Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

I'm too green to add much, but I can say that I think finish is my weakest point and what I like least. I love building, loath finishing.

Great looking guitar Totally envious of your finish and love the colours in myrtle

I think variable speed is a must, especially if your going to use a safety planner, as you really need to get to at least 2500rpm. Also accurate depth stop adjustment is important. The ones with a couple nuts won't cut it for accurate depth. Lastly, I know others may disagree, but a keyless chuck is...

kiwigeo wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:02 pm

Nice work Trent. Is that Englemann one of the Graham Hein tops you got off me?

I wish I built that quickly! No it is one from Andrew's student stash, but I have just started a neoclassical with a lutz top I got from you. So stiff the target thickness came out at 2.1mm

Thanks for the encouraging words, I was a little worried the aesthetic was too busy with busy grain and busy colours from the shell, so appreciate the feedback. Yes, I did made my wife's engagement and wedding ring and had 3 or 4 grams of off cuts and filings floating around the house bugging me tha...

Hi All, Here is my 3rd guitar, which I recently strung up in the nick of time for an anniversary prezzie for my wife. It is my first solo build although; I do owe a lot of thanks to Andrew Armstrong and forum members for a lot of advice along the way. My wife has had some netball injuries over years...

Beautiful work and beautiful wood!

kiwigeo wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:01 pm

Any chance of some pics of the Dremel jig Trent? No problems if Andrew would rather keep it in-house

Very nice I really like the three piece neck and unstacked heel

Any chance of some pics of the Dremel jig Trent? No problems if Andrew would rather keep it in-house :) I am sure Andrew wouldn't mind but I don't have a pic on my phone so will have to take one when I get back to Brisbane. The demmel is held upside down and the bit potrudes between a fence and an ...

I know for certain that Andrew does at his school and fairly sure Matin was doing this as well. The way Andrew explained it, not all student get hopelessly addicted to lutherie :wink: so will never have a chance to improve on their next one. The channel cut with a dremmel and a jig was to keep the t...

I am nearly ready to finish to start prep'ing for finish on a guitar with northern silky oak back and sides and have found despite using a flat sanding block that I have some corrugation or undulation happening. It is most prominent on the upper bout of the back where the rays are large and near the...

Beautiful work I think black heart sassafras will be high on the list for my next build

[/quote] New Stanley stuff......good for use as door stops or holding down piles of tonewood. [/quote] Couldn't agree more with that statement. When I was first started thinking to buy hand tools, I bought a new no. 4. It had a plastic depth adjuster nut that pretty much threaded it self after the s...

Fisherman wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 24, 2017 12:47 pm

good to know it can go golden too

Very golden! Very nice

Very nice . I think the decorative neck feature is a very clever way of hiding the sand through. I had to look and read your description a couple of times before I understood what had happened.

Trevor Gore wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 06, 2017 10:13 pm

I hope some of you are still following this...

Not really, but I read it all the same with vague thoughts of 'someday'

Love the indigenous design! Beautiful work

Roy Courtnell has a Torres 604mm plans in his book but also available online here:

https://www.masterguitarplans.com/torres-requinto/

Thanks All! I will start thinking about a wedge. Just out of curiosity why 8.5mm thick bridge, thats a little on the low side. The guitar is loosely based off the 'Torres 2' designs in Roy Courtnell's book and that is what is on those plans. I assume with such a small body, a reduced bridge height h...

Hi All, I recently closed the box on a small scale classical (604mm) and while waiting for binding glue to dry and popped a straight edge on the neck and to my horror found the neck projection instead of being negative was positive with a projection at scale length of 3mm. Turns out that it doesn't ...

Another beaut'

Thanks for everything Bob. As a newish member and new to luthiery I have found this forum and the knowledge base it contains invaluable and a regular part of my day

Beautiful

I thought, that grey spruce is attractive maybe I'll get some. 30 seconds later:

Nice I like the fretboard end detail