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- Wed Dec 20, 2023 8:05 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Vale Frank Ford - luthier and teacher
- Replies: 5
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- Mon Dec 18, 2023 7:45 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Cole Clark guitar rattlle
- Replies: 11
- Views: 40577
Re: Cole Clark guitar rattlle
Is it just me or do the braces on that Cole Clark look pretty rough. Looks like they've come straight off a band saw and been plonked on to the top.
- Fri Dec 15, 2023 2:49 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Cole Clark guitar rattlle
- Replies: 11
- Views: 40577
Re: Cole Clark guitar rattlle
If you're gluing metal to wood then epoxy will be required. You might have got the Titebond to hold but it wont hold for long.
- Wed Dec 13, 2023 6:45 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: New Flamenco Blanca
- Replies: 9
- Views: 33612
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:26 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Cole Clark guitar rattlle
- Replies: 11
- Views: 40577
Re: Cole Clark guitar rattlle
Welcome to the forum.
Perhaps a photo might help visualize the issue youre dealing with.
Perhaps a photo might help visualize the issue youre dealing with.
- Mon Dec 11, 2023 12:15 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: OM size Nylon String Crossover
- Replies: 35
- Views: 106263
- Sun Dec 10, 2023 1:48 pm
- Forum: Jigs & Fixtures
- Topic: twin side bender
- Replies: 1
- Views: 12173
Re: twin side bender
Nice work Nigel.
I got sick of the blankets and forms and have gone back to bending my sides on an iron. Nothing beats having the swear job full and a nice set of fresh burns on your arms after a bending session.
I got sick of the blankets and forms and have gone back to bending my sides on an iron. Nothing beats having the swear job full and a nice set of fresh burns on your arms after a bending session.
- Sat Dec 09, 2023 7:35 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Spraying Hard Shellac
- Replies: 8
- Views: 32646
Re: Spraying Hard Shellac
Another potential source of contamination is some of the non slip mates that people seem to love. Some of the mats are contaminated with the silicone mold release used during their manufacture. Hi, I haven't sprayed hard shellac, but generally the causes of these craters and fisheyes will be somethi...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 12:08 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Small guitar
- Replies: 5
- Views: 24695
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 7:53 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: On my bench at the moment…
- Replies: 2
- Views: 12375
Re: On my bench at the moment…
Thanks for the update Bob. Hope youre staying dry up The Barossa!
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 4:01 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: OM size Nylon String Crossover
- Replies: 35
- Views: 106263
Re: OM size Nylon String Crossover
Some neat work there David....puts my efforts to shame.
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 10:22 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Guitar Cases
- Replies: 35
- Views: 76177
Re: Guitar Cases
Great. Chris gave excellent service while at LMI. I once ordered a bunch of dishes and the wrong sizes got delivered. Chris said to keep the dishes and he'd send the correct ones.
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 6:56 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Bowl back mandolin
- Replies: 5
- Views: 22692
Re: Bowl back mandolin
Try a search on this forum as well:
http://www.anzlf.com/viewtopic.php?f=1& ... ron#p96257
PS: welcome to the forum!
http://www.anzlf.com/viewtopic.php?f=1& ... ron#p96257
PS: welcome to the forum!
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 6:50 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Bowl back mandolin
- Replies: 5
- Views: 22692
Re: Bowl back mandolin
Thanks for that Martin. Don't have a classical style bending iron. Don't think I'd be permitted to lay out the readies to buy one. Could get the grandson to fabricate a Turkish type. Out of interest, would steam bending be delitirious to the finished instrument? Mind, the ribs would be well dried b...
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 4:38 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Bowl back mandolin
- Replies: 5
- Views: 22692
Re: Bowl back mandolin
Steam bending isn't necessary unless the wood you're bending is thick and won't yield on a bending iron with a spritz of water. I assume you're laying up rib sections over an internal mould as you'd do for a lute? The rib sections will only need to be around 2-3mm thick to be able to be bent on an i...
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 12:44 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Tough times for suppliers?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 59449
Re: Tough times for suppliers?
LOL.....enough's enough! Ive just unsubscribed from Stewac emails.
- Fri Nov 24, 2023 10:14 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Tough times for suppliers?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 59449
Re: Tough times for suppliers?
Hi, yes I was thinking the same thing, I haven’t opened one of those emails for a month. I wait till I need something. Back in the day I remember I used to enjoy getting their paper catalog in the mail. Taff Ive still one of those huge folders chock full of info that Allied Lutherie used to send you.
- Fri Nov 24, 2023 3:45 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Tough times for suppliers?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 59449
Re: Tough times for suppliers?
Whoever has bought Stewmac needs to throttle back on the advertising emails....three in one day.
I hope Stewmac continue supporting Robbie Obrien now that LMI is about to be no more.
I hope Stewmac continue supporting Robbie Obrien now that LMI is about to be no more.
- Tue Nov 21, 2023 1:02 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Solid-body Instructor Wanted (Brisbane)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13565
- Tue Nov 21, 2023 1:01 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: New Luthier Tips du Jour video - Repairing chipped ebony
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5070
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 10:30 pm
- Forum: Jigs & Fixtures
- Topic: Neck Bolt Hole Borer
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6684
- Tue Oct 31, 2023 7:23 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: New Luthier Tips du Jour video - Three piece back
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5023
- Sun Oct 29, 2023 9:45 am
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Solid neck through
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9582
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 12:49 pm
- Forum: Tutorials
- Topic: How I refitted the tailblock...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 16421
Re: How I refitted the tailblock...
Nice fix Taff. That guitar looks like it's done a few miles..
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:27 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Tough times for suppliers?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 59449
Re: Tough times for suppliers?
I bought in 100 years worth of spare blades for my Scheider gramilpeter.coombe wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 1:45 pmI suspect a lot are buying from LMI now before they close.