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[Gazm]

G'day Ladies & Gents,

My folks chose my handle, Gary Martin, but i prefer GAZ.
At present I'm setting up the cave in my backyard shed here in Brisvegas,but struggling with controlling humidity levels.
Recently I purchased a number of uku sets from a gent at Dorrigo,Thanks Steve, & the rosewood set, grain end split x 100mm. I suspect the land elevation at Dorrigo to my near sea level location my have been the problem?, hence now setting up hot box with incandescent lamps & small circulating fan until fit out room is achieved.
Of coarse, I , like many others have been '' LURKING'' for some months & very much enjoying the banter between most of you rogues So come on you LURKS, jump on board,
Oh... & hello Mr Kiwigeo, would you mind if i purchased at least one of Mr Spittle's uku sets today as it is father's day & i promised my eldest girl a nice tenor build
No doubt i will have many questions on my splinter journey & if you could offer any shed insulation advice, would be kindly accepted

GAZ

[kiwigeo]

Gidday Gaz and welcome to the forum.

In answer to your question..no I don't mind if you purchase one of Tims uke sets. I'm probably one of the more active tonewood buyers on the forum but Im not quite as bad some make out.

Cheers Martin

[Kim]

Gday Gaz and welcome to the surface of the ANZLF

Marty is as bad as others make out, he's just being modest tis all.

Cheers

Kim

[Tod Gilding]

Hi Gaz, Welcome, That RH can be a problem for us new to this Looofery, I have to bring my wood inside and live with it,as we have air con and that keeps the RH down around 50%, but I find that good, getting to know the wood

cheers Tod

[Clancy]

I have to fight to get the RH up.
Luckily there's a swampy attached to the workshop that I run regularly.

[Gazm]

Thanks fellas for making me feel at home.
Look forward to swapping yarns in regards to this STRESS FREE hobby journey

Cheers

Gaz

[Lillian]

Thanks fellas for making me feel at home.
Look forward to swapping yarns in regards to this STRESS FREE hobby journey

Cheers

Gaz

Welcome to the madness Gaz.

Yeah, it can be. It can be very relaxing. Like the first time you get your plane really sharp and set just right and the curlies start jumping off the wood. It's magic.

Then you get those moments when you have gotten three of the four pieces of binding in and you've just broken three pieces trying to get that last one done and you're down to one last piece of matching binding. Yeah, not so magical then.

[kiwigeo]

Then you get those moments when you have gotten three of the four pieces of binding in and you've just broken three pieces trying to get that last one done and you're down to one last piece of matching binding....

And then you stab yourself with a scalpel.....a bldi binding job becomes a BLOODY binding job

[Nick]

Welcome Gazza
Yes also welcome to the madness that is luthiery. Making guitars is a lot like playing golf, so many different 'little' nuances to it which can make it frustrating as all hell at times when things don't go well, but whenit does, the satisfaction is fantastic & you just want to do it all again. It does have a couple of nasty addictions that tag along for the ride too!