I’ve never come across Rocklite. I’ll check it out tomorrow but I thought it was Richlite that Martin use for fretboards and bridges.
Cheers

I’d assume it was real wood

It’s made up from layers of paper bonded with a phenolic resin.

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Thanks again Darren for all your work on this

Thanks for your appreciation Russ, its much appreciated!

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I’m just looking for some suitable air-powered brushes now …

I just sold this 4kw three phase blower on eBay! It could have run several hundred thousand air powered brushes!

I can, but I’m not going to!

here’s a photo for you to try making.

I can make a jig for that!!!

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