Its proper daft this problem with stocks of these machines. Supply issues will sort themselves out over the next few weeks/months. Don't rush to buy something almost-good-enough now, and then struggl...

Cheers Matt for the welcome. 😀 Yeah I'd seen it had only 4 inch depth of cut. I had also considered splashing out on the 350 which has a bigger depth of cut and wouldn't stress the motor as m...

Thanks again Darren for all your work on this Thanks for your appreciation Russ, its much appreciated!

Hi Jonathan, You can get them both from me direct at the moment. I have already said that for every three neck jigs I sell direct I will credit M&C with the cost of another, so I am not trying to ...

Any general-purpose router cutter will do - I'd use at least 1/2" or it will take ages to cover the entire surface area 5/8" or slightly bigger would be even better as @DarrenKing points out. A cutter...

Hi Tej, I really don't think it matters too much but I wouldn't fancy doing much surface routing with a cutter below 10mm in diameter, even for a headstock. If you are looking at the kind of surface r...

but when I was buying router bits there were specific ones for surface routing. I have a specific surfacing bit. It's a big 1/2" bugger, well suited (eg) to flattening the top of a body, taking fract...

Just looking at router bits i have in preparation, in the video to clean up the headstock after cutting the angle with the bandsaw, Mark routes the headstock flat. The text says use any router bit for...

I'll be buying one, it's a more than fair price, and it's just cool. Is your neck pocket jig available through Mark and Carol, or would I order that from you? (I have to sort out a Bailey order soon).

@darrenking. Thanks again Darren for all your work on this. From my inexperienced eye, it looks great to me. 🙏🎶🎸🙂

I was in at work yesterday machining some birch ply......... So here we have the final version (so far as anything is final!) of the Flattening Jig complete with clamp holes on the rails (front and ba...

All those little bits and pieces that come with a new tool, they all get carefully put away “somewhere safe”. @tv101 I really don't know why physicists spend millions on telescopes and LIGO to observ...

My copy was just handed to me by my friendly postman 😀

Hi Cheesewhisk, I live just outside of York although I'm originally from the badlands(lancashire) 😉 Yep I adore Yorkshire. I don't think I'd ever leave here. Good to know others with the same...

Thanks TV1. 😀 Your words are really encouraging and I can see your advice is really sound about following it all step by step and walking away to re-evaluate it when it goes wrong. I'm de...

Sunday must be template making day it’s what I’m doing as well

What do you do on a sunday when you are avoiding the kids and the "honey-do list"? You go sit in the shop with a beverage and make a few templates while contemplating the next build. 🙂 Attachment :...

Looking good @tej can't wait to see your build as it unfolds.

@cheesewhisk One tip I learned for handling small parts like dots, when doing jewellery making classes, is to use blue tack or similar for holding. My method now is small stick or dowel, blue tack, do...

It could be you have Indian ebony, which is similar to Indian rosewood on the Janka hardness scale, but it's very much the exception. I haven't tried working the Sundari yet, but in terms of appearanc...