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- Sat Feb 22, 2020 5:55 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Carbatec 400 mm Drum Sander Issues
- Replies: 10
- Views: 16737
Re: Carbatec 400 mm Drum Sander Issues
Hi to everyone, I would like to give some feedback on the Carbatec 400 mm drum sander issues I posted sometime ago. After talking with Jeremy via a few emails we arrived at the parts that were required to fix the sander. The three parts were the feed belt motor, the PC board and the feed roller. I d...
- Tue Jan 28, 2020 8:54 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: BRW selmer
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12680
Re: BRW selmer
Very fine work there.
Love the Birds Eye neck.
Congratulations on your patience.
Cheers
Alan
Love the Birds Eye neck.
Congratulations on your patience.
Cheers
Alan
- Sun Jan 26, 2020 12:40 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: A few latest builds
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12092
Re: A few latest builds
Very nice builds Peter. I also like the classical very much.
The finishes are really first class.
Thanks for sharing
Cheers
Alan
The finishes are really first class.
Thanks for sharing
Cheers
Alan
- Sun Jan 26, 2020 12:08 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Qualities of Spruce
- Replies: 18
- Views: 29749
Re: Qualities of Spruce
Hi Kim, Adi is traditionally the stiffest of spruce but as you well know no two pieces of wood are the same. Adi is used for guitars where you want some headroom in your sound like in Bluegrass music where you need a guitar with volume. The Adi top can also be very sweet fingerpicked. Sitka is used ...
- Fri Jan 10, 2020 5:56 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Attention all Lurkers
- Replies: 90
- Views: 583209
Re: Attention all Lurkers
Hi to you all, I am also still lurking and have a few projects on the go. One I will share with you soon is two OM builds with different top bracings, backs and side materials. I plan to do a sound demo and let you all know what I found that is interesting. I mean you've got to experiment a bit. Tha...
- Fri Jan 10, 2020 5:55 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Attention all Lurkers
- Replies: 90
- Views: 583209
Re: Attention all Lurkers
Hi to you all, I am also still lurking and have a few projects on the go. One I will share with you soon is two OM builds with different top bracings and top backs and sides. I plan to do a sound demo and let you all know what I found that is interesting. I mean you've got to experiment a bit. Thank...
- Fri Dec 27, 2019 10:38 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Christmas Greetings
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9093
Re: Christmas Greetings
Merry Christmas to you all here at the ANZLF.
Such a great community to be a member of.
Thank you to Martin and Jeremy for their tireless work keeping the forum operating.
Look out here comes 2020 have a great one.
Cheers
Alan
Such a great community to be a member of.
Thank you to Martin and Jeremy for their tireless work keeping the forum operating.
Look out here comes 2020 have a great one.
Cheers
Alan
- Thu Nov 14, 2019 10:18 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Carbatec 400 mm Drum Sander Issues
- Replies: 10
- Views: 16737
Re: Carbatec 400 mm Drum Sander Issues
Thanks Ken.
I will try them.
I feel the same regard the Carbatec machine.
I know it well now and fitting the paper is not the difficult job it used to be.
Just take it easy and it did the job for me.
Cheers
Alan
I will try them.
I feel the same regard the Carbatec machine.
I know it well now and fitting the paper is not the difficult job it used to be.
Just take it easy and it did the job for me.
Cheers
Alan
- Thu Nov 14, 2019 9:46 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Carbatec 400 mm Drum Sander Issues
- Replies: 10
- Views: 16737
Carbatec 400 mm Drum Sander Issues
I have a Carbatec 400 mm wide drum sander that has been a great work horse for nine years and I have used it carefully especially only taking small thickness passes so not to overload the machine. Early in its life the motor that drives the feed belt stopped operating. Carbatec replaced the motor an...
- Mon Oct 21, 2019 11:53 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: First Classical Build
- Replies: 18
- Views: 21627
Re: First Classical Build
Hi Dave and thank you for your comments. Your steel string top design looks great and your work is very fine. I haven't ventured into carbon fiber yet but will in the near future. I have received the Jeff Elliot plan and have studied it carefully. I noticed first the top thickness and then as you sa...
- Sun Oct 20, 2019 10:24 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: First Classical Build
- Replies: 18
- Views: 21627
Re: First Classical Build
Hi Wayne, Thanks mate I like to keep my builds tidy. I was suprised at the tap response. This one is for my long time student. The next builds I will follow plans just to see what the difference is in tone. I seem to think that a bolt on neck seems to be a much better build method than the Spanish H...
- Sun Oct 20, 2019 2:35 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Flamenco blanca - lutz & leyland cypress
- Replies: 18
- Views: 28976
- Sun Oct 20, 2019 2:09 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: First Classical Build
- Replies: 18
- Views: 21627
Re: First Classical Build
Hi everyone, Just a few pics for you to see progress on the classical nylon string guitar. It is a FE19 shape but that's about all there is similar to an original Torres. It is a bolt on the same as I build a steel string, 7 strutt basic bracing slightly rounded and the transverse braces on the top ...
