Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

A friend of mine in Sydney is a tree lopper.

He says he has to cut a large lillipilli down next week.

What's Lillipilli like as a timber??

I found that using heat blankets to bend linings was rather unsuccessful. Heat lamps would be even harder. Perhaps if you have a long thin heat blanket that might work.

Much easier on the hot pipe. 5mm is quite thick, also preshaped linings are harder to control when bending than just flat ones.

Yeah I was thinking of trying to design a small plane to do just that on mine.

now when exactly am I going to find a loose end ...

Do you pre-shape the linings or plane them down after fitting? Or both? Or neither?

On that pic it looks like the linings are just square profile.

yeah I think that's the sort of thing I need.

Are you using solid linings too? I imagine for kerfed linings its not so critical as more flexible. But I've never used kerfed lining so I dunno ...

They are 4mm x 23mm, solid, not kerfed, and clamp to a 2-3mm rib. They are prebent, yes, but as there is about 1" wide gluing surface, and I am using hide glue, I do need to clamp properly and quickly. Otherwise I get gaps. the linings are probably structurally just fine, but they don't look really ...

I haven't yet found my ideal lining clamping system. I've tried bulldog clips, clothespegs, cheap hobby clamps from $2 shop, big F clamps, spring "A" clamps and none of them are perfect. either too big, or not enough pressure, or they damage the wood, or the presure is uneven ... my bass linings are...

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Somewhere, I read of someone doing this by suspending a router(!!) from the shed ceiling, putting the MDF blank on the floor and playing pendulums...

True, but I don't think my glue gets anywhere near that. I did use a thermometer once to check. It gets hot enough to run, then that's enough heat.

I might be missing something but I find HHG pretty easy to use. I just heat it till it runs like thin cream, and it's ready. if its too thick I add a bit of water. I don't use a thermometer.

I prefer hide glue for all glueing (except for graphite inserts) and I have a great little system. I grind the "pearl" hide glue pellets in a spice grinder, sieve through a tea strainer and have a small jar of this on hand. I have an upturned clothes iron in a wooden mount, with a piece of fibro cov...

why are pirates called pirates?

because they just ARRRRRRRRRRRR

wish I could keep the $1600 ... but alas, that's already commited to the cause. I might keep the mo a few more days but its really annoying me at mealtimes ... soup strainer, indeed!

and this



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We are talking about ferraris here

Eeek! That's the ugliest solution to tone deafness I ever saw!

"Looks Awful
Feels Lumpy
Sounds OK."

How about this for italian woodcarving skills ...

Is that the same cypress pine used on my kitchen floor? Where are the knot-holes????

Getting really itchy. And looking patchy. D'Artagnan has no competition.

If its hot enough, no springback. I tried using tassy oak for linings but it was much harder to bend and did spring back quite a bit. Yeah I have to watch the fingers a bit, but I'm used to it. I use wooden battens for the tricky bits. Here's the setup: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2332/2037647092...

I'm using 4mm x 25mm silky oak

http://www.youtube.com/v/ebu_TbRIKaI

Yes, if the wood is not dry when assembled, further shrinkage will do that, or worse, crack the plate NOT on the seam. there's a lot od wood across a back and shrinkage can easily move the wood a mm or more. that is why I have built a slight bow into the back, if it shrinks further it will tend to p...

Amazing things can be done by hand.

maybe your son has alkaline sweat. I've seen some brand new strings rendered completely dead and lifeless in about 20-30 minutes of playing by someone (who isn't allowed to play with my new strings, by the way...) with acid sweat... So, if the son has alkaline sweat, if he shares the guitar with so...