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    Oh, and Minnerichie is another good Desert Acacia...

    Oh, and Minnerichie is another good Desert Acacia species, comes in colours from light brown to chocolate brown, can have some nice figure, and even bends well for matching bindings.

    The nice...
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    Have look at the desert Acacias. Gidgee and...

    Have look at the desert Acacias. Gidgee and Western Myall as mentioned, Mulga etc, these also can have some pretty outrageous fiddleback figure. Do a search for ringed gidgee. Australia has heaps to...
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    Look for Fijian Mahogany. It's plantation...

    Look for Fijian Mahogany. It's plantation mahogany, the same species as the Central and South American stuff Swientia macrophylla. I think you'll find that the American stuff is now protected under...
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    I wouldn't want to do it without an excavator....

    I wouldn't want to do it without an excavator. Filling them with rock by hand would be hard work, as would back-filling by hand. But even with an excavator you still have to move a lot of rock by...
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    That was easy!

    That was easy!
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    Dry rot right through her cabin, by the look of...

    Dry rot right through her cabin, by the look of the photos.

    How anyone could let that happen to such a nice boat is bloody criminal.

    I've seen boats in worse condition restored, but you'd have...
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    Years ago I worked for a company installing...

    Years ago I worked for a company installing gabions. Hard bloody work. They're great for retaining walls. We made one for the railways that was about 40m wide x 20m high. huge, looked like a dam.We...
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    Sounds like a banjo player to me.

    Sounds like a banjo player to me.
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    This is exactly where Somogyi's stuff will help....

    This is exactly where Somogyi's stuff will help. The way he standardises things so that he determines a suitable top thickness depending on his deflection data, is exactly what we need to do to...
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    Thanks fellas, I'll be sure to check out all...

    Thanks fellas,

    I'll be sure to check out all your links. I guess I need to re-learn turning from the ground up. I don't want to just learn for a specific job, I want to learn the lot. Anyone know...
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    Absolutely it will change my opinion Sebastiaan....

    Absolutely it will change my opinion Sebastiaan. I'm not biased at all. I was all over the guitar forums saying how good hard shellac was (even contacted suppliers that I knew in the US and Canada on...
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    I guess I was just an operator, but that was a...

    I guess I was just an operator, but that was a long time ago, some propeller head would come down and load up the program, I'd just hit the go button. High school was different, but that was a very...
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    New Lathe - need advice

    Hi all,

    Just got given a Myford ML7 metal lathe in real good nick, and am trying to learn how to use it. Can anyone recommend some good books/resources to (re-)learn turning? I haven't used a...
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    Bob, you're assuming that LMI tested the new...

    Bob, you're assuming that LMI tested the new formula hard shellac.Maybe they did, but seeing as I didn't see any crazing for at east 6 months and if their testing didn't encompass at least this sort...
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    The crazing problem has nothing to do with how...

    The crazing problem has nothing to do with how thin the wood is, or which oil you used while french polishing (I sprayed). Otherwise I wouldn't see crazing on the sides of my headstock now would I?...
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    Pete Townsend would be slashing his wrists on the...

    Pete Townsend would be slashing his wrists on the string ends when he does that windmill thing.
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    Try "Wood in Australia" by Keith Bootle. It has...

    Try "Wood in Australia" by Keith Bootle. It has all the info you're after. Not cheap tho.

    http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/aboutus/news/bush-telegraph-magazine/summer-2006/wood-in-australia-republished
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    CBC bearings have pullies and belts. They'll also...

    CBC bearings have pullies and belts. They'll also machine them for you. I had one machined and I think the machining cost $20 or so. Good thing about CBC is they've got stores all over the country. I...
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    Awesome, Good onya Neil. Looking forward to...

    Awesome, Good onya Neil. Looking forward to trying it out.
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    Nope, it doesn't come with plans, but it does...

    Nope, it doesn't come with plans, but it does tell you how to draw up your own plans for an OM sized guitar. You can use a tracing of the body from an existing guitar if you have a shape you prefer....
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    Works fine, I've used it on a bone nut. ...

    Works fine, I've used it on a bone nut.

    Wouldn't use it on a nut that wasn't made of bone, ivory, or tusq tho. The colours wouldn't match and it'd look amatuerish.
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    I use a dremel, you need to take it slowly and...

    I use a dremel, you need to take it slowly and use a sharp cutter. Combine that with the jig in the Williams book and you get a pretty good result.
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    Martin, now you're just showing off.:D

    Martin, now you're just showing off.:D
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    I'll pipe up here. I've tried french polishing...

    I'll pipe up here.

    I've tried french polishing with hard shellac. Its a 4lb cut out of the bottle, but builds faster if you dilute it 50/50 with ethanol. Using it neat tends to take a long time,...
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    If it happened now I'd raise a stink, 'cause now...

    If it happened now I'd raise a stink, 'cause now I know what's what.

    Glad you've had good experience with them. Who knows, maybe someone was a little over-zealous and it was just a one off event.
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    Seriously, that's the story. The letter they sent...

    Seriously, that's the story. The letter they sent included an invoice that broke down the costs to something like $80 customs duties or plus a similar amount for customs brokerage fees, plus another...
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    I got guitar parts sent from the US via DHL,...

    I got guitar parts sent from the US via DHL, hoping for a fast delivery. A couple of days after it should have been delivered I got a letter from DHL saying they wanted payment or they wouldn't...
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    DHL, UPS, and FEDEX will lump you with a customs...

