Go Bars

[Lillian]

Jim, you might want to drop some small diameter pvc pipe over the threaded rods, as insurance to make sure you never brush a piece up against the threads. Its real easy to do. I did it to wood I was moving around in the shop. Cut some nicely spaced groves into it a neck piece. I was just grateful I hadn't tidied it up yet.

[DarwinStrings]

Cheers Lillian, I will do but I reckon I better ask Stu if it is okay to go messing with his go bar deck first. You know how it is, if you touch another mans deck without permission things could get a little uncomfortable.

Jim

Edit.....

[needsmorecowbel]

not using any cabbot's decking oil on my deck thank you very much

[kiwigeo]

not using any cabbot's decking oil on my deck thank you very much

Right on....decking oil is for pussies. A go bar deck should be french polished.

[Nick]

not using any cabbot's decking oil on my deck thank you very much

Right on....decking oil is for pussies. A go bar deck should be french polished.

And inlayed.

[Lillian]

Cheers Lillian, I will do but I reckon I better ask Stu if it is okay to go messing with his go bar deck first. You know how it is, if you touch another mans deck without permission things could get a little uncomfortable.

Jim

Edit.....

I do apologize for the mix up, but in my defense, it was 4:15 am when I posted and I had barely started my morning cup of tea.

But I do have to tell you that the command, "All hands on deck" keeps playing in my head. I'm starting to think that 5 hours of sleep coupled with internet access isn't necessarily a wise combination.

Nick's right. Inlay first. Then finish.

[needsmorecowbel]

The rods will come to $89.00, the shipping will be $65.00 for 100 x 3/16th inch diam rods...without postage around Aus (around $8.80 for express post with a parcel size ) to respective people and without end cap bumpers...So it would probably come out to be like 46-55 bucks each including approx 15 bucks postage for satchels/ cardboard to make boxes and post fee. Can you get those end caps from bunnings?

Cost Breakdown
89 (rods) + 15x3 (Aus Post) + 65 (Intl post) = 199/4 (4 people) = 49.75 each (need to find end caps though)
Have a think about it and let me know...The International post is express so like 7-14 days and then about 7-9 days from the time it arrives till the parcels arrive at your doorstep

Stu

[kiwinoz62]

Hi everyone,
If I can be of any help ? ? ?

I live 2 minutes from Permex in Sydney, where I got my Go Bar Rods (2ft long x 6mm dia.)
The end caps I got from here http://www.grahamrubber.com.au at 15.00 + gst/ 100. Only thing the caps were'nt a tight fit so I had to use abit of Maori ingenuity & wrap some tape around each Go Bar end, perfect.

If you go to graham rubber home page
left hand side. . .
select - industrial rubber
select - mouldings
there's your go bar tip, item #04001 blk or item #04013 wht

I will do a costing exercise tomorrow and will return in the evening, stay tuned. But if you guys wish to use me, I can't do anything until Monday morning, when I come off shift for a 6 day break.

In the meantime if I have stolen anyone's thunder by interfering that is not my intention and I apologize, I only wish to help out on this forum where I can.

[needsmorecowbel]

Cheers for that kiwi...you are not stealing anyone's thunder mate i was just getting some quotes to see what would be the cheapest alternative as kite shops/ hobby shops are like 4 -10 bucks a rod in Melbourne

[DarwinStrings]

No worries Lillian, thanks for staying up late and providing me, all be it inadvertently, with a bit of a chuckle.

Jim

If a computer is the tool for today, does that make a craftsman like me a geek of yesterday?

[Lillian]

No worries Lillian, thanks for staying up late and providing me, all be it inadvertently, with a bit of a chuckle.

Jim

If a computer is the tool for today, does that make a craftsman like me a geek of yesterday?

I wish. I get up at 3:30 to get to work by 5:45. I insist on a morning cup of tea and time with you guys before I leave and join the rat race. This is the best time of the day for me.

[needsmorecowbel]

I will get onto that i have already bumped things into it.

[Tod Gilding]

I Wonder What Happened to Kiwi Wayne, wasnt he coming back with a price.

[needsmorecowbel]

The factory has an extended holiday..

[Puff]

There might be a better way of putting/wording/SHOUTING that Mr Gilding.

[kiwinoz62]

Thanks Stu,
Called Permex today, they are on extended holiday until Monday 2/05/2011, I will pop in and see them then & get price for 3/16th( or equivalent ) & 6mm dia. rod

Graham rubber have end caps (6mm) available $16.50/ 100.

Happy to help if I can

(Sent this pm to Stu last night, sorry I did'nt post it here.)

[Puff]

Don't use these decks here but just a thought. Would not conduit pipe with a rubber gobstopper either end do the same job?
It doesn't have to be lutherial to do the job.

[Kim]

Thanks for taking the time to put in the leg work for our members Wayne and its great to see our instrument building community working to help each other out. After all, that is the whole point of the ANZLF and what makes it so worthwhile..

Cheers all

Kim

[Tod Gilding]

Yeah Puff Sorry Bout The Shoutin, I have to stop clicking on things

[J.F. Custom]

...I get up at 3:30 to get to work by 5:45. I insist on a morning cup of tea...

Ahhh. So that explains your self portrait avatar Lillian - 3:30am and no cup of tea yet...

I knew it struck a particularly familiar cord, though for me its coffee and I'd be waiting a verrrry long time if I wasn't prepared to make it myself...

Jeremy

[Lillian]

...I get up at 3:30 to get to work by 5:45. I insist on a morning cup of tea...

Ahhh. So that explains your self portrait avatar Lillian - 3:30am and no cup of tea yet...

I knew it struck a particularly familiar cord, though for me its coffee and I'd be waiting a verrrry long time if I wasn't prepared to make it myself...

Jeremy

Yup that's me before my tea.

Used to do the coffee in a big way. Some days I wasn't sure if I was shaking because I had too much or because it was wearing off. Had to quit though. Well I didn't have to quit, but I had a choice between a fist full of pills for the coffee or tea. I opted for tea. I make some great morning tea, even if I do say so myself.

[Clancy]

I took up tea drinking when I ditched the cigarettes 2 years ago.
Now I need my cuppa fix anywhere from 6-10 times a day.
The tea box should come with an health & addiction warning.
And directions to the nearest loo!

[Puff]

A quote from a passed friend:- "I only drink to steady myself - and sometimes I get so steady I can't move."

[J.F. Custom]

I make some great morning tea, even if I do say so myself.

Ohhhh, thanks Lillian, yes please. White with one will be fine, though umm, sometime around 7:00am would be preferable

Erm, you were offering weren't you ???

Jeremy

[Lillian]

I make some great morning tea, even if I do say so myself.

Ohhhh, thanks Lillian, yes please. White with one will be fine, though umm, sometime around 7:00am would be preferable

Erm, you were offering weren't you ???

Jeremy

Do you like gingerbread? My current morning fav is black tea with Celestial Seasonings' Gingerbread. Real cream of course. I'd be happy to make you a cup. Let me know when you're in town.