A learning day - Pluckers Paradise https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/a-learning-day/ Guitar Making Forums en-GB Sat, 05 Sep 2026 08:59:37 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: A learning day https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/a-learning-day/#post-25232 Tue, 19 Sep 2023 19:02:24 +0000 The bigger dangers tend to be the ones you don't see.

Agree with that statement!

But when I see a danger, then I'll do what I can to avoid it. 

 

 

And start up the CNC  ;)

 

]]> Pluckers Paradise tv1 https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/a-learning-day/#post-25232 RE: A learning day https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/a-learning-day/#post-25225 Tue, 19 Sep 2023 11:12:45 +0000 Doing it like I do makes you very aware of the cutter spinning away and you tend to be extra careful, I think sticking a bigger piece to the likes of a cavity cover would likely give you a false confidence aswell as the fact it'd have to be some sort of block due to the size.

 

The bigger dangers tend to be the ones you don't see.

]]> Pluckers Paradise NSJ https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/a-learning-day/#post-25225 RE: A learning day https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/a-learning-day/#post-25221 Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:24:03 +0000 Pluckers Paradise Clinton https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/a-learning-day/#post-25221 RE: A learning day https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/a-learning-day/#post-25218 Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:09:12 +0000 I use a router table for similar jobs, but I doublesticky tape the object to a larger chunk of wood or MDF, just to be safe....

]]> Pluckers Paradise Edwin https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/a-learning-day/#post-25218 RE: A learning day https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/a-learning-day/#post-25215 Mon, 18 Sep 2023 23:05:30 +0000 Pluckers Paradise NSJ https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/a-learning-day/#post-25215 RE: A learning day https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/a-learning-day/#post-25214 Mon, 18 Sep 2023 20:36:50 +0000 Call me a risk-averse wuss, but that'd be a case of fingers-a-bit-close-to-sharp-spinning-thing for my liking.

I'd be very wary of the cutter grabbing the wood and natural reaction being to try to grab and control it rather than letting the cutter do its thing, with consequences involving red liquid sprayed across the workshop.

 

]]> Pluckers Paradise tv1 https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/a-learning-day/#post-25214 RE: A learning day https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/a-learning-day/#post-25212 Sun, 17 Sep 2023 16:26:19 +0000 @rathius wooden covers, often to match the top. That router is set on 4 out of 6. No idea what the actual speed is.

 

This one has an oak top, I laminated a piece of the oak to mahogany to make the cover. The mahogany is nice and stable so helps keep the oak from moving.

 

11678]]> Pluckers Paradise NSJ https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/a-learning-day/#post-25212 RE: A learning day https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/a-learning-day/#post-25211 Sun, 17 Sep 2023 16:02:26 +0000 @nsj duuuuuuude!!!!

I have been trying to think of a better way than my scroll saw to do that. 

What speed do you run it on when cutting the covers? Plastic I assume or are you making wooden covers?

]]> Pluckers Paradise Rathius https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/a-learning-day/#post-25211 RE: A learning day https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/a-learning-day/#post-25208 Sun, 17 Sep 2023 11:48:56 +0000 Pluckers Paradise NSJ https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/a-learning-day/#post-25208 RE: A learning day https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/a-learning-day/#post-25203 Sun, 17 Sep 2023 03:42:23 +0000 Pluckers Paradise Rathius https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/pluckers-paradise/a-learning-day/#post-25203