Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Thanks guys. Didnt think to check super cheap.

The missus ran over my stew mac hammer.
Anyone know where i can buy a cheapish <$40 fret hammer (or brass faced hammer) from locally? Even second hand will do.
Not having much luck outside of the US retailers and coping high postage costs.

If you cant justify the expense of a bandsaw, find someone locally who has one and offer them $5 to use it. This is what i do.

Hi Perry. You still looking for someone?

Amazing!!!

A side question - Does anyone know how tassie oak goes as bracing timber?

Sorry to hijack.

I've heard WRcedar is a 9 (where spruce is a 10). No personal experiences though.

I may be way off, but i vaguely remember hearing about a "lyric guitar company" that made classical guitars prior to WW1. Could this guitar be of that vintage?

As Allen said, very few instruments would actually be symmetrical. Especially hand made ones.

Thanks guys. I just checked my local bunnings. They only have pine and tas oak. The biggest pieces of tassie oak they stock are 40mm x 18mm so not big enough. Anyone know of a decent timber supplier in the newcastle area? Ps. Ive already done a 'dumpster' solid body. Wanting to try a hardware store ...

Hi all. Newbie from Newcastle here. Just an amateur luthier, almost finished making my first steel string acoustic. Have made a bunch of solid bodies over the years. Anyway, just going to throw this out there - has anyone made a guitar purely out of timber from bunnings? As a fun/strange project im ...