Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Hi All, Hope everyone is having a good festive season so far. I aquired a large slab of wood when I lived in WA (it's not necessarily from WA originally) and I have no idea what species it is. I was going to build a couple of tables out of it but who needs a table when you've got guitars... Does any...

Wow, great video mate and Deftones had me hooked straight away. Very envious of your workshop and great to see your process, thanks for sharing!
Ben

Ahhh 20 days, that is a little excessive...
Thanks again Steve

Cheers Steve, so I would guess that these rub on/brush on finishes are not as good as spray on, is that just because of the thickness of the finish, a time thing or inferior final aesthetics?

Thank you both Mark and Allen for your thorough replies, I have read some of Allen's posts but I will go back and read them all, cheers. I would like to sell a few instruments if I can down the track so I guess I'll take the hard route.. I have read about the colortone grain filler and this seems st...

Thanks Steve, I will put these on my list to research.

Hi Everyone, I don't have any experience with finishing, the first couple of guitars I have built were finished by Gilet many years ago. Having resumed building I am now ready to finish a couple of guitars and would like to learn myself, so I have been doing a little research. I'm was interested in ...

Thanks Gents, I will have a look at these places as well.
Ben

Hi All, I'm setting up a workshop and about to spend about 4-5K on bandsaw, drill press etc.. From my research I have found Carbatec and Machinery House. MH seem good, Carbatec don't have much in stock with 2-3 month wait on most goods....Are there any other suppliers people could recommend? Just th...

Thanks again to everyone, you have thrown a spanner in the works Frank, but I appreciate it, I will have to re-think my options...seeing as I will be buying a whole workshop's worth of tools, I am keen to save where it's possible.

Thank you to everyone for your help, really appreciate it, Veritas it is! I will be keeping my eyes out for additional vintage planes as well, the reconditioning video was really helpful.

Sorry, silly question...I was looking at US procing for the Lie Nielson..

Thanks everyone for your input, great advice that I will take on. Any opinions on the Lie Nielson planes? Is this the Stanley wayne? http://m.ebay.com.au/itm/Stanley-62-Jack-Plane-/191611968258?epid=1124840567&hash=item2c9cf69b02%3Ag%3Ash8AAOSwfR1Zb34a&_trkparms=pageci%253A242b2ac3-7361-11e7-af52-74...

Hi All, This is my first time posting, so hello to everyone and great forum. Sorry to bring up this topic again, I have read the previous thread but given it was 4-5 year ago I thought I would re-visit it. I have limited knowledge of the quality of different tools and am currently setting up my own ...