Thanks... if I go with magnets I think they will be a reasonable distance from the pickups holding on the backplate rather than the scratchplate... good heads-up though...

Excellent! Well done - looks great 🙂

{ The thinking behind this project... I always revert to my Strat. It's comfortable for me to play and has a rainbow of tone colours that I love. I really don't play the guitars I make or the others I...

I'm sure it will look great... ? (from a distance...) I would certainly cheer you on Herb but...Why not just use a real scratchplate? If you are being lazy then don't expect me to encourage you... ? ...

I'm planning to build a "stratty" guitar without a scratchplate. Intend to use rattle cans and do a solid colour. At the moment I'm thinking that the scratchplate shape is part of the vibe so, here's ...

Mighty Perdy! Nice work again. Hats off as always... What's next?

That's really nice! Shame you have to plug it in 😉

I just got a bigger one delivered this week from ebay. It's a long straight blade, but the handle shaft is offset, which isn't what I wanted, even though it was listed as 'curved chisel'. I'm wonderin...

Having downloaded the Ashley Isles catalogue they already do some flat spoon chisels that look like they might be pretty handy for brace carving. I've ordered a couple and I'll let you know how they ...

The one I got from StewMac is ok but the curve doesn’t extend all the way to the cutting edge so it doesn’t give as smooth a cut as I’d like at the end of the cut and tends to split the wood though a ...

I was really impressed with the Polyx Raw blend, on the floor, since it has a white additive that artificially keeps the surface white. The maple still looks like I just sanded it, but with a faint wa...

? ? Glad to see there are still people who know their classics.......

That's fine John, but as I am feeling a bit down at the moment I was hoping for a couple of painkillers the get me back on my feet before I answer any more questions, even if just relating to the exa...

Strange the ports are not 100mm? I had another look and it looks like the 2 1/2" is a reducer so it could be fitted with a 100mm (I feel this would be better for cooling and dust collection - but mayb...

Thanks- it says 2 1/2 " port... I got 100mm pipes and reducers. Also note that specs say MINIMUM stock thickness is 1/4"... we ignoring that?

Don't forget about the extraction - it is vital on these kind of machines If you do don't forget to tell 'em I recommended them 🙂

Oh wow. Might just go for it! It's amazing how the internet fails to return search items like this.

I have the 16" and it is just about OK - you need to make sure it is set up correctly. If I was a bit richer I might go for one of these babies:

Is there a minimum required size of drum sander? Is the 16" Jet too close to soundboard dimensions, for instance?

bloody yanks