/phpBB2/userpix/62_April5_007_1.jpg http://www.anzlf.com/phpBB2/userpix/62_April5_002_1....

Rick, Iv'e seen this picture before and it made me think about the CF on the back braces. My understanding is that the thin CF strips on the top of the braces work better in tension than compression when stuck on top of a brace. That is, very hard to make them longer unless they crush the brace but ...

Alan, I used a nice soft varnish brush with HS on 3 guitars and that worked OK but I have a sprayer now and that is heaps better. The finish came out fine using a brush but it was just a lot of work sanding and recoating. From what I have learned by doing (someone may have better suggestions) when u...

Very nice guitar Allen. I am not sure I would want to waste time with the slap up meal like Martin though. But I have the same problem as you, working out if I should let some of my guitars go. As a mad player I go by sound. Its very circular. If it is a really good sounding guitar I want it myself ...

Nick, I have got some nice sticks of Qld maple, Qld Walnut for stringers, Tas BW, Narra, and hard maple all from Monaro and used all but the tas BW on necks so far. I really like the Qld maple and the sticks I got have a nice quilted figure. I have used it on 5 guitars so far and it is easy to carve...

Thanks for the tips Graham. I love Huon. My parents took us to Tasmania for a holiday when i was a kid (I'm from WA) and one of the things that stuck in my mind was the beautiful carving and wood work in Huon we saw around the place. That perfectly buttery colour and close smooth grain. I am looking...

Graham, I am interested in using huon pine. A mate has sent me a bunch of insanely figured wood from WA plus enough Huon to make maybe 3 guitars if i can split the boards correctly to make bookmatch pairs. It is almost perfectly on the quarter. He has been lugging this wood around for years and has ...

Sorry to be late on this Allen but I will order ten of the 1/8 3/8.
Cheers
Dom

Yep, I use the SM spacer rule which compensates for string width like Graham suggests. I just use what I think is right. For me I play a lot of finger style so give myself a bit wider nut and i don't mind a bit more space for my picking fingers. So the fingerboard is around 44mm at the nut and 55mm ...

Craig, welcome. There is a place in Fyshwick that sells west systems and fibre glass rods for that matter for your go bar deck. Down the road that Allens is on near the pie shop on the corner. If you are worried about the threads put a bit of wax on them. Apparently Monaro timbers had some really ni...

Hey Oz tradie,

where were you going to get your drawer runners? I've been on the lookout for good quality ones, hopefully within Aust.
Dom

Oh dear. I thought you'd see the irony in multiplying by 1, but you assumed instead that I was too dense to know the density of water. Matt, You have to be very very careful using irony around our american friends. I believe no one with an ironic sense of humour ever migrated there and, as a conseq...

Nothing at all wrong with a 13.75 fret neck. I have a 14.37 fret neck on my favourite sounding guitar. The body is also way deeper than the plans. But is sounds great. If a 12, 13 or 14 fretter is OK, why not a 13.75 fretter? I can't see how 4.5mm would make much difference as long as the bridge sit...

Rick, what a bummer ego can be.

I, and I am sure, every other member of this forum, feel for you mate. Must be tough getting heard with all the egotists out there.
Just persevere mate, and eventually, everyone will come to see you for what you truly are.

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