Last seen: Jan 31, 2024
@russ Thanks the banjo has gone back to its owner now and my stress level has gone back down. Difficult with jobs like this not to make the repair ...
Forgot to add a pic of the old broken neck
@robin Well done Robin it looks good and is certainly challenging
@robin Thanks I haven’t seen this before and only have his mandolin book. For a first build I would stick with Marks course and it will be a good g...
@peter-c-f The sound waves on bowed and plucked instruments are different. I watched a science demo when I attended classes at violin school using ...
@robin violins are tuned F front and F# back
@robin A# sounds a bit off. I watched a video on classical building where the top was an F and I think steel string is lower. Shaving a bit off to ...
@robin Tap tuning takes a lot of experience. Some makers even tune after the body is closed by scraping the outside of the soundboard and tapping t...
@peter-c-f Braces are usually tuned by holding the plate very lightly till it rings. Some people can tell the pitch by ear but normal humans use a ...
I would be interested in one if the price is not too much. Which one do you have please
@nsj Spring claw is chrome which is hard to solder. Probably need to file away a small part to solder onto. If you get to the copper layer that sho...
@nsj No, metal forms an oxide which prevents a good solder joint. Aluminium and its alloys is one of the worst and very difficult to solder or weld....
@cafebrouge Solder flows towards hot surfaces and you need to sand any pots to take off metal oxide just before you solder. Same with wires, take o...
@boo Looks very good. You are so lucky to have the space.
@brie Ive found it cleans easily with thinners but if the wood is not sealed it will get into the grain
@rathius Hope you can read this, it’s hard to capture a round tin
Meant to post this a while ago and forgot. Readily available in the U.K. cost £21 for 500ml and works well. I tried it on a recent Telecaster style bu...
Glad to see you are doing an acoustic Robin, it’s looking good so far.
@kalimar From memory it think it was more about the headstock angle. Think it was 11 deg