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- Sat Dec 27, 2008 5:19 pm
- Forum: Tutorials
- Topic: bicycle inner tube clamping for fingerboard gluing
- Replies: 15
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bicycle inner tube clamping for fingerboard gluing
On saturday the workshop became a bike repair shop because my son decided to pull his old bike out from under the house and get it going again. Both tyres were flat and one had multiple punctures so we put a new tube in it. After a bit of work on the gears and brakes it was good to go. Next day I go...
- Fri Dec 26, 2008 7:17 pm
- Forum: Tutorials
- Topic: Another way to inlay a back strip
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7274
- Fri Dec 26, 2008 5:57 pm
- Forum: Tutorials
- Topic: cutting slots in bridge pins
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4762
cutting slots in bridge pins
I got a set of buffalo horn bridge pins from LMI. Very nice, but they don't have any slots for the strings to run in. I like slots in my bridge pins so I decided to cut some. You can buy a special jig for this task from Stew-Mac or LMI if you want to part with $US63.48. Basically all you need is som...
- Wed Dec 24, 2008 8:26 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Three tenors
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10941
- Tue Dec 23, 2008 6:55 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Measurements On Dark Woods
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8474
- Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:07 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Need some advice - structural problem with my first guitar?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 17961
I thought I'd give you an update on my collapsing soundboard. Basically, it seems that Craig's advice about the Bridge Doctor has been a lifesaver. I first played around with Dominic's idea of carbon fibre reinforcement. I got some CF tape from a local supplier. It only cost a few bucks and I tried ...
- Wed Dec 03, 2008 6:35 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Sting on a Lute
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14431
- Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:26 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: This time it'll work ok
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10676
- Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:21 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: My 1st guitar
- Replies: 20
- Views: 17116
Nice work Thommo. I hope you are enjoying a bit of time playing #1 while also building #2. I like your choice of Australian timbers. I also finished my first one recently and I got some good advice and tools from Gerard - and I just bought the timber for my next build from him. You will find the exp...
- Thu Nov 20, 2008 1:30 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: New Luthier Tips du Jour Video - Vacuum Fixtures
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8633
- Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:48 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: converting plans
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12296
Make a clear perspex template. It only needs to be the size of half the soundboard (down the long axis). Like Dom said, then you can see the grain through the template which helps to decide where to cut. Drill holes through the template at the points corresponding to ends of each brace so that you c...
- Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:23 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Need some advice - structural problem with my first guitar?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 17961
I am sure you are all correct. I made a big mistake scalloping the X-braces in front of the X. Looking back at the plans I was following there is not supposed to be any scalloping there, as you all identified. I copied it incorrectly onto my brace layout and didn't know enough about what I was doing...
- Wed Nov 05, 2008 6:57 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Need some advice - structural problem with my first guitar?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 17961
OK, I live and learn! It is likely that I have made some serious errors in the bracing. Another factor I just thought of is humidity. When I glued the box together, and also when I did the set-up, the humidity was around 40%. Last week when things started to go pear-shaped we had a lot of rain in Sy...
- Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:34 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Need some advice - structural problem with my first guitar?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 17961
Need some advice - structural problem with my first guitar?
I was pretty proud of myself when I posted the pictures of our first guitar 2 weeks ago - but now I am a bit worried. It seems like the top and neck angle are not holding up so well to the string tension. The main symptom is rising action, and pretty horrible intonation. When I did the initial neck ...
- Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:49 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Taking the next step....
- Replies: 19
- Views: 14768
- Tue Nov 04, 2008 6:09 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: New Luthier Tips du Jour Video
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7742
- Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:00 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: New Luthier Tips du Jour video - Top Bracing
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10090
Another great lesson Robbie. The positioning of the nodes and the general measurements are very useful information. I wasn't sure what to do if I didn't have an explicit set of plans to follow - but this gives me a good rationale for planning my own bracing layout in the future. BTW, I just posted s...
- Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:46 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: finally finished the first build
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11567
Thanks again for all of the help I have got from the forum. I will go back and move that tuner one day, but mainly I want to get on with the next one. I think my wife has some gardening tasks lined up for the next few weekends though :roll: Martin, the back braces were according to a plan which copi...
- Tue Oct 21, 2008 2:17 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Uke soundhole binding glueup jig
- Replies: 9
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- Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:44 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: finally finished the first build
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11567
Thanks for the encouragement. I do find it amazing that 2 guys with no woodworking experience can manage to knock up a decent instrument in the garage on weekends. But I'm not planning to give up the day job and live off my lutherie skills just yet. We tried to copy the neck profile and the setup me...
- Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:37 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: finally finished the first build
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11567
finally finished the first build
Yesterday Jack (my 17 yo son) and I strung up the OM that we have been working on for about 10 months. Such a great feeling to get it done and find out that something that we built actually plays well and sounds great. Learned heaps along the way - much of it from you gentlemen. It is EIR and Wester...
- Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:08 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: new to the forums~ Cole Clark
- Replies: 74
- Views: 61255
That is outrageous! I've never known someone take what I say so literally! I will need to be careful about joke suggestions from now on. But if you go to the trouble of making a tool look better than it needs to, why not go the whole way? The resident heretic will probably say that we shouldn't be e...
- Thu Sep 18, 2008 4:30 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: new to the forums~ Cole Clark
- Replies: 74
- Views: 61255
- Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:10 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: new to the forums~ Cole Clark
- Replies: 74
- Views: 61255
I used a Stew-Mac router base for the Dremel, with their binding attachment. It also has the problem of a flat plate registering on an arched back or soundboard. But the problem is more likely to be with the operator than with the tool. Maybe I just didn't pay enough attention to checking the depth ...
- Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:48 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: New Luthier Tips du Jour video - Safe-T-planer
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11360
Thanks Robbie I have been enjoying your DVD and all of these videos on the forum. I use the Safe-T-planer and have some of my own tricks. You have taught me some new ones - especially about the sharpening. I have used it to thickness wider plates, such as an already jointed top. You can't do that wi...