Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Yeah, nice one Rod.....True by name and true by nature.

Thanks for the video and the post Robbie. Like alot of aspects of luthery everyone has their own way of doing things. I dont have a thickness sander and if I did I dont think I would use it to get the top down to final thickness. I also vary thickness across my tops and go a bit thinner around the p...

Its Hesh's birthday???

Happy birthday mate. Please PM me your address so we know where to sent the stripogram.

Cheers Martin

Looking good there Josh.

Just one question....have you been using Aquadhere PVA for all your joints or just for the fret markers in the photo above?

Cheers Martin

Spilt an Englemann top in half with a 1/4" drill bit on Saturday......went to the pub on Sunday and woke up this morning with a raging hangover

No I wasnt using a brad tip bit but will be for the next attempt.

Got some of Graham's Englemann glued up for a classical top and was drilling a hole for the router circle cutting jig and.....crack....split the two halves cleanly in two with the drill bit. This tuff is a bit more brittle than Sitka. Managed to clean up the two halves and get them back in the glue ...

Geophysicists...a strange breed. Theyre not hard to spot in the office...they're the guys wearing bright coloured braces and a bow tie. Theyre also the guys who promise to come out and witness a wellsite seismic survey but they end up either crashing the vehicle on the way to the rig or failing the ...

The acid test...hand him a dirty spark plug out of your lawnmower.

Allen wrote:Yep, striking resemblance to Mr. Cone Head.

Looking great guys.

Well after my shave this morning I decided to have a bit of fun. I headed down to my local cafe and scared the cr*p out of the girls behind the counter. Once theyd picked themselves up off the floor they couldnt stop rubbing their hands over my shiney naked nut.

Kim,

Ya look like one of those aliens in the movie "Cone Heads"......good on ya mate.

Nice look Stu...... sinister but at the same time distinguished.

Lookin' good Allen.

Soooooooo....... who's next to post up their freshly shaven nut?????

Think of it as my penance for ***ng up the saddle on the 12 string.

Craig wrote:Geez ! I appreciate the sentiments Martin , but I'm thinking shaving your own noggin in support is a bit much !

It would have to be pretty sticky...or all the worlds fish would fall apart.

Rod True wrote:No, fish glue doesn't smell fishy. It's very very sticky though.

Thats a nice look there Craig....sort of a cross between David Crosby and Gandhi.

Onto my order please add 30 A grade rosewood bridge blanks.

Thanks Martin

Check this out...Annoying Kid versus Dalek. This kid doesnt know who hes messing with.

http://video.google.com/videosearch?cli ... a=N&tab=wv#

Right guys. Craig's doing the chemo thing and he's lost his much beloved locks. I dont see why he should be the only one with a lovely shiney nut so I got busy with the trusty Veritas blockie and gave myself a quick trim. Anyone else up for a show of support for our mate? Shave your nut and post up ...

BobC can retire after hes processed this order

Nothing like a luthiers tonewood feeding frenzy.....

I like the sound of HHG for gluing up braces where tack time is very short but for gluing up large surfaces it sounds like a veritable P in the A and the disadvantages seem to outweigh the advantages.

Probably a stupid question but if using HHG for fixing a top/back to sides is such a major operation then what is the advantage of doing it this way over using Titebond? I know some of you will say ease of undoing the glue joint but Ive undone Titebond back/side joints on one of my guitars twice and...

The price is excellent. Bump my order up to 40 A grade ebony fretboards.

Thanks Martin

Great link James, Ive been looking for someone who sells the Liberon products.