I don't know quite what it is about the explorer, but it's probably my favourite "radical" guitar shape. It's "wrong" for a guitar (says the guy who plays a headless!), but somehow very balanced aesth...

I love the idea of air tools and having compressed air but the memory of my dad’s compressor is that is was rather loud. But perhaps today’s models are reasonably quiet? 🤔

@darrenking Thanks for the info. That works, though if I was designing for myself I might have made the base a smidgin bigger than the rails so I could clamp without a baseboard (which makes it heavie...

I have a *BIG* collection of VU stuff @Russ .......pure Envy @tv101. 🎶🎸🙏🙂

I love all things Velvet. I have a *BIG* collection of VU stuff @Russ - original albums, reissued albums, box setted albums with the extra track, bootlegs finally issued officially, etc, etc. And, st...

Every workshop should have compressed air, Now you've got me thinking @boo. I'm not quite in the position to be creating a workshop........ yet....but it's more information to ponder over. 🙏...

Even if you only used a blow gun and paint spraying guns, it would pay for itself in no time. Ahhh, but I don't @Boo! The Mirka sander is probably the first tool that I've considered buying, where th...

I'd start off looking at something suitable for an airbrush that I could store on a shelf in my flat, and before I knew it I'd be looking at the Turbo Mega Compressor Pro Triple Plus and thinking "wel...

I’m a bit worried about copy routing the pointy bits, any advice on avoiding tear out on those areas. Usual rules - take small depth of cuts with each pass and - if your router has a speed control - ...

I’m a bit worried about copy routing the pointy bits, Looks great @cheesewhisk. I'd probably rout up to near the edges and finish it off by hand with a sanding block. 🤷🏻‍ɤ...

It took almost as long to separate the two templates as it did to route them as the double sided tape didn’t want to let go. Forgive me if you know this already, but sometimes a "twisting" movement...

Have a classic from me today I love this @tv101......I love all things Velvet. 👍😁 🙏🎸🎶🙂

Have a classic from me today

How easy is it to get a couple of clamps onto it to fix it to the bench? Hi @jonhodgson Thank you for your comments. You can either screw it directly to you bench or to a base board which can then be...

@darrenking Looks brilliant, nicely done 🙂 another vote for adding stops, sounds like you’re planning to anyway! Only thing that would put me off is the wood on wood for the rails, given it’s ...

@tv1 For me it's not just the tools, it's the loop I'd get into, finding that I could buy tool X if my compressor was just a little bit bigger... I'd start off looking at something suitable for an air...

A compressor is a wonderful excuse to buy all sorts of other tools, I keep thinking "perhaps I should get a compressor", but the cost of all the other tools that I'd end up buying puts me off!

A compressor is a wonderful excuse to buy all sorts of other tools, including a venturi bagpress unit. Hopefully I can avoid getting one though, since we have a couple at my hackspace (including a ver...

Great to hear your impressions @boo. It helps us all to look at what we need to take into account when making our decisions. 🙂🎶🎸🙏

I need to get out of these suspenders And I need to get that image out of my head!! 🤣 🤣 🤣 Ok, here we go. There may be a couple of minor changes for the production version bu...