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darrenking replied to the topic "Hi from shrewsbury" – 4 years, 11 months ago
Hi Mezy, You can always play catch up after the event. You don’t get the school boys misbehaving at the back of the class (you know who I mean!!) but the ‘not so’ live streams are still a bloody good… Read more»
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darrenking replied to the topic "1pm Live and I'm Sticking to it…" – 4 years, 11 months ago
Hi guys,
Don;t worry, Sh*t happens!.
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darrenking replied to the topic "What would you like to see next?" – 4 years, 11 months ago
Maybe not!
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darrenking replied to the topic "What would you like to see next?" – 4 years, 11 months ago
he’s back I think
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darrenking replied to the topic "What would you like to see next?" – 4 years, 11 months ago
Hi tv. I can’t see a new one being posted yet. I’ll keep this window open on the off-chance
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darrenking replied to the topic "Side bending creases." – 5 years ago
@mvandenoudenhotmail-co-uk I recommend that it dispenses very strong coffee and even stronger liquor!
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darrenking replied to the topic "Guitar Case" – 5 years ago
I think that unless you are trying to copy a historic case or have built a guitar beyond the wildest dreams of any case maker then you are probably better off just buying a stock Hiscox or similar. Hiscox are… Read more»
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darrenking replied to the topic "Neck to body joint question" – 5 years ago
If it doesn’t work on paper it’s unlikely work in real life. Mind you, you may be surprised at how often I have received drawings from professional draftsmen showing objects that can’t actually be made. Beautiful front elevation, sexy as… Read more»
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darrenking replied to the topic "When Guitar Making Goes Bad" – 5 years ago
No guitar is THAT exciting!!
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darrenking replied to the topic "When Guitar Making Goes Bad" – 5 years ago
So just remember, mirror, signal, check for guitars under the front wheels and then pull away.
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darrenking replied to the topic "Hi there, had a bit of a blunder today on my first silicone heat blanket side bending!" – 5 years ago
Yikes Hanniosman, scary shit!!! When buying heater blankets I always use the same supplier, Holroyd Components, and specify them to run at 24V and with a watt density of 0.1W/cm2. This makes a blanket for guitar sides rated at about… Read more»
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darrenking posted a new topic "Guitar Disaster Caption Competition" – 5 years ago
Just to continue the thread started on Todays Livestream.
When Carol found Mark using her secateurs to cut fret wire! -
darrenking replied to the topic "Neck to body joint question" – 5 years ago
@jamesbisset Hi James, Great drawing and I am very impressed with Graphic. As an Adobe Illustrator user since 1988 I have always wished that there was a lower cost drawing app that would allow people to create and send me… Read more»
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darrenking replied to the topic "My current projects….." – 5 years ago
@e-den-hertog
Fantastic and it sounds like you’ve hit pay dirt with your daughter’s choice of husband!! Free wood for the foreseeable future!! 🤣 -
darrenking replied to the topic "?Luthier Jokes and Funny Stories?" – 5 years ago
What’s the difference between a banjo and an onion?
Nobody cries when you chop up a banjo! -
darrenking replied to the topic "First guitar" – 5 years, 1 month ago
Hi Norman, I haven’t seen PVA stain walnut before but it is an indication that, whilst most PVAs are white (unless they are dyed yellow ie Titebond) and smell pretty much the same, they can have significantly different chemical properties…. Read more»
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darrenking replied to the topic "The Bandsaw – Live at 1pm" – 5 years, 1 month ago
Hi Bill,
I couldn’t get on the live stream at all and the recording stopped abruptly at about 12 minutes.
Cheers
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darrenking replied to the topic "Readers Tools….." – 5 years, 1 month ago
You can never spend too much on a good sander and Mirka and Festool are certainly hard to beat. Difficult to justify the difference in price until you use them and THEN you understand!! The balance, the stability. It’s not… Read more»
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darrenking replied to the topic "Plywood for neck blocks" – 5 years, 1 month ago
Hi Deej, There is mention of a potential issue in the first forum and that is that a lot of plywood is manufactured to be cosmetically pleasing rather than structurally perfect. This usually means that the internal plies are significantly… Read more»
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darrenking replied to the topic "What would you like to see next?" – 5 years, 1 month ago
Hi Russ, I’m working with Mark with the aim of him being able to supply CNC machined templates of (eventually) all the Bailey designs. If you are making your own template by hand from a drawing then I would suggest… Read more»
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