Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

I caught up with Ray Carlton of Carlton guitars who uses the Stew-mac water-based lacquer on his builds and was impressed with how some of his builds have held up over time. Not quite the same gloss levels as nitro but seemed to be fairly hard wearing and minimal sinkback also. What I have trouble ...

http://metcalfguitars.com/Tims_Nut_Spacer.xls

Hope this link works! Enjoy.
Tim

Here’s and idea from way out of left field, but what about having them made in a prison workshop? I know that they make and sell some great stuff at the Lotus Glen Correctional Centre near Cairns. I got my swag from there and it was top quality at a third of what the same would cost in the campin...

Hey Dennis, My calc is equal spacing between strings. Basically you enter the inside dim between the two outer strings, input the string diameters of the 4 inner strings.....the calc will give you spacing 1 to 2, 1 to 3, 1 to 4 etc. I use it on every guitar. I've emailed it to Bob so he will post it...

Hey guys, I have a nut slot spacing spreadsheet (works in MS Excell and OpenOfffice) I developed for my own use. It's simple to use and adaptable for any width nut.

it's free to all if I can just figure out how to post it on the forum. Is there someone that can walk me through posting files to share?

These are good ones....if it's not too late.

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Guys, Thanks for the positive introduction and feedback. I do still have a few units available. You can see them http://metcalfguitars.com/handy-guide.html and decide for yourself. They have been well received around the world with units sold on just about every continent now. Once the bunch is sold...

Hello all.....from another Yank! My name is Tim Metcalf from East Tennessee, USA. Nice group here! Hope you don't mind if I browse around and see how guitars are made on the other side :) .....and I hope you guys and gals can teach us Yanks a thing or two about making guitars....who knows, maybe we'...