    DHL, UPS, and FEDEX will lump you with a customs fee that you didn't need to pay, plus another "customs brokerage fee" for getting it all sorted on your behalf. It's a scam.

    USPS - United States...
  29. Thread: Opal markers

    by Paul B
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    There are lapidary clubs around here too, so I...

    There are lapidary clubs around here too, so I guess it's country wide.

    I've got a film canister half full of saphires I've been meaning to learn how to polish - the local lapidary clubs are the...
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    Different jacaranda I'm afraid. The purple...

    Different jacaranda I'm afraid. The purple flowering jacaranda we have here isn't a rosewood, while the one that grows in Brazil is.

    Dunno about plum being an ebony, persimmons are tho.
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    I've had it for years, pretty much cleared up now...

    I've had it for years, pretty much cleared up now tho:2tsup:

    A bloke I was working with gave me some stuff for it. He's a biochemist, he said this stuff isn't approved for use in people, it's a...
  32. Thread: aluminium neck

    by Paul B
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    I was born in coledale. I once read about a...

    I was born in coledale.

    I once read about a bloke who made an Aluminium neck. He set up his guitar on stage before a gig (under stage lights) and found that heat from the lights warmed the...
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    If it's 1/4 sawn with some figure and nice colour...

    If it's 1/4 sawn with some figure and nice colour you'll probably maximise your profit by selling it as acoustic guitar back and side sets. But that'd mean cutting it up and resawing it, either by...
  34. Thread: Stew-Mac violin

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    Stew mac are a great company to deal with I buy...

    Stew mac are a great company to deal with I buy stuff from them all the time, never been duded yet. I guess most if not all guitar makers buy stuff from them at some point. All the wooden bits and...
  35. Thread: Bending Iron

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    I use a fox style bender. But when I have a small...

    I use a fox style bender. But when I have a small job to do I use a heat gun in a bit of gal down pipe. Matt's right, it's unpleasant. Noisy and you have hot air blowing at you, though it's good for...
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    Sheet aluminium from mitre10. I've used the...

    Sheet aluminium from mitre10.

    I've used the same bits for four guitars without a hitch.
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    Nice one Bob, I really like that axe. I saw a...

    Nice one Bob, I really like that axe.

    I saw a guitar made with overlapping plates like a violin once, didn't really float my boat, looked a bit odd to me. Can't remember where I saw it. I thought...
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    It looks like quarter sawn WRC to me. Probably a...

    It looks like quarter sawn WRC to me. Probably a good idea in a humid environment - more stable. Same species though.
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    Yeah, WRC. Nasty stuff. I'm allergic to it

    Yeah, WRC. Nasty stuff.

    I'm allergic to it
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    Yup, butt it up against the X brace.

    Yup, butt it up against the X brace.
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    Nice work bench! Ziricote, aka mexican crack...

    Nice work bench!

    Ziricote, aka mexican crack wood.

    Good stuff for making acoustic guitars, beautiful and pretty expensive. Has a tendancy to crack - at least when making guitars out of thin...
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    Try some Ubeaut Hard Shellac. You'll be...

    Try some Ubeaut Hard Shellac. You'll be supporting the owner of this forum as well a getting a great durable finish.

    It can be frenched polished or sprayed. I like to spray it on, because after...
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    Hey Bob, that Myrtle looks great. I'm thinking of...

    Hey Bob, that Myrtle looks great. I'm thinking of building a little terz guitar for my daughter out of a nice flamed set that i have. Does it stay pink? or does the wood oxidise with time? She wants...
  44. Thread: Pacific Maple

    by Paul B
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    I'd suggest you take him over to anagote timbers...

    I'd suggest you take him over to anagote timbers at Tempe one Saturday morning and pick out some nice timber together. There's all sorts of suitable stuff there and a lot of it's pretty inexpensive....
  45. Thread: Pacific Maple

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    Yeah Bob, I forgot that. I've used it for linings...

    Yeah Bob, I forgot that. I've used it for linings too, it works but if your using kerfed linings they can be prone to breaking unless you bend them over a hot pipe first - or cut the kerfs really...
  46. Thread: Pacific Maple

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    I think you should give it a miss. If you're...

    I think you should give it a miss. If you're going to all the trouble of building a guitar, then don't use that crap. Maybe for end blocks or neck blocks in an acoustic, but that's about all. I...
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    Lets see if this works. It's a list I downloaded...

    Lets see if this works. It's a list I downloaded from somewhere years ago.

    On my latest guitar I've used some of the desert acacias, Myall for the bridge and fretboard, minnerichi for the binding....
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    I came across some plans for an NS14 a few years...

    I came across some plans for an NS14 a few years ago, another few years and I might have time to build one. This design is called a Delta V. It's a cedar strip built hull with marine ply deck, you...
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    Get some epoxy from a boat chandlers, get some...

    Get some epoxy from a boat chandlers, get some photocopier toner, mix the two together - black epoxy. The good thing about epoxy is that you can mix all sorts of crap with it. You can go for...
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    Gyprocking the new master bedroom most of the...

    Gyprocking the new master bedroom most of the weekend - man I hate gyprock, and the insulation isn't much fun either. With the warmer weather this weekend I was sweating my guts out, ended up itching...
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