Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Monterey cypress sounds a lot sexier than macrocarpa. I was wondering if it'd be worth making ukes out off. Cheap easy to work and has nice solid knots for a full figured back board.
Nz's answer to Tassie Blackwood! No holding me back now

All the best Bob,
You've run a damn good forum and we are going to miss you.
Good luck with the whiskey - and no drinking the profits

Andos

Cheers Tim, I'm only new to this game. Still struggling on tenors, let alone anything smaller. I learnt the hard way on a parlour guitar - don't cut the waist to tight. I saved the back, the rest had an inglorious end as starting the first of the winters fires. But once I've got your gadget up and r...

Very nice!
Binding comes a close second to horror movies for me.
Do you mind if I make up a copy of it?

Andos

Try "Violin making - a practical guide" by Juliet Baker
She gives blow by blow construction instructions, a scale diagram of the basic viol family outline and a chart of violin, viola and cello dimensions.

Andos

Hi all, Thought it was about time I said hello. I'm a fitter by trade and sort of stumbled into the luthier world by accident. About the hardest thing I've ever done with wood is wack a 4" nail through a piece of 4x2 - until now. Here's my first 2 attempts at turning lumps of 6x2 into something both...

Kahikatea also called New Zealamd white pine New Zealands tallest tree at 60 meters and around 2.5meters at the base. A straight even grained softwood with a white sapwood and pale yellow heartwood. Prone to borer after milling. Easy to work and bend. It used in boat building. Also good for cutting ...

I have been given 3 guitars to practice on: a nylon and a steel strung acoustic and the hofner mentioned in a previous post. Both the acoustics where left in the back of a car and the braces came unstuck. The nylon stung is back togeather and playing. The steel strung also has a hole in the lower bo...

Thanks for those Steve You have a fantastic setup there and a bloody good skill set. I was going to fit a longer neck and turn the old girl into a 5 string bass but after seeing your pics I'll have a go resurrecting the neck and fitting a heel insert. Thanks for your help again. There's not to many ...

That's just ruined my opinion of Hofner. Those dowels look a bit on the rough side!
Back to the original question. How to get the heel out without causing anyone damage?

My mistake. I want to get the heel out of the block. One of 5heu previous owners has had on go at doweling the neck back on. 3 dowels plus a screw through fretboard. Also the neck is in a bad way,the truss rod has rusted up and the head is delamination. I was going to make a new neck, but I'm open t...

I am new to the noble art of guitar repair, so please be gentle.
I was given this Hofner arch top recently
What I'd like to know is how to remove the heel without damaging the rib/front block glue. The varnish around the heel has been sanded of so I'm a bit loth to use a steamer.