What was a Gibson master craftsman doing at Tonetech's shop???

It’s complicated. Suffice to say, in the end I removed to the south west of Scotland. Least said, soonest mended.

Awesome. Do you carve necks with an axe @jamesbisset that’s extremely manly...

seriously I saw a demonstration of a guy doing exactly that at Tonetech’s shop

What was a Gibson master craftsman doing at Tonetech's shop???

seriously I saw a demonstration of a guy doing exactly that at Tonetech’s shop

I’m taking a brief respite to build the Mighty Bench of Bodge!

I have the tools. I have the bench. Now will someone bring me a neck blank!

I did notice a few disgruntled users in the reviews and someone on Ebay appears to be doing a roaring trade with Katsu trimmer returns.

Might just be a case of "right tool for the job" @jamesbisset?

Would I try routing all the cavities in a guitar with this?  No (although it could probably do the job - once, maybe even twice).

As a lightweight trimmer / tidier - then it's fine for the task.

And my eBay special "Katsu" trimmer, which also works just fine for a bargainstatic ~£35.

Also available on Amazon. I did notice a few disgruntled users in the reviews and someone on Ebay appears to be doing a roaring trade with Katsu trimmer returns. So I was little spooked when first considering it. Thanks for the recommendation.

I need to look at the lamination technique some more ...

Yeah - Have a look at Mark’s Bagpress Masterclass Using The Vacuum Press thingie, if you haven't already. It’s the future! ? 

if you can draw/model the mould then I am more than happy to machine it for you on the CNC router FOC (so long as I get to machine one for me!)

*Jumps onto the couch. Jacks in...*

“We’re supposed to start with these operation programs first. That’s major boring shit. Let’s do something a little more fun. How about... 3D CAD!”

I know what you mean about 3D CAD. As an Illustrator user of 30+ years standing, why oh why can’t Adobe bring out an app with a familiar UI? I took the plunge and bought Rhino for Mac Recently but other than modelling and machining a couple of necks I have yet to attempt anything more adventurous! Definitely NOT intuitive and maddeningly impossible to find answers even if resorting to RTFM!

The binding router needs to be able to circumnavigate the perimeter of your guitar without tilting. If you have managed to design the guitar with a 20-30mm flat all the way around then I guess you need a 40mm-60mm max diameter base. Just a quick tip. The threaded part of the Dremel is a 3/4” BSP (British Standard Pipe) thread so if you can get hold of a tap you can cut threads in all sorts of useful little jugs and bases to fit. You can also buy metal fittings in a plumbers merchants that it will screw into if you are into a bit of metal work.

I had an issue with Stewmac sending things with ‘free’ shipping and that is that UK customs don’t believe there is any such thing and apply their own estimated values or the shipping on which they then apply their duties and VAT. My last ‘free’ shipping ended up costing me over £80 for an order valued at £100! Suddenly its not such a bargain!! PS unless you are happy for face to turn blue there is no point even trying to talk to UK Customs and Excise - it’s like trying to have conversation with a small child standing with their fingers in their ears whilst stamping their feet and going naaaaa,naaaaa, naaa, naaaaa!

I empathise re the software too.  The whole rental model really annoys me.  And the tendency of developers to “improve” the UI with every release and/or assume everyone is using a touch interface.

I thought it was just me being a grumpy old git.

I need to look at the lamination technique some more ...