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- Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:21 am
- Forum: Jigs & Fixtures
- Topic: My modified side bender
- Replies: 0
- Views: 18134
My modified side bender
Hi, at the risk of becoming boring another Jig post... After 15 years of feeding bent sides out of my side bender with some difficulty, LMI came out with their new side bender that was only supported on the backside. Dah! That makes so much sense. So I made the modifications shown, and it’s just as ...
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:48 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: OM size Nylon String Crossover
- Replies: 35
- Views: 105630
Re: OM size Nylon String Crossover
Hi, interesting build, thanks for sharing the process and thinking behind it.
Taff
Taff
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:36 am
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Small guitar
- Replies: 5
- Views: 24406
Re: Small guitar
Hi, Very nice build, it's great when the customer likes the guitar better than you do.
Cheers Taff
Cheers Taff
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 10:28 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Guitar Cases
- Replies: 35
- Views: 75650
Re: Guitar Cases
Hi, over the years I have built many instrument cases, starting back in 1964 when I made a dreadnought size-shaped case for the very nice Levin acoustic I had at that time. The case was made to get that guitar from the UK to Australia in one piece…it did that. It also traveled [with the guitar] on t...
- Fri Nov 24, 2023 8:30 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Tough times for suppliers?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 59074
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
Taff
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:14 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: The Cockatoo "000'
- Replies: 8
- Views: 16849
Re: The Cockatoo "000'
Hi again Bob, just posted the hole borer over on the Jigs and Fixtures section, enjoy.
Taff
Taff
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:12 pm
- Forum: Jigs & Fixtures
- Topic: Neck Bolt Hole Borer
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6430
Neck Bolt Hole Borer
Hi, I had not planned to post another jig post so soon, but after a question from Bob H, regarding my neck fitting method I said I would show how I do it. As with many of the machines and jigs I come up with they possibly seem like overkill to some. However, they work for me and make my time in the ...
- Wed Nov 08, 2023 5:25 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: The Cockatoo "000'
- Replies: 8
- Views: 16849
Re: The Cockatoo "000'
Hi Bob, I was always a bit concerned about disclosing this method many years ago as it was not the done thing, but then I saw Taylor Guitars was doing it so I felt better then.
I'll have to show my dedicated drilling machine for doing the neck holes.
Cheers Taff
I'll have to show my dedicated drilling machine for doing the neck holes.
Cheers Taff
- Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:11 am
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: The Cockatoo "000'
- Replies: 8
- Views: 16849
Re: The Cockatoo "000'
Hi all, thanks for your comments guy's much appreciated. Bob, the finish if I remember correctly was a waterborne lacquer, I was trying different finishes at that time so not sure what brand. Here is a photo of a neck I'm working on at the moment, I use flatpack furniture bolts and insert nuts. I dr...
- Mon Nov 06, 2023 9:23 am
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: The Cockatoo "000'
- Replies: 8
- Views: 16849
The Cockatoo "000'
The Cockatoo. This is a 000-style guitar and is named after an old gold mine in my area. It has 14 frets to the body with a spruce top and New Guinee Rosewood back, sides, and neck. The story. Whilst building this guitar I decided that as the name was going to be the cockatoo I would put a feather a...
- Tue Oct 31, 2023 9:13 am
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Solid neck through
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9302
Re: Solid neck through
Hi, wow a fantastic-looking guitar, I love the detail. Certainly an eye-catcher that one.
Taff
Taff
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 6:31 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Slotting boards
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12875
Re: Slotting boards
Hi Nigel, yes that’s the bandsaw method I have been using for kerfing. I had a fret slotting circular saw that was buckled and gave a too wide slot, too wide for frets so I designed a kerfing saw using the same principles, but never got to finish it off.
Taff
Taff
- Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:44 am
- Forum: Jigs & Fixtures
- Topic: Jigs #3 to #5
- Replies: 0
- Views: 17949
Jigs #3 to #5
Hi, I thought I would post 3 simple shop-built jigs this time, I hope you find them interesting. #3 speeded up the time and the ease of cutting frets to size prior to fitting. #4 repurposes an old belt sander for putting a radius on my bridge bases. #5 is the way I glue up my fingerboards. Shop made...
- Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:32 am
- Forum: Tutorials
- Topic: How I refitted the tailblock...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 16131
Re: How I refitted the tailblock...
Thanks, Martin and Asgilbert, so long as somebody finds it interesting. I enjoy seeing other people's solutions and achievements at different tasks.
Taff
Taff
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 9:01 am
- Forum: Tutorials
- Topic: How I refitted the tailblock...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 16131
How I refitted the tailblock...
Hi, it’s jobs like this that keep the old grey cells working. A customer complained of something banging around inside his flamenco guitar. It turned out to be the tail block, it had somehow come completely detached from the sides. 1.JPG 2.JPG Getting it out was easy getting it back took some workin...
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 8:37 am
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: European spruce QLD Maple classical & backwood and sitca med jumbo
- Replies: 5
- Views: 20215
Re: European spruce QLD Maple classical & Backwoods and sitca med jumbo
Hi, great looking pair of guitars, very tastefully executed.
Taff.
Taff.
- Sat Oct 14, 2023 9:17 am
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: King billy & Amboyna nylon
- Replies: 14
- Views: 23202
Re: King billy & Amboyna nylon
Hi Trent, what a beautiful guitar I love the detail and clean lines, it all comes together very well.
Cheers Taff
Cheers Taff
- Tue Oct 10, 2023 10:50 am
- Forum: Tutorials
- Topic: How to make a truss rod
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10723
Re: How to make a truss rod
Hi again, just came across this in one of my files...
Cheers Taff
I used to get the brass blocks from Gilet in Sydney.
Cheers Taff
- Sun Oct 08, 2023 5:09 pm
- Forum: Jigs & Fixtures
- Topic: Slotting Plain Bridge pins #2
- Replies: 0
- Views: 29546
Slotting Plain Bridge pins #2
Hi, here is another small but handy jig, I think the photos will tell the story. I came up with this when I bought a batch of bridge pins that were not slotted. Many times though I would slot the pin holes in the bridge. 1-IMG_0309.JPG 2-IMG_0302.JPG 3-IMG_0303.JPG 4-IMG_0301.JPG 5-IMG_0307.JPG 6-IM...
- Sun Oct 08, 2023 9:06 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Mandolin in Engelmann Spruce and RIver Oak (redux)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 38442
Re: Mandolin in Engelmann Spruce and RIver Oak (redux)
Hi, it's all been said and I agree. I love the figure on the back, if that's hard shellac, I'm sold on it.
Taff
Taff
- Sun Oct 08, 2023 8:59 am
- Forum: Jigs & Fixtures
- Topic: Candle Jig for Top / Back Joining
- Replies: 10
- Views: 22550
Re: Candle Jig for Top / Back Joining
Hahaha, Martin where do you get these great ideas? Anyway, I could not stand the noise of a diesel idling away in the backyard.
- Sat Oct 07, 2023 6:51 am
- Forum: Jigs & Fixtures
- Topic: Candle Jig for Top / Back Joining
- Replies: 10
- Views: 22550
Re: Candle Jig for Top / Back Joining
Hi, I’m even lazier, I use a window too… but it’s still in the wall at the back of the bench. I can only shoot my boards in the daylight.
Taff
Taff
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:17 am
- Forum: Tutorials
- Topic: How to make a truss rod
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10723
Re: How to make a truss rod
Hi, Hi, I used to make my own rods back in the day and still do if I need a custom size. Basic description: They are only one-way acting and consist of a 3/16/steel rod bent in half and taped as shown with aluminum tape One end stops at the brass block while the other goes through the block and is t...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 10:03 am
- Forum: Tutorials
- Topic: #1Fret end Catcher
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8050
#1Fret end Catcher
Hi I thought I would post some of the tools, jigs, aids, and machines I have come up with over the years. It occurred to me that there must be many hundreds of members and others out there who visit this forum in search of ideas and inspiration. I came to this assumption when noticing that regular c...
- Sat Sep 30, 2023 12:41 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Slotting boards
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12875
Re: Slotting boards
Hi, that's a nifty-looking setup, how is fret spacing arrived at? I suppose you could make kerfing on that too.
Taff
Taff