@boo this may help, it's from the Stewmac manual. Really not much modification needed, if you start with these Attachment : images.png

I can’t believe how expensive those things are, it is just a modified pair of pliers. This is pretty much the current model, minus the cauls and the Stewmac label As I recall the previous incarnatio...

Ordered. I think I'll have to build one of the instruments in tribute, don't know what I'll do with an 8 string bass though, haven't even learned to play a 4 string yet!

There seems to be a hell of a lot of specialist tools that just aren’t necessary @tej Avoid watching Stewmac videos with Dan Erlewine. They have a tool or jig for every problem you ever thought of, e...

The two main advantages I can see with a fret press are the noise, and that it's possible to achieve a consistency which will require less fret dressing. Hammers are cheaper, take up less space in the...

You can always make a shiny surface satin or matt by sanding it back with some very fine wet and dry or a Scotch pad. @boo The problem with doing that on a guitar is the player basically polishes it...

yup - I'm just looking for some suitable air-powered brushes now @tv101 Ask Darren to design one, it'll be CNCd out of 18mm plywood, but really ingenious.

@darrenking A set of guide bushes for your router is a sensible purchase anyway, so I don't even see requiring them for this jig as an extra cost.

@tv101, me too. Especially as I currently have a huge stock of foam brushes!

@cliveo They're also only stocking the gloss at the moment. Brite Tone is also available in satin and matt

@tv101 Why guess? They tell you Easy to Use – Can be Brushed or Sprayed. Self leveling.

@boo, they're also selling Crystalac's liquid mica metallics and colour shift liquid mica for mixing into the topcoat.

It seems to be priced at $=£, which considering that's an inc VAT price makes it about 16% more expensive than the US. Not unreasonable if they're shipping it here rather than making it under license....

I'll just machine a square hole in either side of the rails big enough to get a small clamp through. Simples! @darrenking Genius!

at the moment I can’t really think of any air tools that I’d need/buy besides a sander @mattbeels Easily solved with a couple of catalogues and a drink.

I’ll look into those options and then cry (probably) when I see the prices! @mattbeels, yes, but according to boo the tools are so much cheaper that you'll be saving money every time you buy one, so ...

@darrenking Of course no solution is perfect for everyone. It doesn't seem to me that this would require a huge amount of clamping force, since there's a fair bit of weight holding things down (jig, b...

I don't know quite what it is about the explorer, but it's probably my favourite "radical" guitar shape. It's "wrong" for a guitar (says the guy who plays a headless!), but somehow very balanced aesth...

@boo You say a "big compressor", but if someone didn't have room/budget for the biggest, what would you say would do the job for most people? i.e. enough to spray one guitar at a time, and run a reaso...

@darrenking Thanks for the info. That works, though if I was designing for myself I might have made the base a smidgin bigger than the rails so I could clamp without a baseboard (which makes it heavie...