Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

You can also get a wide belt disc and cut out what you need from that. There is a local furnature maker near me who has a 24" wide belt sander and he's given me 80 grit belts after he's done with them. There is still grit enough for my sanding dish (I also preshape my rims which helps with less sand...

News papers good as a barrier between the sandpaper and plates, I like to use a piece of construction paper though. It's much harder to tear and you don't get distracted from the personal adds

80 grit seems to be the most common in use for a radius dish. If you preshape your sides before bending and your tail and head blocks are shaped "close" you could get away with 100 grit.

Right on Man!

I used aluminum angle instead of channel Lillian. It works just fine with a piece of angle instead. Just drill and tap the angle, or epoxy a nut over the hole. Really though, when setting the neck you want the body geometry to be right for the neck set so the angle at the front of the body should be...

Do you have a draftsman triangle? http://www.modernss.com/generatedPhotos/600x600/3594.jpg Use that as a square. Assuming you're making one of these http://www.stewmac.com/catalog/images_3lg/4783_3lg.jpg Mark the center of the templete along the inside edge of the horizontal plate, you can than use ...

Hesh, I don't think you need to worry about the BP in your shop and just trust the local weather channel for that. Honestly I don't think there is anything that you can do about the BP anyway and although it would really nice to be able to be 100% accurate in your measurement, that's just not going ...

Looks like that would work out great Hesh. I'll have to do that for my hygro's as I'm now rather interested to see just how far out they are. I don't ever look at my digital as I know it's so far out that it offers little assurance to me. edit: Oh, you're not anal retentive in any way are you :bum

Can't remember where I got my method of stringing but I do it a little bit different. First, I set the hole inline with the run of the string in which it accomodates. Then I put the string through the hole, pulling it snug. I than grab the string at the nut and pull it to the first fret. This gives ...

Thank you all for you kind comments. I really am very fond of this guitar and am thinking of making one for myself now too. Just need to sell my maple/cedar deep body OM first ....anyone.....

Needless to say after seeing your FIL's smile he has probably forgiven you for marrying his daughter.... :D LOL! Thank goodness too, I've had 3 kids with her LOL! He looks thrilled Rod and I agree that you may not be getting this one back as soon as you had anticipated. Absolutely beautiful guitar ...

You know, I think you folks might be right about when I get it back...

Lillian wrote:...Great photos Rod, website quality type ones, ya know?...

Thanks Lillian, My wife Lianna took them. That's her hobby and she's pretty good at it too

Hesh, I always like looking at your guitars.

Nice work.

Allen, he's a very patient man, and a master woodworker to boot, so he really knows the value of a good finish (sure hope I can get it right).

On the day, he said he would just send it home with me...(bit of a pause) well, in a week or so...

This is the guitar I built for my father in law for his 60th birthday. The guitar is not totally finished as I still need to spray it with nitro and buff, but here are some pictures of the guitar and the happy F.I.L Enjoy. http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w266/findmeinariver/Freds%2060/FPP_6023.jp...

Thank you all for your well wishes and comment. I put string on it tonight, tomorrow I will do the final set up, but for right now, it sure sounds great. I really like this little guitar alot. Oh, and totally rude of me to not comment on the other great stuff happening on other people's benches. Lil...

This is what is on my bench. I started it at the end of July so I've cooked through it pretty fast. This is a gift for my father in law. It's his 60th birthday. It was sort of a colaborative effort by me, my wife, her brothers and sister and our kids (grandkids). Each one came to the shop and did so...

Hey, sorry I missed it. Been away for the weekend.

Hope you had a great birthday Bob! Cheers.

HOLY PLUCK!

Nice looking guitar. I too am a no go on the pick guard, but than, I don't like pick guards at all. If you do need one, either clear or trim the sucker down. Now, I did notice one thing that worries me a little bit. the saddle slot is very, dangerously close to the front of the bridge on the high e ...

You know though Hesh, northern hemorrhoid sensitivity is much better than southern hemorrhoid sensitivity

Leave it to a fellow american to figure out why one guys nut slot is lower than the other

Phew! I'm glad I'm Canadian than, Dom LOL! Yes, I live in the Northern Hemisphere, but it's a little known fact that we Canadians have a rather large force field that protects us from most American influences :lol: So... based on your recomendation Dom, I'll go ahead and use the blackwood for the gu...

This is a gift guitar for my F.I.L. who doesn't play very often. It will most likly never be gigged on ever and I suspect it won't get much more than 4-8 hours per month of use. The blackwood I have is Tassie I'm pretty sure. I got it from Tim about 1.5 years ago. It feels about the same density as ...

Any one of you folks ever use Tassie Blackwood/Acacia for a fretboard and or bridge?

I'm thinking of doing this. Any pros/cons?

Thanks