- Sat Oct 19, 2019 1:34 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Flamenco blanca - lutz & leyland cypress
- Replies: 18
- Views: 28976
Re: Flamenco blanca - lutz & leyland cypress
Hi Trent,
Beautiful build mate.
Could you tell me about the friction tuners please? Is there a how to make in th plan.
Could you put me onto the plan please?
It looks like a little smaller size guitar a 7/8th or even smaller.
Love it all.
Cheers
Al
Beautiful build mate.
Could you tell me about the friction tuners please? Is there a how to make in th plan.
Could you put me onto the plan please?
It looks like a little smaller size guitar a 7/8th or even smaller.
Love it all.
Cheers
Al
- Mon Oct 14, 2019 10:22 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: 00 Acoustic build thread.
- Replies: 39
- Views: 49808
Re: 00 Acoustic build thread.
Hi Joseph,
I'm with the red Titebond also.
I use the super strength epoxy follow the instructions and mix it very well to glue down the fingerboard. I also use some on the neck bolt inserts as well.
Looking forward to watching your build.
Cheers
Alan
I'm with the red Titebond also.
I use the super strength epoxy follow the instructions and mix it very well to glue down the fingerboard. I also use some on the neck bolt inserts as well.
Looking forward to watching your build.
Cheers
Alan
- Sun Oct 13, 2019 1:25 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Flamenco guitar
- Replies: 14
- Views: 31028
Re: Flamenco guitar
A very tasty guitar Fisherman.
Congratulations to you for building such a class instrument.
Cheers
Alan
Congratulations to you for building such a class instrument.
Cheers
Alan
- Sun Oct 13, 2019 1:11 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Classical Build (s) - Hopefully falcate!
- Replies: 96
- Views: 108646
Re: Classical Build (s) - Hopefully falcate!
Hi Richard, I'm looking forward to the build. I am also building a few classical guitars at once seen that I have never built one before. The first one has a bolt on neck the same method as I have built all my steel strings. It is at closed box and I am very pleased with the guitar so far. The braci...
- Sat Aug 31, 2019 10:45 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: First Classical Build
- Replies: 18
- Views: 21627
Re: First Classical Build
Thank you Steve very timely as I am into the top bracing right now.
Cheers
Alan
Cheers
Alan
- Wed Aug 21, 2019 2:53 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: First Classical Build
- Replies: 18
- Views: 21627
- Tue Aug 20, 2019 12:18 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: First Classical Build
- Replies: 18
- Views: 21627
Re: First Classical Build
Hi Steve, Thanks for your reply. I am not using a live back on the sapele which has good stiffness, is 2.2 mm thick and it will be a bolt on neck. The blackwood also a non live back and it is the same weight as the Sapele back at 2.2 mm thick and very stiff. The Silver Wattle is stiff enough at 2.5 ...
- Tue Aug 20, 2019 9:21 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: First Classical Build
- Replies: 18
- Views: 21627
Re: First Classical Build
Hi Dave, More good experienced information to take in. Thank you. I have ordered the GAL SE 114 plan but it has been 6 weeks and no sign of it yet. Being economy post from the US it may take some more time to get here. I believe it is very similar in size to the La Suprema FE 19. I am not looking to...
- Mon Aug 19, 2019 9:37 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: First Classical Build
- Replies: 18
- Views: 21627
Re: First Classical Build
Also the Sapele back is 250 gram, a Blackwood also 250 gram and a Silver Wattle 190 gram. After some research I found that a three ladder torres brace design for the back should be about B1 at the neck end 7 mm x 20 mm, B2 8 mm x 20 mm and B3 9 mm x 20 mm. Do you think they are reasonable sizes to s...
- Mon Aug 19, 2019 8:40 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: First Classical Build
- Replies: 18
- Views: 21627
Re: First Classical Build
Hi Steve, The tops are 355 mm at the LB 270 UB 230 W. My mistake just checked it is the La Suprema FE19 plan by Neil Ostberg. I thought maybe 8 mm x 16 mm for the second transverse and leave the first one a 9 mm x 19 mm. I intend to extend the neck right to the soundhole to fully support the fingerb...
- Mon Aug 19, 2019 7:27 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: First Classical Build
- Replies: 18
- Views: 21627
Re: First Classical Build
Hi Steve, Thank you very much for your reply. You have shed light on a few things I was unsure of. The tops are still nice and stiff and weigh 150 gram with the rosette in and soundhole cut out. I will avoid gluing the struts against the transverse brace thanks for that tip. In Neals plan he has 9 m...
- Mon Aug 19, 2019 12:03 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: First Classical Build
- Replies: 18
- Views: 21627
First Classical Build
Hi to you all, Its been a long time since I posted so I thought I would pick the brains of the good people here on classical guitar building. Steel string guitars have been on my bench for the past 15 years and I thought it about time to have a go at a classical. My health has been not so good for s...