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- Tue Nov 20, 2018 7:38 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Double Bass Build
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18487
Re: Double Bass Build
you are probably well advanced by now but i’ll offer a few tips for next time We commonly use a slot cutter router bit to establish an even edge thickness by registering the router base at the back of the plate. purfling usually goes in after the arching is carved and the outline finalized on the ri...
- Thu Oct 11, 2018 7:08 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: New GST rules
- Replies: 25
- Views: 32852
Re: New GST rules
well the prob with that is you cannot claim the tax unless you have a tax invoice from them...
- Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:28 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: New GST rules
- Replies: 25
- Views: 32852
Re: New GST rules
My experience of late. I had a few imports shipped through DHL. Both over AUD $1000 but not much. None of my suppliers (USA,Germany, India) charged GST. On each shipment, I was hit with GST, duty (on ebony and some tools) and an $83 customs fee, all to be paid up front for the shipment to be release...
- Thu Dec 14, 2017 6:51 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: pattern makers vise at Carbatec at last!
- Replies: 38
- Views: 69019
Re: pattern makers vise at Carbatec at last!
Well how about that.
Thank Jeremy. Nice and blue!!
Thank Jeremy. Nice and blue!!
- Sat Aug 19, 2017 5:04 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: cheap shopvac with power takeoff
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12195
Re: cheap shopvac with power takeoff
also I figure in MY shop the sanding machines get perhaps 5-10 minutes total running time per day max, and the Bandsaw maybe 2-5 minutes max. so there's not a lot of wear and tear on the vacs. if I was doing a lot of machining or. thickness sanding, it'd be a different matter. we don't use any Power...
- Sat Aug 19, 2017 4:57 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: cheap shopvac with power takeoff
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12195
Re: cheap shopvac with power takeoff
well Martin ideally I'd have a dust deputy on all my vacs but I don't. And a DD takes up precious room. for now I keep the dust deputy for the sanding machines and at the moment I'm just using a straight vac on the Bandsaw. sure, the Ozeto won't compare with any festool performance wise but at that ...
- Sat Aug 19, 2017 8:30 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: cheap shopvac with power takeoff
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12195
cheap shopvac with power takeoff
Bunnings now have an Ozito wetndry shopvac with power takeoff for $79. Hard to go past that - getting a few for the shop and to go with my dust deputy.
Bit noisy but they work fine.
Bit noisy but they work fine.
- Thu Jun 29, 2017 9:26 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: pattern makers vise at Carbatec at last!
- Replies: 38
- Views: 69019
Re: pattern makers vise at Carbatec at last!
the pattern makers vise can hold a double bass by the neck ... horizontal!!
not something I want to do every day but sometimes ...
not something I want to do every day but sometimes ...
- Sun Jun 25, 2017 6:09 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: pattern makers vise at Carbatec at last!
- Replies: 38
- Views: 69019
Re: pattern makers vise at Carbatec at last!
if an american retailer can import them from china or taiwan and sell for USD$130 and still make a 200% profit, then surely an aussie retailer can do the same :-/
- Sun Jun 25, 2017 3:29 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: pattern makers vise at Carbatec at last!
- Replies: 38
- Views: 69019
Re: pattern makers vise at Carbatec at last!
Carbatec and the other importers already have containers full of ironwork coming regularly. all they need to do is put in a bunch of these with their next shipment!
- Sat Jun 24, 2017 2:48 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: pattern makers vise at Carbatec at last!
- Replies: 38
- Views: 69019
Re: pattern makers vise at Carbatec at last!
well that's why I just think Carbatec should carry it. they have Taiwanese suppliers I'm sure. they could just put a hundred or so in their next shipment of heavy steel things. And I'm sure they'd sell. how many instrument makers are there here? must be hundreds. I made one, it was ok, but nothing n...
- Sat Jun 24, 2017 2:19 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: pattern makers vise at Carbatec at last!
- Replies: 38
- Views: 69019
pattern makers vise at Carbatec at last!
