Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Happy belated birthday Jack the Rat

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Kim

The Billion modem range have always been rock solid for me and many others Bob. Have a look at Warcom to see if any ring ur bell.

http://www.warcom.com.au/shop/browse/ad ... r/Billion/

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Kim

Frank, the best epoxy wood 'adhesive' I've found is Smiths Allwood. As you probably know I'm not a fan of any epoxy now days and avoid it if there's options at hand, but sometimes, epoxy is the only glue for the job and Smiths is really good stuff. I don't know of an AU supply. But LMI sells it so y...

Well done Tim, all the lads look very proud of themselves in the photo and rightly so to. Not only do they now own a ubeat uke built with their own hands, but thanks to your course they've discovered a new craft and have been gifted with the confidence to tackle it head-on in their own shed...today ...

Not affected myself on this side of the island but I do share the sentiment. It also must be said that your a top bloke Dennis Leahy, truly mate, you are.

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Kim, and all those unfortunates whom do currently find themselves in the path of the most intimidating terror of all.

Thanks for posting this Steve. 8) Not something I'm in a hurry to spend on right now however its really good to get an insight into the process and possibilities. Whilst that level of tech tooling may not be viable for me, I can certainly understand the reasoning behind the investment in a commercia...

Coming along very nicely Al, a little squirt of toffee an she'll look a treat

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Kim

I am thinking of it as an alternative to koa in sound, as it is also an acacia that grows in a warm climate. Thanks, Col Hello Col and welcome to the ANZLF :D Can't help on Vanuatu BW because I've not come across it before..But I will say that there is a hell of a lot of different acacias growing i...

Just want to jump in and say how generouse this is of you to make such an offer to forum members Steve. Well done mate and thank you..and also ur young bloke of course..

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Kim

Why leave the pub????

EricDownunder wrote:Thanks Bob. maybe a collection tin should be handed around to assist with the cost.

Naaahh...Big mistake Eric.

Bob would just turn it into Guinness for him and his mates on the very next pub night and then blame all of us for the brutal 'morning after' headaches..

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Kim

Thanks Nick

Yep...our isp got zapped in an electrical storm which put us out of action for a few days, all good now though.

Well, I made a new nut for it, put on some nylon strings.... Plays "OK" from frets 1 to 5; from there on the action just gets ridiculously high. I chopped down the saddle so that less than 2mm is proud of the bridge slot and it's still a bit high. Bridge also has been previously reset but almost 3m...

I like the nice horsies in this one... Where's Wally??

Beautiful tight work there Jeremy, a very refined little uke indeed and once again you've demonstrated your very fine eye for style.

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Kim

Moved your topic to the main forum Stu where it will attract more user attention.

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Kim

Baaaah strong thighs noth'in..I reckon there's a mini-me a work....Geez I reckon the poor little bugger would be due some steep penalty rates for working under those conditions though.

Happy Birthday Kim and have yourself a top day

charangohabsburg wrote:Thank you Kim for revealing THE secret. This is how Aussies make their beautifully figured timber: noting but JALTIGORS! (Judiciously Applied Long Term In-Grown Oil and Rust Stains).

JALTIGORS it is Schmidty

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Kim

It's all you really need to participate in the IoM Tourist Trophy

http://vimeo.com/53551115

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Kim

Thanks Rob

Which Yari.....S or K? That would be both S and 'G' Yairi Martin, because 'K' at that time was just a twinkle if his father's eye. Apparently both Sadao and Giichi Yairi had apprenticed at the Suzuki Violin Co in Nagoya during the 1920's. After becoming master luthier, Giichi Yairi had left SVC aro...

On the site Tod mentioned I found a pic of a No7 with a caption saying it was built in the 1960's so I'm tending to think No9 is probably towards the 1970's. Most of that site deals with Kiso Suzuki. That's the other half of the original Suzuki Violin Co the yanks split up at the end of WW2. Your g...