Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Hey Jim, I made something similar, called my "poor man's dry room." I made a blackwood guitar with no dramas, but when I used it to work on a Rimu guitar, even with 10-15minutes of time with the front off the box, it turned inside out on me after removing the back from the go-bar..... Now Rimu is no...

Pete, if it was me, I'd cut it or split it into oversize billets and paint the ends with something. I've heard the blue plumbers glue is good, also water based paint. Smaller chunks will be usable MUCH sooner than a log....

mcdonaldstrings.com has an on-line calculator Allen. Just plug in the numbers, and it'll give you the tensions, to at least double check your results....

Given my very limited eperience, I have little more to offer, but look forward to seeing how yours turn out.

Cheers,
Nick

Tried to add my signature, but the site won't allow it unless I give them more personal information than I'm willing to. Keep up the good work, Tod. You lot are heroes in my eyes, especially the vols....

I find it interesting that those who started the same way as the jigsaw and file guys can cast aspersions upon those that haven't, perhaps, reached the same level of accomplishment a s the critic. Everyone starts somewhere, and, as Dekka says, I salute anyone who wants to give it a go. I bet their f...

Mine look like Soulman's. They are cedar strips, about 6mm by 18mm. For no other reason than the cedar was what I had on hand. They do snap at times, as Martin suggests, and you need to be a bit careful.....

My opinion is it looks like a small jumbo. Look forward to the build thread.

Yeah, what they said. Nice.

Congratulations Craig. I've got a few extra years up my sleeve, but there are days I FEEL like an old fart already! Hopre you had a great day.

Keep in mind that that $400 bill from Alaska Specialty Woods will get you enough bracing for 20-30 guitars, I'd say....We did a group buy and I've done 3 with my 1/4 and have enough for 6-8 more. Considering that a super foot is $28 or so bucks, that's pretty comparable...

Good stuff, too......

fantastic.

Look forward ot hearing it.....

Meerkat! TOD'S MEERKAT!

This is gonna get ugly soon, and degenerate into lots of silly inuendo and double entendre......

Yes, Taff, but it's not anywhere near as sexy as Tod's.....

Truss rods?That's got my attention....

Do it yourself. I did my first with a compound 10-14(12th).

Used a block plane and a sanding beam. Easy. took ten minutes or so......Kinkade's book has it, and I'm sure you can find it on youtube.....

BTW Also not too impressed with the difference(?) if any over a regular radius.....

Britton Timbers is a wholesaler, mostly. I don't know if you would be able to go in and check out the inventory. Wouldn't hurt to give them a ring.....

Arrived this morning. Thanks Tod

They look good to me from here. I'm still learning how one shouldn't make them.....

Yikes. Thank goodness for gun control laws.....

OTH, some of the guitar stuff looks pretty reasonable, after a quick scan....

Good lad. Thanks a bunch, Tod.....

Looks good to me, too........But then, most of mine have a sort-of squished/melted look to them anyway, so what do i know? +1 on the mistakes. Whenever I show one of mine to someone, I cringe, waiting for the inevitable "What happened here?" They never come. Rest assured that your mistakes and corre...

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Allen, I don't really know yet, as it's not finished. But, having always read that his plans are over-braced, I've reduced the dimensions a bit, and as is(photo), it has a nice sound tapping the top and back. Nice separation between the two, and a mellow tone from the top, which is huon pine. Anothe...

$20 a sheet. I wish. Not in my neighbourhood. I have used MDF, but generally use anything that is a t hand. Plywood, not smaller than 1/2", MDF, Pine boards, scrap stuff from my building days. Stuff I want to use a number of times, other than forms. is usually from hardwood left over from those days...