Now that would be telling!! Hope to update you tomorrow.
Darren

another Bagpress product announcement due shortly

Just a couple of teasers!

Darren 

but does anyone know what drill bits to go for in the UK?  Hi Russ, For my money the DeWalt Extreme bits are very good value but can be a little bit ‘grabby’ in the larger diameters (10mm+) especially in…   Read more»

which makes it instantly less appealing. Eh, yeah! I’ve spent about £340 on parts, stock and custom made, so far and I still don’t have everything I need. If I ever finish my power fret slot cutting saw table it…   Read more»

Hi Tej, It might be more complicated than you think to adapt a table saw for fret slotting. The fret slotting blades are usually much smaller diameter than the regular blades and therefore you will need to increase the rotational…   Read more»

They certainly supply me, and therefore, GMUK

Posted by: @tej   Also if there are other UK sources for blanks Hi Tej, There are numerous other UK suppliers but I’d suggest that you email Mark and Carol and ask how they are fixed for shipping products at…   Read more»

Posted by: @mattbeels stainless steel frets They sound like a good idea until you have to cut, file and dress 24 of them!! Seriously, stainless is a nightmare to work by hand. Not impossible, but you REALLY have to want…   Read more»

Aldi and Lidl are really great for Parma ham, mozzerella and cheap Ritter bars but I think that any tools, possibly other than clamps, should definitely be viewed as a short term solution. Nothing wrong with that but don’t expect…   Read more»

as popular as a Banjo

Now there’s a combination of words I never expected to hear from you TV!!

Hi @peebee,
Great. Just email me at darren.king@bagpress.com and I’ll sort it out for you.
Cheers
Darren

Does anyone know if there is any need for Imperial drill bits or can I always use Metric?    The answer to that question depends on the specified diameter of your metric equivalent drills. A 12.7mm drill is a perfectly…   Read more»

My 335

Ooooo, I didn’t know you had one of these! Can James B and I cut it up to see what’s inside please? 🤣 🤣 

Make a pair of somethings so that once the dimensions of one part have been set, it’s easy to use that to create the dimensions of the second part The difficulty is in machining the repair block by hand even…   Read more»

Is the glue used for laminating compatible with normal wood glue I would always recommend that a repair patch of the type we are discussing be bonded with an structural adhesive such as epoxy rather than a PVA. If you…   Read more»

Ok, so could the repair patches/blocks be made of birch or poplar plywood? These would be pretty cheap and cheerful (and strong) and a capping of solid could be added by the maker to match the rest of the guitar…   Read more»

Has anyone else been getting links to these little gems! Toyah’s actually quite conservatively dressed in this one! For a reportedly very serious musician RF seems to have been having an awful lot of fun in his kitchen during lock…   Read more»

It’s an old machine, but could probably handle a bit more work. Sending GCode data to a CNC controller is a bit like asking Marvin to open and shut doors! You could probably run your router from an MSDOS machine…   Read more»

Any idea whether 3mm is close enough to 1/8” to be interchangeable Hi TV, it depends a little on the construction of the collet but it is more likely that a 1’8″ collet could successfully take a 3mm cutter than…   Read more»