What's you your workbench?

pat foster · Post by **pat foster** » Mon May 18, 2009 1:52 pm

Very nice, Allan. I got some of that EIR from Allied too. Like it very much.

Here's an L-00 cutaway that I've been working on in fits and starts since last year,waiting for my customer to do the headstock inlay. It finally arrived a week ago, so it's nice to get this one going again. Glued the overlay on the headstock, cut the nut slot, put in FB side marker dots, prepped for finish.

Mahogany, Lutz top from Shane Niefer of Highmountain Tonewoods, ebony bindings, sounport, BRW bridge. Body is done, Behlen's Rockhard with a French polish overcoat.

Another customer's guitar, an EIR OM, has its back braced, top joined, sides bent.

Pat

vandenboom · Post by **vandenboom** » Mon May 18, 2009 10:21 pm

Hi everyone - have just started to try and keep up with anzlf posts daily - impossible on olf. So here is my first contribution. I am pretty new at this so my offering is nothing flash - I am still trying to make a good basic dreadnought.
I have just finished the bindings on the two dreadnoughts below - project 6&7 - my first cutaways - you might just see the cracking on the outer bend on the left guitar, damm it. I have not been satisfied with my binding job on the first five - so getting this right was a key goal this time around. Hence the two jigs below - the well tried binding ledge cutting jig, and a roping jig that I found on Mike Doolin's site - it worked very well.
I'm sure most of you have seen all of this stuff before.
Frank

ceLLo123 · Post by **ceLLo123** » Mon May 18, 2009 10:37 pm

ill add some stuff to.

just a weissenborn half way.

cheers.

ozziebluesman · Post by **ozziebluesman** » Mon May 18, 2009 11:12 pm

Lovely blackwood there Shane. The weissy looks great!

Dreadies are looking good too Frank!

Cheers

Alan

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Tue May 19, 2009 5:22 am

Thanks for contributing guys, they are coming along nicely.

As for getting bindings nice and tight Frank. Looks like your on the right track now. I use "Twill Tape" or sometimes called "Herringbone Tape" you can get it at Spotlight. 20 mm wide and around 20 meters long is good for a guitar. The advantage with it, is that it's flat and has a wider area to bear against the binding.

You can see Robbie O'brien demonstrate using it on his binding YouTube video.

matthew · Post by **matthew** » Tue May 19, 2009 6:48 am

Pat your L-00 really caught my eye, a handsome instrument. Is that a french-polished finish? What is the status of the headstock inlay now? it doesn't look complete, I can't pick out any detail.

pat foster · Post by **pat foster** » Tue May 19, 2009 7:59 am

Thanks, Matthew. It's French polish over Behlen's Rockhard Table Top Varnish. Seems to make a nice compromise with the hard varnish underlay, with a repairable top coat with the nice shellac sheen, although the Behlen's gives a very nice sheen in its own right. My customer loves the look of FP, but not the softness.

The inlay doesn't have any detail. It's the face of my customer in shadow.

Pat

Bob Connor · Post by **Bob Connor** » Tue May 19, 2009 8:03 am

That weissy is looking good Shane.

I'll look forward to more pics on completion. it doesn't look like you have long to go to finish it.

Dennis Leahy · Post by **Dennis Leahy** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:50 pm

J.F. Custom wrote:... This is a rosette I had recently completed on a bouzouki I am building ...

It's Ring Gidgee and Ring Mulga with mitred purfling on each piece.

Jeremy.

Jeremy,

Each time I visit the ANZLF lately I see your avatar, and have to stop and take a minute to let you know that is one of the most beautiful rosettes I've ever seen. I just like everything about it. Congratulations on creating such a successful artistic element. Thanks for showing it!

Dennis

ceLLo123 · Post by **ceLLo123** » Wed May 20, 2009 5:44 pm

hey bob, thanks for the kind words.

i took advantage of the good weather today.
i sprayed the first coats of mirotone on the blackwood , she came up treat.
now its the waiting game.

cheers Shane

J.F. Custom · Post by **J.F. Custom** » Wed May 20, 2009 7:58 pm

Dennis Leahy wrote: Jeremy,

Each time I visit the ANZLF lately I see your avatar, and have to stop and take a minute to let you know that is one of the most beautiful rosettes I've ever seen. I just like everything about it. Congratulations on creating such a successful artistic element. Thanks for showing it!

