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Could also be shredded paper card or plastic ,doent look like any type of asbestos insulation ive seen before.

Feel your pain i bought its baby brother a few years back ,only a 12" version, but it often drives me mad with one wobbly wheel . I totally restored mine which had proper bearing in the wheels but still wobbles probably due to a slightly deformed wheel (they are a cast alloy type). They look...

Linseed oil never really dries totally and will eventually decompose into soaps etc... eventually especially with pigments added containing metals. Never use linseed oil from a shop for food use ,it has various anti oxidants in it which prevent it drying. Being a violin maker/ bow maker...

Sorry i was assumng the face was white (no idea why). Lead paint in your case would be a good linseed oil based paint made with lead driers. One of the specialist linseed oil based paint makers would probably have something suitable and more or less historical accurate but without the lead.

Hardboard – Oil Tempered Hardboard 2440 x 1220 x 3.2mm | Chiltern Timber

How did the rabbit glue do at the hammer veneering? I was putting brazilian rosewood veneer on an old wood case the other week but used pearl glue.Not done this kind of veneering before and found it quite difficult, Heres a photo of my 1/2 hour to make hammer.

Heres the tin i have rusty on outside but perfectly good inside. Someone on ebay is selling a tube of the stuff for over £100. Doesnt seem to available at most art shops any longer. Though available at kremer pigments Cremnitz White in Linseed Oil Ready-made Colors | Kremer Pigmente Online Shop

Some have used 2 part hair bleaching products successfully

You can buy it as artist paint under the name Flake White but most has been replaced by a alternative hue, i have a tin of the genuine stuff in my workshop which ive never used. Lead white paint can darken especially when outside and exposed to the atmosphere. But its often stable when in...

Cedar of lebanon is very easy to resaw on a bandsaw. Ive done alot of it ,. most bits ive done were around a metre length from 15mm thick boards to 6-7mm and this was 8 to 9 " high stuff. I used a meat and fish cutting blade .

Couple of guitars i made almost identical. Goncalo Alves back and sides and rarely figured cedar of lebanon tops.

If you are able to do metalwork ,i would make one. I sold one around 3 years back . They are rather simple in construction but well made and reliable.But expensive.

Wonderful work , thanks for showing . I made this meagre Cassetta frame out of some left over decking timber aged to look old . Used the sgraffito technique though black bole onto gold leaf that was itself laid on red bole. Only took me a few days on and off.:)

Hi, I just discovered a package i bought from the US in 2008 of ceylon satinwood veneer ,that i had intended to use for making instrument cases but never got around to it. The stuff now appears to be quite rare and i cant find any online with the extent of figure that mine has. It was surplus...

Koa is a very nice wood but quite expensive in the UK. I `m currently building a couple of acoustics, with unusual choice of top wood and unusual figure.