Just a general note: I’ve recently started designing a direct drive single head mop polisher with variable speed control (200rpm-5500rpm) powered by an almost silent 1HP servo motor (same torque at al...

Will do TV. I have just sent the drawing of the shaft over to my favourite engineering company in Sandy so I'll see what cost they come back with. I'm going to use a 750w (1HP) servo motor, designed f...

Pictures to follow in the next week or so but if anyone is interested please let me know as, if there is interest, I might run a small batch of them to help reduce costs. I don’t need any kind of firm...

@darrenking Pictures to follow in the next week or so but if anyone is interested please let me know as, if there is interest, I might run a small batch of them I’m definitely interested. I doubt s...

BTW, I have heard that using Anusol can take a lot of the pain out of achieving a great finish! @darrenking 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

HiRoland, Have a look at the products available at www.the polishing shop.co.uk They supply just about everything we could ever need. They recommend Glosswax 16 followed by P175, both on soft mops, fo...

Any suggestions/recommendations on policing compound to use on high gloss lacquer? @rashdown_online Don’t use Autosol, that’s for metal. Use something like Farecla G3 compound, it’s used for auto bod...

Ive been doing some web checking and wax based polishing compounds seem to be good for instrument polishing. Some varnish sellers make ones that are specific to their product but good luck with gettin...

Slow polishing speed is needed in my opinion as it's easy to soften the finish by using a high speed. Also very easy to rub through. I'm not sure about Autosol as its for chrome which is a hard metal ...

Hi all. Any suggestions/recommendations on policing compound to use on high gloss lacquer? I've got a few tubes of Autosol for fret polishing (not to be confused with Anusol!). I'm getting a hand dril...

Hey TV, are you sending letters to the national press under an alias? I think we should be told! Attachment : 75E70ED4-2B32-4C17-8D2A-4B43063E266A.jpeg

Being ‘posh plywood’ they are less affected by changes in temperature and humidity and this was the aim of Mario Maccaferri when he first designed the guitar. I believe that his later company in the U...

developed a completely plastic guitar, @darrenkingI saw a review of his plastic guitar in (I think) Guitarist magazine years ago (a retro review, I'm not that old). It was so so and apparently the gu...

I think you have to look at the product in context. Reviewing a 50’s or 60’s plastic guitar in the 80’s or 90’s is probably unfair. It was designed to be a low cost, reasonably ok guitar made from mat...

@darrenking Aren’t laminated tops less prone to bowing then solid tops?

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 sol...

@deej Good video. That’s also an old table saw trick, use what works I say.

I love the drilled hole and dowel to act as the registration system. Very cool. It look like a great job. Looking forward to seeing the guitar. Cheers Darren

Thanks @mattbeels @deej @boo @russ I took my time, watched a few videos...I don't really have plans as such, I could maybe make a little video with some notes against the images...or even make a new o...

@steveadams Excellent work Steve, you’ve obviously taken the time to make that properly. Top job.