No sorry it hasn't happened yet. but wouldn't it be good if they did carry it? I've been sending requests for them to add it to their stock lines. I'm suggesting that you guys hop onto their facebook page or website and do likewise. I just put a lot of money on one from Stewmac. Postage to Oz costs ...
- Sat Jun 17, 2017 2:34 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: ebonising wood
- Replies: 11
- Views: 15083
Re: ebonising wood
black hair dye, the two part mix like Clairol and so on, works wonders on pale ebony and many other woods to get a long lasting deep black that doesn't wear off. yes some chemical reaction that seems to bond very well with the fibre of the wood. I've tried all of the usual stains including tannin/ir...
- Fri Jul 08, 2016 10:44 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Falcate bracing - bass back
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11204
Re: Falcate bracing - bass back
It was not possible to really control RH when I installed it. However, I kept the unbraced back in plastic with a pound of silica gel crystals before I glued it all up.
- Wed Jul 06, 2016 11:46 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Falcate bracing - bass back
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11204
Falcate bracing - bass back
Faced with the carnage wrought on large instruments in the New York winter by the dryness from a combination of subzero temps and central heating, I recently had to come up with a new bracing system for my silver medal double bass that would allow the wood to move while providing stiffness and suppo...
- Thu Jun 09, 2016 10:22 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: help me iD this wood please?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10973
Re: help me iD this wood please?
... however, in the space of five minutes I've decided instead that it must be Narra/NG rosewood, as the furniture i rescued it from was distinctly asian. Bubinga is african.
Apparently the infusion of the wood is fluorescent! I'll have to check this property ...
Apparently the infusion of the wood is fluorescent! I'll have to check this property ...
- Thu Jun 09, 2016 10:13 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: help me iD this wood please?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10973
Re: help me iD this wood please?
After a lot of reading i have decided that it is most likely Bubinga. So, well spotted guys. It is described elsewhere as either smelling awful (when wet) or sweet and compelling. Which is how i find it. And samples i've seen look very similar.
I will read up a bit on NG Rosewood.
I will read up a bit on NG Rosewood.
- Wed May 25, 2016 11:44 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: help me iD this wood please?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10973
- Wed May 25, 2016 11:00 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: help me iD this wood please?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10973
help me iD this wood please?
wonderful aroma of resin, fresh tobacco, old books, roses ... complex. if it was whisky I'd be addicted to it ...
- Tue Apr 19, 2016 10:38 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Where to get black vulcanized paper?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 35842
Re: Where to get black vulcanized paper?
Did anyone end up finding a good supplier? I was just about to put an order with LMI for two sheets ... $80 shipping FFS!!
- Thu Feb 25, 2016 11:53 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Workshop share
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4382
Re: Workshop share
OK you can stop messaging me now. I can't handle the volume of emails I'm getting
- Fri Feb 19, 2016 10:53 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Workshop share
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4382
Workshop share
Hi
I am looking at leasing a commercial premises in Marrickville (Sydney) to build my business, building, repairing and restoring double basses and cellos.
If anyone is interested in potentially sharing/renting workshop space from me, please drop me a line privately.
Matthew
I am looking at leasing a commercial premises in Marrickville (Sydney) to build my business, building, repairing and restoring double basses and cellos.
If anyone is interested in potentially sharing/renting workshop space from me, please drop me a line privately.
Matthew
- Mon Jan 18, 2016 6:10 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Double bass resto/repair
- Replies: 31
- Views: 34226
Re: Double bass resto/repair
Setup hint: Put a lightweight composite tailpiece on it with a synthetic tailgut. Much better for pizz IMO.
And, the less paint the better.
And, the less paint the better.
- Wed Jan 13, 2016 3:51 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: bridge repair hobart
- Replies: 8
- Views: 18258
- Tue Jan 12, 2016 10:22 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: bridge repair hobart
- Replies: 8
- Views: 18258
Re: bridge repair hobart
Thank you. He will try Dobson, having not had a good experience elsewhere before ...