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RE: Not only do I suck at routing, I suck at gluing too. I was joking about imperial to be fair. I use metric because that's what we were taught at school. Many, many moons ago. But yeah certain things you just use imperial because it's the standard ie 25" ... |
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RE: Not only do I suck at routing, I suck at gluing too. Use what works @cheesewhisk! I mainly use metric but somethings (especially string action and fretwire) I use imperial. Although when I measure action on a concert guitar I use metric 🤷Ἷ... |
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RE: Not only do I suck at routing, I suck at gluing too. So it's okay that I use imperial? Got it, cheers. |
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RE: Not only do I suck at routing, I suck at gluing too. , it’s soooo much simpler and more accurate imo. I think it's telling that machinists who work in Imperial (i.e. mostly Americans and old school British) work in thousands (or ten thousandths) of an ... |
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RE: Not only do I suck at routing, I suck at gluing too. I happily converted to the metric system after moving to Germany, it’s soooo much simpler and more accurate imo. I still measure a few things in imperial like fretwire, action and scale length but pr... |
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RE: Not only do I suck at routing, I suck at gluing too. I was very lucky that in primary school it was all imperial, I can't remember that far back @robin!! I can visualise distances more easily/accurately in inches/feet. But I'll use metric for any meas... |
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RE: Not only do I suck at routing, I suck at gluing too. I can quite happily work in both and flip between them. @robin That is very handy indeed. |
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RE: Not only do I suck at routing, I suck at gluing too. I happily converted to the metric system after moving to Germany, it’s soooo much simpler and more accurate imo. I still measure a few things in imperial like fretwire, action and scale length but pr... |
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RE: Not only do I suck at routing, I suck at gluing too. @boo I missed out on the whole Imperial thing, I was brought up on metric thank goodness. I was very lucky that in primary school it was all imperial, in high school it was all metric. On my first ... |
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RE: Not only do I suck at routing, I suck at gluing too. Being American, the dimensions are in imperial, which I haven't got a problem with. @robin I missed out on the whole Imperial thing, I was brought up on metric thank goodness. |
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5 years ago |
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RE: Not only do I suck at routing, I suck at gluing too. I was reading something the other day about Gibson factory setting for string height. Being American, the dimensions are in imperial, which I haven't got a problem with. The things that upset me are s... |
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RE: Not only do I suck at routing, I suck at gluing too. Do you work in imperial measurements? I was reading something the other day about Gibson factory setting for string height. Being American, the dimensions are in imperial, which I haven't got a probl... |
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RE: Not only do I suck at routing, I suck at gluing too. @jonhodgson don't panic, this has 22 frets. |
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5 years ago |
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RE: Not only do I suck at routing, I suck at gluing too. Are you also familiar with the Hamer Virtuoso? @mattbeels I wasn't until now, looks interesting |
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5 years ago |
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RE: Not only do I suck at routing, I suck at gluing too. Rubbing the two surfaces together after the glue has been applied but before clamping helps to mate the surfaces together and prevent slipping after clamping. It’s known as a rubbed joint as opposed t... |
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RE: Not only do I suck at routing, I suck at gluing too. . a tad extreme don’t you think @mattbeels You say extreme, I say firm, but fair. 22 Is forgivable on the basis that some people just want the tone of the pickup in that 24th fret position, it is aft... |
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RE: Not only do I suck at routing, I suck at gluing too. For a noob you have no idea how much questions like that fill me with dread. For this I was using mm. |
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RE: Not only do I suck at routing, I suck at gluing too. @cheesewhisk Do you work in imperial measurements? 😳 |
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RE: Not only do I suck at routing, I suck at gluing too. It's not my usual behaviour, but I'd have to agree with @mattbeels just this once. @tv101 Thanks buddy! ✊ |
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