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I'm about to bombard you all with various questions regarding bridges ..I am nearing this stage and need to research ..and what better place than here. My main concern is intonation...I don't want it to be close ..I want it to be spot on. Which leads me to think maybe cutting the saddle slot after t...

How thick is the filler piece Grant? And how much 'meat' is left below the bottom of the truss rod channel? I drew up a scale drawing of my no.1 before commencing on the neck, and I've initially drawn my truss rod cavity to the exact depth of the rod. Mainly because I'm nervous of stuffing up the n...

Just for some closure on this thread...just in case anybody is researching this topic in the future this is what i did. I followed Martins advice to a simple jig that screws into the neck and used my straight edge as a fence..Thanks for those pics as well Taffy.. I've read so many different opinions...

cheers guys,
thats exactly what I'll do...great..
I was thinking way to much of a haphazard contraption like the game "Mousetrap"
thanks again.

Following on from the Epoxy thread.....and you can probably ignore that one now as I will most definitely have to put in a filler piece.. Problem is how? First the problem:- The slot is not deep enough and the truss-rod adjustment cannot be accessed through the soundhole because its not low enough t...

wow, thats really something...theres a lot to love about this guitar..excellent work Allen.

I really like that backstrip and wedge every time I look at it.

I can't see why you would want to bond the rod to the walls of the slot. If it fits neatly in the slot, ie doesn't slop around at all - contacting along its entire length top and bottom, it depends on being able to flex a little to work. Just put it in and glue the fingerboard on. cheers graham now...

thanks for all the advice everyone. I may be crazy but have routed the slot so the truss-rod is flush with the neck and no filler piece. It does fit very flush so I'm hoping with some tension on the rod that no rattles will occur. So, to clarify ...I will only be using whatever product I choose on t...

I want to buy some epoxy to install my truss-rod into the channel. I don't really want to buy a large quantity like the West systems. because its the only part of the build I need epoxy for.. Does anyone know of a suitable brand that maybe does a syringe style that measures the right amount of A and...

I've had a good experience with them also... I had a minor issue with my drill press ..called them up ...they said they'd have their technician call me back.. 15 minutes later he called and was able to guide me through resolving the problem over the phone... I was pretty happy that I didn't have to ...

Thanks, fellows. Dom, here is a very rough sketch of the inside. It has a solid pennisula down the center to hold everything, the edges are about 3/8" to 1/2" thick, the rest is hollow. http://www.anzlf.com/phpBB2/userpix/17_drawing_1.jpg Ron Considering the highly detailed plan you have I can't be...

The website looks great to me , Steve.
It's got lots of great pics of your incredible collection of works. I've always thought your selection of timber and appointments is always been very tasteful.
I think you'll have no problem drumming up even more business with a website like that..

I'm just slotting and about to radius my fretboard as we speak.. I have no jigs as such other than an 8" radius block but my method will most probably be After slotting the blank I will run the fingerboards through my safe-t-planer on a slight angle towards the centre of the board...then flip it aro...

The only vice I have is may drink to much beer.. :roll: I've managed to build my acoustic guitar without the aid of a vice so far...although there has certainly been times where I could have used one. nothing a bit of creative clamping can't fix.. Having said that , I will get one of those stewmac t...

Nice asses, Kim....err, I mean Axes,.. I mean Mike ..

Welcome Mike. Great work you got happening there.

In the last couple of weeks I've managed to finish the jigs needed to cut the mortise and tenon.. and this weekend I started rough carving the heel, thicknessed the neck taper and started fitting the neck.. I'm miles away from the actual line of the heel as I only have a chisel ...I need to look int...

thanks Dave..
Sounds good
I'm willing to give it a go.

thanks for all the great info guys... I will look into it. Thanks for the offer Jack...I'll give you a buzz . Dennis , that jig looks like it would work just as fine and looks easy enough to whip up...although I'm pretty jigged out at the moment...I feel I spend more time making jigs than working on...

Here is a link to a first guitar posted on OLF recently. Tru-Oil, gloss finish. I believe he talks about his process somewhere in the thread. http://www.luthiersforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10101&t=17747 Thanks waddy, Thats the one...I saw that thread a month or so ago and was impressed by the o...

If there's anyone out there who uses Tru-Oil as a guitar body finish, I would be very interested to hear how they do it. me too.. I have seen high gloss finishes in tru-oil ...I would like to know how they did it. but I wonder, being an oil , if it has any dampening effect on inhibiting vibration o...

I'm just wondering what people's thoughts are on the 2 manual fret slotting systems from stewmac and LMII.. Lmi have dropped their price and its now about $175US which includes the template for slot positions.. The stewmac one is about $90US + $40US for the template... anyone had any experience with...

Hi Robbie and welcome. Good to see you here..

Great DVD by the way...Most of my current guitar has been built following the instructions in your DVD....which is great resource.

that looks georgeous, Martin..congratulations..
very tasteful..

very very nice Kim...I like the look of the timber combination you chose. stunning

Welcome Craig,
I'm sure you could teach us a few things about the art of a fine coffee and I'm sure in return the fine folk here will pass on some knowledge to you on the art of lutherie.
Make 'em a strong coffee , that'll get 'em talking.