Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

I use the stuff for anything that needs a nitro finish. It's just about as idiot proof as nitro gets. Dilute it about 50% with their thinners and don't spray at RH >60% or you'll get blooming. You can wet sand it after ~24 hours. It takes a while to harden up for buffing (I give it a week) but I've ...

Thanks for that very useful tip. My Contreras, that I have played for thirty years is delightful so I may copy the bracing from that. At least I know it sounds beautiful. What do you think? There's a plan for my take on a Fleta in "the book" (http://www.goreguitars.com.au/main/page_the_book_overvie...

Zendo,

Be very careful if you use the Fleta plan in the Courtnall book. If you use his brace dimensions you will end up with a soundboard that is wayyyyy too stiff.

Yes, Jeremy; 'tis me. Sorry, I didn't mean to cause any confusion there.

Rgds, Trevor Gore.

Nick, The Bosch P50 is a great lightweight router. I've had mine for over 30 years and it still works fine. A near equivalent is available from Ozito. I have 3 of these. They work fine and have speed control, which the P50 doesn't. They cost ~$50 - very good value. They go through commutator brushes...

To those interested in "the book", you can download the contents pages from here: http://www.goreguitars.com.au/main/page_the_book_contents.html For a taste of the type of content it contains, you may wish to check out this paper, read at the Acoustical Society of America's recent meeting in Seattle...

If the Mac version of the Jon Sevy software isn't working for you, email Jon direct. He's very help and put the software up there for people to use. If it's not working, he'll likely help you out. He was kind enough to help me out when I had some issues with the Windows version.

Regards,

Sorry, can't help you on that one. I run Windows myself.

It depends what you mean by "Design"! If you're just looking for something that will help you draw outline shapes of guitar bodies, try this: http://gicl.cs.drexel.edu/people/sevy/luthierie/software/software.html Scroll down to the Guitar Design application. It works very well and you can even do he...