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- Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:27 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Spraying a less lethal finish
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7919
Re: Spraying a less lethal finish
Hi Davy, You mention having finished previously finished instruments with shellac. Have you tried hard shellac...its considerably more durable than straight shellac. Not sure whats available in Christchurch...here theres Ubeaut and Restorers Choice supplying hard shellac. Carbatec usually handle Ube...
- Sun Jun 11, 2023 6:47 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Crack repair posssible?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 22476
Re: Crack repair posssible?
I'd go with two back strips and some cleats across the crack. If the crack extends for some length then a third back strip
- Thu Jun 08, 2023 2:32 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Warning - Border Control have shifted the goal posts
- Replies: 9
- Views: 19019
Re: Warning - Border Control have shifted the goal posts
Persistence sometimes pays off. Good on ya Pete for sticking to your guns.
- Mon Jun 05, 2023 10:09 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: kerfed lining material?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10869
Re: kerfed lining material?
Basswood and mahogany seem to be most commonly used for commercially made kerfed lining. Ive used poplar..because I had a source of fairly cheap lengths of the stuff. I'm sure there's a wide variety of woods you could use. Ideally it should be flat sawn to make bending easier without splitting. I'd ...
- Sat May 27, 2023 1:51 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Chladni and VA tests ???
- Replies: 61
- Views: 80916
Re: Chladni and VA tests ???
WilliamDavidReynolds wrote: ↑Sat May 27, 2023 12:25 pmI just need more time to run the speaker, it’s vibrating my body and the house, wife shut it down
- Sat May 27, 2023 9:26 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Chladni and VA tests ???
- Replies: 61
- Views: 80916
Re: Chladni and VA tests ???
I sit my guitar in the cradle that's part of my Stewmac style binding channel routing jig. I generally take the strings off or if on I put a bit of foam between strings and upper end of fretboard. You'll find that you'll need more energy to drive the upper frequency modes....many of the upper freq m...
- Wed May 24, 2023 9:32 am
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Student build log
- Replies: 4
- Views: 15682
Re: Student build log
LOL...some very funny comments under that video from people who are insistent the guitar is a Maton and not a Manton
- Wed May 24, 2023 9:23 am
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Student build log
- Replies: 4
- Views: 15682
Re: Student build log
Steve, I know Ive asked you about this a while back but can you remind me about the procedure for setting up the neck/body join. You make up the body with the neck block with mortise already cut and the neck with tenon cut and bolts set up. Do you do a rough neck rake setting at this stage and then ...
- Thu May 18, 2023 2:40 pm
- Forum: Jigs & Fixtures
- Topic: Circle Cutter, shop made.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 12350
Re: Circle Cutter, shop made.
Gramil on right is a Schneider gramil. Got one in my shop that gets a lot of use.
- Tue May 16, 2023 11:43 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Bulloak
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14919
Re: Bulloak
Don't let Stewmac find out!!
- Mon May 15, 2023 9:12 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Bridge design
- Replies: 6
- Views: 15495
Re: Bridge design
A few years ago for reasons that aren't worth discussing we imposed a 30 minute editing limit on posts. I've just changed the settings. BTW, if you want to edit your own posts you will notice three small icons in the top right corner of your post, and one of them looks like a pencil. This is the edi...
- Fri May 12, 2023 5:04 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Bridge design
- Replies: 6
- Views: 15495
Re: Bridge design
Posts can only be edited for a short time after posting......its a long story but it involves some characters who kept changing their stories.
- Thu May 11, 2023 10:13 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Nut files
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14320
Re: Nut files
Ive got shit loads of nut files but my favourite set are these ones plus a set of Japanese files that are pretty much identical to the Stewmacs.
https://www.stewmac.com/luthier-tools-a ... ing-files/
https://www.stewmac.com/luthier-tools-a ... ing-files/
- Sun May 07, 2023 11:54 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Cutaway bending
- Replies: 11
- Views: 25906
Re: Cutaway bending
LOL....you never fail to impress with the clear and neat labeling of everything in your photos. Impressive.