Dennis

Hi Dennis,

Well I'm not sure I can say thanks quite as eloquently as you have worded your compliments, but erm, thanks! Seriously, it really is appreciated. Sometimes it can be difficult to judge your own work, so compliments from fellow luthiers provide welcome encouragement.

Cheers,

Jeremy.

obmit · Post by **obmit** » Wed May 20, 2009 9:36 pm

Im glad see shane has shoved news paper in side the sound hole before spraying. I thought i was the only silly one to of done this.

Cheers

I feel a little less loopy now, not much but a little.

Tim

Stephen Kinnaird · Post by **Stephen Kinnaird** » Fri May 22, 2009 2:09 am

Great stuff, guys! Thanks for the inspiration.
Now, Pat, we'd like a close-up of that peghead.
That's rather a tease to give just a side view.

Steve

pat foster · Post by **pat foster** » Fri May 22, 2009 2:32 am

Will do, Steve. I'm doing the finish on it right now, but I'll post a pic.

Pat

Arnt · Post by **Arnt** » Fri May 22, 2009 10:55 pm

I finally got around to some building again.

Here's a Lutz / ziricote 000 with ash bindings and ash and rosewood pruflings

Then there's this scaled down SG'ish (in "Lightning McQueen Red") that I'm building for my 6-year old. The finish is not finished, as you can see...

jeffhigh · Post by **jeffhigh** » Sat May 23, 2009 7:23 am

Hey Arnt,
Really like the shape of your OOO. and worksmanship.

obmit · Post by **obmit** » Sat May 23, 2009 10:59 am

Arnt wrote:I finally got around to some building again.

Here's a Lutz / ziricote 000 with ash bindings and ash and rosewood pruflings

Im not quite understanding the timber on the back could you let us know. It looks like end grain?

Kind Regards

Tim

Bob Connor · Post by **Bob Connor** » Sat May 23, 2009 11:41 am

That's quarter sawn Ziricote Tim.

One of the most amazing looking woods you'll ever come across.

Hey Arnt - that's looking sweeeet.

sebastiaan56 · Post by **sebastiaan56** » Sat May 23, 2009 11:44 am

Looking good Arnt!, now all you need to do is put a school cap on him and he'll fit right into ACDC.

The acoustic looks alright also....

jeffhigh · Post by **jeffhigh** » Sat May 23, 2009 4:01 pm

No pics (gotta get some batteries for the camera)

Putting some tru-oil on the all mahog OOO
Jointing top and back plates for a baritone Weissenborn
Planning and buying parts for a 12 string Solid body 'lectric

ozziebluesman · Post by **ozziebluesman** » Sat May 23, 2009 4:45 pm

G'day Jeff,

You have some interesting projects on the go! I'm looking forward to seeing the barri weiss take shape. The 000 all mohogany also sounds interesting.

Cheers

Alan

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Tue May 26, 2009 4:36 pm

What's on my bench at present ?...................

A five metre long KD f17 tassie oak workbench . That's what !!!
Cost me a heap for the timbers even with trade discount but
guaranteed not to bloody move.

Now I've gotta move the most important appliance in the workshop to
another corner. (That'd be the beer fridge).

obmit · Post by **obmit** » Wed May 27, 2009 12:27 pm

Second Uke getting there.

Cheers

Tim

obmit · Post by **obmit** » Fri May 29, 2009 2:09 pm

Kim · Post by **Kim** » Fri May 29, 2009 2:17 pm

obmit wrote:Second Uke getting there.

Cheers

Tim

That's Tiny Tim

....... Tiny Tim, ya get it!

OK sorry,

Nice work so far Tim, all very tidy and the headstock binding is nice and sharp. This one is going to be quite the looker.

Cheers

Kim

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