some sort of Birdseye (maple?) Yes, Birdseye maple. This is one big advantage of laminating with veneers. You can find absolutely amazingly stunning veneers far easier than you can the equivalent solid and there is so much less wastage of…   Read more»

I would love to try and get a cutout on some veneer

Hi Steve,
Sorry, I missed this one, too many jokes and favorite songs!
Email me your address and I’ll send you some off cuts to play with. darren.king@bagpress.com
Cheers
Darren

I take it you are going with an oil finish? I love oil finishes but I am just worried that the walnut has too many little surface deviations that would really benefit from a good dose of grain filler and…   Read more»

Ok, so here are the pics of the completed jig and the machining. I do love the little cordless Makita router. I wouldn’t try to machine full depth pick-up recesses with it but for operations that are beyond a Dremel…   Read more»

“enough”.

Just looked this up in the guitar makers dictionary and there is no entry for the word! Are you sure you’re spelling it correctly?

Didn’t realise that you were operating under a similar guitars=puppies deal. I made the mistake of mentioning it once and Dawn thought it was a VERY good idea!! In fact, she keeps encouraging me spend more time over at factory…   Read more»

a motor just for the belt You get them down to about 350w so this would be pretty useful to drive the belt, better over powered than under. I have seen these motors listed at up to 1500w ie about…   Read more»

otherwise a stepper motor and speed controller Industrial sewing machine motors are the future for home build machines. 1hp servo motor, controller and ‘throttle’ lever come in at around the £100 mark on ebay, with lower power version even less….   Read more»

Do you recon you could make these @darrenking?  I could certainly machine the plywood parts but I don’t think I’d want to get involved in the assembly side of things. Manufacturing finished powered machinery involves a whole load of paperwork….   Read more»

Why wouldn’t you use good old favourite Titebond?  I was thinking of epoxy’s superior structural gap filling qualities but you have shamed me into fixing the gaps in the front by stick a bit on veneer on either side of…   Read more»

Er, yeah, and this was done by hand too!! Not quite sure what happened but the central spur was not at all keen to stay on course in the mainly end grain of this part of the body.

So,…   Read more»

Thanks Russ,
And I would like to point out that this bit was done by hand! 🙂 🙂