WJ Guitars wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 8:50 amHere are some photos showing my fox bending machine of a cutaway. Of recent times I now use spring steel slats.
Wayne
Cutaway Bernding.jpg
- Sun May 07, 2023 11:53 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Cutaway bending
- Replies: 11
- Views: 25906
Re: Cutaway bending
I'm an old fashioned outcast...I kitted up with bending forms and blankets but ended up going back to my trusty bending iron.
One advantage of a bending iron.....you never doze off while using it. Two pairs of shorts with holes burnt into them is proof of that!
One advantage of a bending iron.....you never doze off while using it. Two pairs of shorts with holes burnt into them is proof of that!
- Fri May 05, 2023 7:38 pm
- Forum: Tutorials
- Topic: Re-bending sides...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 12568
- Wed May 03, 2023 1:32 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Falcate Braced Guitar No CF
- Replies: 13
- Views: 28204
Re: Falcate Braced Guitar No CF
Thanks for the post David and welcome to the forum. I hope you'll stick around and join in the conversations and give us a peak at some of your builds. Cheers Martin Hello everyone, David form Salz guitars here. I love how the discussion evolved from my instagram photo. As Steve wrote, the top is no...
- Mon May 01, 2023 6:19 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Five string bass mailed to its home
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9968
Re: Five string bass mailed to its home
Pics mate...or it didn't happen
- Mon May 01, 2023 6:16 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Falcate Braced Guitar No CF
- Replies: 13
- Views: 28204
Re: Falcate Braced Guitar No CF
LOL Rick was an interesting character.....brilliant luthier but can't say I agree with everything he said. Its my understanding that the CF on top of and below the braces is their to resist cold creep of the brace and add stiffness. I don't see how the back or the top can function to resist cold cre...
- Mon May 01, 2023 9:50 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Falcate Braced Guitar No CF
- Replies: 13
- Views: 28204
Re: Falcate Braced Guitar No CF
Worth reading this old thread. Trevor goes into the reasoning for running CF tow on top and under falcate braces.
http://www.anzlf.com/viewtopic.php?t=9063
http://www.anzlf.com/viewtopic.php?t=9063
- Sat Apr 29, 2023 1:51 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: semi hemispherical fretting
- Replies: 6
- Views: 18922
Re: semi hemispherical fretting
Be warned the above quoted thread contains a healthy dose of p*ss taking and robust Aussie humour.
- Sat Apr 29, 2023 11:59 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: semi hemispherical fretting
- Replies: 6
- Views: 18922
Re: semi hemispherical fretting
Discussed here. The guy involved briefly joined the forum but didn't stay long :mrgreen: http://www.anzlf.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1327&p=16775&hilit=hemispherical#p16775 Thanks Nigel. Who was the guy a few years back who tried to claim semi hemispherical fretting as his own? I believe there were som...
- Fri Apr 28, 2023 4:06 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: semi hemispherical fretting
- Replies: 6
- Views: 18922
Re: semi hemispherical fretting
Thanks Nigel.
Who was the guy a few years back who tried to claim semi hemispherical fretting as his own? I believe there were some legal threats made at the time.
Who was the guy a few years back who tried to claim semi hemispherical fretting as his own? I believe there were some legal threats made at the time.
- Wed Apr 26, 2023 9:28 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Maton C50 neck reset
- Replies: 9
- Views: 12484
Re: Maton C50 neck reset
I've always marveled at Ralph Towner and his ability to play with his nails on both classicals and 12 strings
- Tue Apr 25, 2023 6:52 pm
- Forum: Contemporary Acoustic Guitar Design and Build - Trevor Gore
- Topic: eBook edition?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 32146
Re: eBook edition?
If I didn't already own two sets I'd grab them at that price
Bob_H wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 2:15 pmSecond hand set just listed on Facebook Marketplace. I do not know the seller, but they appear reasonably priced
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... 355194873/