@brie Hi Brian, I’ve done any guitar building since I moved to Clydebank. I’ve got a workshop now but still to build a workbench. I want to build another acoustic but never seem to find the time. I think my…   Read more»

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Hi Brian, I’ve just seen your question re bending irons. I made mine from a discarded aluminium gas cylinder and heated with a hot air gun. It got hot enough to steam damped sides and worked well for…   Read more»

@brie As for the heating iron, I decided to make a Fox style bender. It was a bunch of work to make but very little cost and I find making the jigs really gets you thinking about the making process….   Read more»

@brie Nice work on those clamps! You will find you can never have too many clamps so keep up the production cycle. Maybe some longer ones would be handy. It’s rare to not have enough space behind your clamped work…   Read more»

@brie I’ve got the wood but been sorting out car stuff and now got lurgy but I’ll be back at it soon. Cheers

@brie Very kind of you Brian, I appreciate it and so does my mate. I have still yet to create a proper workshop in one of my out-buildings, the weather really is a major issue for workshops in Scotland isn’t…   Read more»

🤣 @brie you’re not wrong there!

@brie Router sled and a laser, it was actually pretty easy. The lightburn software for the laser is brilliant too

@brie lasered them, had to drill where the resin is though because it’s blue and my laser is a diode type, but I made templates when practicing with ash. Started with paper till it was spot on, then ash wood.

@brie Here’s a couple, basically mounted like a regular 2 point trem, then I added a recess and then cut the back end away so there was no restriction. Nice brass block to finish off the look. 
 

@brie nice

@brie thanks for thinking along, I’m also curious what the experience members will say

@brie next i want to build a prs style guitar.

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@brie it smelled way worse! But thankfully it’s all dried and sealed now. I don’t know why you put wire wool on your chips though 🤣

@brie First off, thank you for finding and sharing this. Great info. I actually bought a 1/2 gallon of Unibond 800 w/hardener AND a 1.5 lb pack of Unibond Blocker. Figured since I still have several veneers I might as…   Read more»

@brie Very handy, thanks Brian!

@brie Very handy, thanks Brian!

@brie thanks dude, much appreciated. However, I’ve decided to not use veneers anymore after I use up the remaining veneer (6 I think) or sell them. Instead I’m moving to drop tops and carve tops. Much better results visually plus…   Read more»

@brie That makes sense, Thanks!