Sorry to chime in so late, but check out this method...
Type: Posts; User: Rob Grant
Sorry to chime in so late, but check out this method...
When in doubt about how to orient the grain with a head block or whether it is strong enough and light enough, consider something like a three or four piece laminate to cut your blocks from. You can...
"Marble finish"... My mind boggled with thoughts of the possible varied interpretations of said coating until I managed to find a photo on the web.<g>
Jeeeze', and I thought I had problems here in the tropics with too much humidity!<G>
FWIW: Drill it, pin it, screw it and forget it. Done properly you can lean on the bugger and it won't bend or come off.<g>
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'nough room to squeeze a small foreign car jack in through the sound hole?<G>
Looks good CeeCee. Nice bit of craftspersonship. Why I reckon it looks strong enough to stand on!<G>
Pete (Jenner) and Peter (Coombe),
Just curious: What are the preferred dimensions of the headstock ebony veneers you use (including thickness). Also, if you don't mind me asking, how much in Oz...
Butch wrote: "That seems expensive...or is it?"
I cut and process my own ebony locally (see photo of a typical Far North Queensland ebony tree below). When one considers all the labour involved in...
Pre-drilling a relatively shallow fretboard marker hole with a brad point bit and filling it with fine gold flakes or "dust" and epoxy will also give you the look you want when you cut it back and...
Meet my favorite Far North Queensland rodent eliminator (below photo). Not much gets past one of these scrub pythons including the odd possum.The critter in the photo was removed from the ceiling...
Hmmmmm... The strange thing is the only household cockroaches we really have a problem with here in the tropical Oz are the "American" cockroach and to a certain extent the smaller "German"...
I agree with Graham totally. A 22" scale is a better compromise for an OM.
I used a 23" scale on my last f style OM and I have experienced several minor difficulties (eg: Fretting "reach" and...
FWIW: I don't even bother with a label (cockroaches and silverfish love 'em, especially if you use a tasty glue like hide!<g>). I usually just date and sign the inside of the headblock before final...
Nevin commented:
"Well as a New Yorker I do object to the name. I can't say I have seen that style repair many time here."
I'm just quoting HLV on that one. I don't think he even meant to...
I must confess... I myself have resorted to the "New York Neck Repair" on several occasions with cheap Korean mandolins that have the piss weak double dowel locators. My only deviation from 'ol
HLV...
At $159Au a pop, I hate to be as "tight as a rat's," but I may have to wait until the Chinese start production on this one. I don't believe I paid that much for my last new 100mm angle grinder!<G>
A common "critter" on banjo necks, but I rarely see them on mandolins. Like Marty says, they may have some (debatable) purpose for structural integrity of the neck where the truss rod pocket is...
John wrote:
"Unfortunately, the wood is often confused with red gum (eucalyptus), but the two woods are not even similar. This guitar is sweet gum:...
Definitely avoid hydroflouric acid in any form. It's commonly used to etch glass and will accomplish the same process with bone and finger nails. For some strange reason it seems to be included in...
Sorry, I stand corrected.
So does this mean that the Yanks and Canucks are sending substandard WRC down here to Oz or am I being too bloody tight by scavenging through construction timber yards...
Note on 17" scale fretboards. If it's only a "one off" why go to the trouble of making a template... just measure, mark and cut.
Phosphoric acid is relatively safe and will strip rust right down to the "seed" in any pits. Phosphoric is commonly used in the food industry to clean calcium and rust stains from metal vats and...
Pete,
With those words I can almost hear Ted's percussive beer carton in the background...
me thinks I'll need to improve my working ventilation or stop using metho for my solvent!<G>
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Hey Bryce, Nice looking adjustable bridges. When do I get to put in an order?<g>