@mateyboy Hi, when you say that the cut wanders do you mean when feeding material through against a fence? If so the the problem may well be the alignment of the fence with the blade. Unless they are both parallel…   Read more»

How about “I’ve only ever been wrong once…….and that was when I’d thought that I was wrong, but I wasn’t!”

The pump was an old Becker pump although I can’t recall exactly when I obtained it. I think it runs at about 6m3 per hour, which is way more than is needed for laminating backs and sides in a (near)…   Read more»

As someone equally consumed with establishing the perfect bridge position this resource is fantastic https://www.liutaiomottola.com/formulae/compensation.htmWork backwards from the actual strings/tension you intend to use and then you can establish a bridge position that is accurate enough for any further adjustments…   Read more»

I know that I have been posting progress on these under other topics but I thought it made sense to come back to the original one.I made a vacuum bridge jig today which just seemed simpler than making up a…   Read more»

Things are moving on. The body of the tropical olive Concert model has now been lacquered and the neck has had two coats, a rub down and now a final application of grain filler before  another couple of top coats…   Read more»

I don’t think there is anything to laugh at regarding your clamps! They look great. I still regularly use a pair of 4’ sash cramps I made almost 35 years ago from ash with a bit of ramin glued and…   Read more»

Should have said guitar chair! Mind you, the guitar is really pretty too!

That’s beautiful! Easily the nicest guitar I’ve ever seen!

Thanks for the suggestions Mark and option A has now been adopted. It only took a little under 1mm off the width at the 12th fret but I will remake the bridge to compensate for the narrower string spacing as…   Read more»

Lots of cutters actually have a mark on the shank showing the recommended insertion depth. You may get away with 3mm or 4mm less but this will be putting excess strain on you cutter, your collet and potentially the routers…   Read more»

All right, all right!! Don’t all laugh out loud at once!!! It WON’T happen again, I promise!

I’ve now got the neck onto the tropical olive Maccaferri although the sharper eyed of you may notice a small glitch caused by the body moving on the jig whilst it was being machined. Could have been worse and I…   Read more»

Hi Mark,Thanks for your input. This model is nylon strung and has a fairly normal bridge bonded to the sound board rather than the free floating version and tail piece of the steel string versions. If you are saying that…   Read more»

Ok, so I have now made the jig for machining the dovetail on the neck. I kept as many of the pieces identical to the body jig although I reduced the overall height of the jig slightly.I routed a couple…   Read more»

Anyone fancy making their own?https://www.instructables.com/id/Conductive-Paint/https://www.foxschandlery.com/west-system-423-graphite-powder-200g?gclid=CjwKCAjw4NrpBRBsEiwAUcLcDMYu5dscuUcyrOCRtrwV5UWC2U3acm0x-B4EqYxmAM4EjhulspQJnBoCl9oQAvD_BwE