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Awesome Bob. The snakewood fretboard is a real winner. The Maple ,a knockout

Thanks Allen .

Steve , it's Sitka Spruce . A really nice well quartered piece. The whole board is covered in that 'silking '. It's exceptional

I bought the back and sides as Pommele figured African Mahogany and used it also for bindings , purflings and rosette etc.

Forgot to mention , I bent the Mahogany binding ( 3 mm. ) on my hot pipe prior to installing

G'day Liam, My method is to inlay the binding into the soundboard before cutting out the soundhole. Leave the soundboard a little thicker than you require .Route a slot which doesn't quite reach the full thickness of the soundboard and glue the binding in. When dry , thickness the underside of the s...

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could we have a big round of applause for Mr Connor, who's been working like the proverbial to get us back up & running again!

Here here ! Onya Bob . Great work all round .

Another option would be to buy Stewmac's oversize pins . They have them in Ebony or Ivoroid

Appreciate that thanks Rick . From what I can see from your list ( and referring to my original question ) , you use either thin or thick C.A. ONLY for your binding ( unless it's plastc/celluloid ). You stated earlier that you'd like your guitars to be good for two or three hundred years. You don't ...

Thanks Nick . Our whole family got a great laugh

Wow ! Michael that's one very attractive guitar ! As our American mates would say " Sswweeeeeet " I've not seen Siver Ash like that before. It's bloody stunning mate ! Tell me what the Gidgee was like to work with ( without swearing :lol: ) I'm going to have to give NGR a shot sometime . Everyone I ...

Thanks for you views Jeremy . No, In actual fact , I don't for one moment think that Rick was' having me on ' . He did get me thinking though . That's always a good thing and I'm thankful he pointed out an aspect I hadn't thought of . Makes you rethink a process and recheck your plan of attack, so t...

I guess if you don't mind a rubbery damper glued around the top of your instruments it's just fine... A thought... :lol: :lol: bugger you Rick ! :lol: Now you've got me thinking.. ..... It is a thought though My test piece of glue now appears a bit harder( using the highly technical fingernail test...

Thanks Martin and Dennis , That's good news

I'm about to bend some binding and intend glueing the side purfling before hand. Concerned about delamination , I just purchased some Titebond 3 for the job after reading a recent thread on the topic here on our forum recommending this. It's a light brown in colour and doesn't seem to dry to quite t...

Welcome aboard ' Magic '. Your first name would be good.

53 K ! Wow !

I've gone and infested my tonewood stash with every little critter I can find

That's a bloody knock-out Liam ! Great work mate , and great teaching Allen !
Must also add that Tim certainly looked after you guys with that wood . Awesome !

We all knew you were cheap Hesh :lol: I've found 120 to be a bit slow , so swapped to 80 and found that too coarse for my liking . very deep scoring. I'm using 100 now and find it the best of both worlds. It's quick and leaves a decent finish. I've used lots of different papers , but invariably end ...

Must have cost a bloody fortune for a block of pommel hog that thick Craig...pfffffffffffft! Some people are so wasteful and will spare no expense to impress. Well done smart arse, your work is impeccable 8) Cheers Kim :lol: :lol: :lol: Ah ! so your on to me ya sly bugger . :lol: Never thought of t...

Cheers Taff. I can't see the point of taking all the knowledge we have gained/ learned / discovered to the grave without sharing this information . It's one of the main reasons I belong to the forum . That ,and the friendships we gain, the fun and humour we share The other side of the coin is that I...

Is that an extra veneer of spruce I see down between your heel block and the sides? . Well spotted Paul ! . It's a Sassafrass capping strip on the liner between the headblock and cutaway block to help reinforce the cutaway .Actually , it's a piece of Heavy duty Walnut Fox type liner I used there ( ...

Paul mate , I feel sick for you . That's a real hard one to cop . Set too as quick as you can and do the repair . Sooner the better and you'll quickly brighten up. I'm sure this is good advice.

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Thanks a heap Jeff. I'm not to keen on a lot of cutaways either . I'll take it as a big compliment considering you normally hate cutaways . I've been calling this one a ' tucked Florentine ' :lol: . I'll be using this in my future builds from now on as it's so , umm,,,, sexy ( for want of a better w...

Mazda , Subaru, Toyota ???? Sheesh , you may as well get a pair of roller scates instead :lol: Go HOLDEN V8 Martin ( ya bloody wimp ) A REAL man's car ! Vroooooom! http://www.anzlf.com/phpBB2/userpix/5_HOLDEN_1_1.jpg Or better still : http://www.anzlf.com/phpBB2/userpix/5_HOLDEN2_1.jpg Now THAT is j...

Thanks for this Allen. Simple and affective . I'll be puting it to use very shortly . I hadn't seen this jig before . Haven't got a decent table saw so I'll try it on the bandsaw. I'll check that it's having one of it's "good days" first though , and not doing the wandering blade thing . The inlay b...