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Alain Bieber wrote: I wish sometimes to have an idea that would allow me to start a business in China <G>.

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Ron, Excellent. It looks like you are pretty close to "standard" action. "Standard" action is, however, kind of like "one size fits" socks - they really should be called one size fits nobody. So essentially in this case it is now just a question of taste whether you prefer higher or lower. You will ...

Ron.. Just checking that everyone is talking about the same thing. When you give the clearances, are you measuring from the string to the top of the fret or from the string to the wood on the fretboard? My reading of your post suggests you mean from string to wood whereas most (but not all) people u...

I recall there having been threads here before discussing mask options. 3m was definitely one of the options discussed but i don't recall if it was this system or one taking air directly from outside. Hopefully some of the mask users will chime in.

Thanks Alain.

... I have in mind a later guitar (from the mid thirties, in BRW) MAYBE directed toward a player with a more classical repertoire. The differences are, compared with Courtnall's example chiefly a much thicker spruce top and a five legs fan strutting. ... @ Alain Do you recall whether this fan is wi...

I watched a demo on uTube of the updated lmii bender. (Fox style). As far as I can see the only benefit of a bending machine is consistency. It looks to be to be slower than hand bending on an iron. The model in question seemed did one side at a time. I can easily understand using a bending machine ...

Depends on the component. Some things, finger held for 30-60 seconds and call it done if it sticks. No clamps at all. Other components where there is more pressure (bends with stress involved) backs braces and the like, I leave for at least an hour and often much longer because I do it at night and ...

I would call them "rain drums", but the idea is that when it rains and it rains alot in the Seattle area, that the rain plays the drums. Obviosly I would use a commercial drum hardware and drum head, but wonder what you would use if you made a drum to be left outside all year round for the rain to ...

Can't really make a good suggestion about the boards as I have never used shellacked maple fingerboards. However, it seems to me that you need to get humidity under control in one way or another. If you look in on anzlf (Australia New Zealand luthier forum) you will find that humidity control on the...

Then if you pronounce it "correctly" you have the next problem: what does the name mean? Is Rosewood Aniba rosaedora or Dalbergia X? Which is Pau Rosa? Or does it just depend on who is using it and for what? We don't even have to go exotic. How many different timbers are sold with the name Maple whi...

No personal experience. I have also heard Urea mentioned in this context. Personally I would avoid epoxy as the allergy risks would put me off and I find the smell way to overpowering for me.

Hi, to be honest I think spending time think about a "luthiers workbench" is a total waste of time until you have built a good number of instruments. If you already have some tools and some sort of workbench or a stable kitchen table, just go ahead and build. Once you have some experience you can bu...

Thanks both.

@Alain. Yes I agree about the finishing. I have long suspected that most of the thinning around the edges is to do with scraping/sanding the edges/purfling/binding and may have a fortuitous effect of allowing the top to move more freely.

Thank you Alain, That is very useful. It is interesting about the thickness. Curiously, my guitar that my teacher likes best is more or less (I don't worry about a little deviation from the paper plan) based on the H.S. in Courtnall but the top is definitely thicker. I didn't record the thickness. R...

A question for the H.S. experts/fans here. In the Courtnall book the H.S. plan shows a straight across harmonic bar and the braces are 7mm wide and 3.5mm high. In the text he says that H.S. slanted the harmonic bar on some instruments. So far I have used the straight across variant. The bracing in t...

Thanks.

The KMG gizmo is the kind of thing I have in mind. Are there any others on the market that would be compatible with the Bosch Colt style laminate trimmer?

Thanks for the replies. I am looking for something handheld. Not one of the production oriented big jigs. In fact with my current favourite search engine (https://duckduckgo.com) I found this plan right here: http://www.mimf.com/archives/binding_jig2.htm What I am looking for is a reasonable price c...

I am finally going to get myself the European version the well-known Bosch colt laminate trimmer (palm router) kit. It comes with various bits and pieces. My plan is to use it to route the ledges for bindings on classical guitars so I will need to get an appropriate cutter and more importantly some ...

Really sorry to hear about that. I also have no practical experience in this. So this is pure conjecture. If I were guessing I'd say you'd have to reckon with something between 25% and 40% depreciation. But I would say it also depends on how nice the guitar sounds to a potential buyer. Someone who r...