@darrenking Fair point it’s whatever people are comfortable with. My polisher is used for honing gouges mostly so it has to run away from the cutting edge and gives a mirror finish. Just starting my third Guinness by the way,…   Read more»

@boo @darrenking Having another look at the video and maybe I’m missing something but I’ve always done polishing with the wheel running away from me as when it running towards you it tends to pull the work piece into the…   Read more»

What could possibly go wrong!

@darrenking, well we’d probably find out who’s still using Nitro-Cellulose for their finishing.

@darrenking that is awesome! Are these going to be available via the GM shop?

It looks to me that @darrenking had way too much fun designing and making the housing for the motor.
I love the precision of the box.
The fact that it’s going to do something highly functional and useful is a bonus!

@boo @darrenking .
Wow.
If the buffer is half as good as the packaging it’ll be some machine. 👍😁 
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Looking forward to this @boo…….and @darrenking
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How’s that tidy in your garage coming along, hmm? @mattbeels Not bad actually, I’ve been clearing room for the buffing machine that @darrenking is sending me, it should be here tomorrow with a bit of luck. I do need a…   Read more»

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, in my experience, small, stupid bugs are deeply attracted to the final, ‘most perfectly sprayed top coat ever’

Maybe a spray booth made of mosquito net material would let the UV in and keep the bugs out. 

@darrenking We certainly can’t create new forum sections (etc).  Which is probably a good thing.  Imagine the chaos if we could all do that … To get around the lack of an edit button I was thinking; Create a document…   Read more»

@darrenking I love the idea of UV cure lacquers for guitars UV is a good system for curing oil varnish. I have a small cabinet for violins which uses a small, 4 watt uv tube and the instrument revolves on…   Read more»

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I’ve just noticed you stay up nearly as late as me. Been fitting an ebony fingerboard on a violin until an hour ago. Lockdown has been strange with no pubs, I keep working till I’ve finished the job.

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I think you’re correct about organising forum headings, it usually needs an administrator to create meta data headings which are like sub headings on a main topic. It’s a bit like a family tree or pyramid flow chart.

I do have a vague idea forming. However, before I can implement it, I’ll need to make a trip to the Bagpress factory @darrenking, and to make some more space in my workshop for another new piece of kit (which…   Read more»

Incidentally, I just found that Northwest guitars do a water based top coat in gloss or satin, but it’s hidden in their “Water based stains” section.@darrenking, for what it’s worth they even have a gloss one specifically targeted at acoustics.https://www.northwestguitars.co.uk/northwest-guitars-water-based-glossy-top-coat-for-acoustic-guitars-2/

But I wonder, has anyone out there in GMUK land used 1K acrylics on an acoustic build?

@darrenking I don’t know, I’ll try and find out though. 

Not so much!!I think my lungs probably have enough to cope with dealing with dust so upping the ante with chemical poisons might just be a step too far!  1K acrylic here I come! @darrenking I might also add that…   Read more»

@russ and @darrenking Right, first of all a warning. WARNING ⚠️  2K paint products are extremely dangerous and hazardous to health, you need to wear the correct PPE to protect yourself from the atomised overspray when painting. They contain isocyanates…   Read more»

May be it could go on a GMUK national tour? @darrenking Yeah definitely but the first thing is to get people painting their guitars and flattening their paint otherwise they won’t have any paint to polish. 🤣 We need to…   Read more»