Can’t get the 'edit' button to work, so I’ll just stick this in a separate post - oil vs spirit vs Stradivarius:

It appears that there is a debate eternal in the violin world over oil vs spirit varnish. It always reaches the ‘what would Stradivarius do’ stage. Essentially, spirit varnishes are quick to apply and...

That’s what I’m trying to work out. There must be some sweet spot between the poetry (and sheer bloody-mindedness) of this: and the simplicity (crudeness?) of just thinning a pot of Ronseal and wipin...

French polishing - Shellac?

I’m just wondering if there’s a finishing technique that’s half way between an oil rubdown and multiple coats/cans of nitro-cellulose?

It’s a very clever idea @TV1010101

Another option might be to cut off a section of the body and glue a new piece on - if you have an offcut from the body blank it might work...

And this is how it looks today ... Of course, you can see the outline of the plug close-up, but the pickup and bridge do a pretty good job of hiding the different grain patterns between the plu...

Great story - and the end result is well worth the effort you went through to fix it! FYI: Image uploads now fixed but we too are looking at using Imgur in the future

Jack of all trades........and you mastered it. ✌️???

🤣🤣 just covering myself legally @TV1010101...

These appear to be for sale from Sunday 20th Sept 2020 at Aldi... Plus other tools (some available online). They might not last depending on quality but at the price the clamps are throw away in any...

Probably as the smaller Tritons seem to come with a 6mm collett.........

@frocesterbill The big Triton was collected yesterday. I did wonder if the clerical error would be compounded and they’d send me a second router without taking away the first one, but it wasn’t to be....

@jamesbisset Triton do a 1/4” collett but it isn’t on their website - Screwfix sell it - looks like all of their collets work with all of their routers - perhaps Triton want to sell you two routers......

The fret bender looks great. Can you please post the YouTube link?

cost £30. works fine. attached to a dust extractor. On top is my first attempt at a scarf joint. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  Bandsaw-scarf.png

Made this with a few bits of scrap, an old drill and a drill holder. The cylinders were made from the results of cutting holes in chipboard and pushing an old screwdriver through the centre holes < s...

Saw this on Youtube and made it in a few minutes works well.. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  fretwire-bender.png

@markbailey 1/2" and 12mm collets included, but Triton do an adaptor for taking 1/4" bits.