@tej Setting it up on a lathe is only to get things straight an level, the motor isn’t used. If you can put the tube in one end and the thread tap in a drill chuck at the other then turn the Chuck by ...

@rocknroller912 I only have tiny hobby wood lathe, no way it would have the torque needed to cut thread in steel. I’d not really considered this. So, plan B, i could use a softer metal, brass or alumi...

@tej Cutting a perfect thread by hand that will be perpendicular enough to run as a spindle moulder will be hard. It’s possible to set up on a lathe and wind in by hand if you have the correct lathe a...

@rocknroller912 sounds like a good plan too, I’ve got to get some more tube anyway now as the piece I was using went astray!

You could drill a hole into a rectangular piece of wood, then cut it through the length to give two pieces each with a semi circle. Use this as a clamping guide to hold the tube in a vice. With a bit ...

@boo yeah that might help, don’t have any the right size but can turn some the right size. Other thoughts were sacrificing the end where it’s clamped, using oil for cutting or getting thicker walled ...

Has anyone a good idea for clamping said tube hard enough to tap the thread inside of it without distorting the tube? @tej Not sure but have you got a wooden dowel you can put inside so it will enabl...

Morning, to make the shaft of my makeshift spindle sander long enough I was planning to tap a thread into a steel tube with a 10mm internal diameter and screw this onto the shaft so that the spindle i...

@markbailey Nothing but warmth and respect wrapped up in oodles of appreciation for you, your situation and the hard work/output to date, that we continue to benefit from . People first!!!

I’d never contemplated butchering mine, will investigate later!!

The bit that slides up and down is some kind of plastic - I trimmed some of it so that it could slide up a bit more - I’ll take some pics later.

did a bit of surgery on the bit that adjusts the height of cut @frocesterbill What did you do for this?

I have a cheapo Titan bandsaw from ScrewFix - added a decent blade and did a bit of surgery on the bit that adjusts the height of cut - can now do just over 90mm. Also watched a couple of YouTube vi...

@hursty Welcome, good to hear someone else challenging themselves to a build 🙂 I’m currently using an Aldi bandsaw like @cheesewhisk, it’s a compact if you’re short on space and unless you wan...

@hursty Welcome, good to hear someone else challenging themselves to a build 🙂 I’m currently using an Aldi bandsaw like @cheesewhisk, it’s a compact if you’re short on space and unless you wan...

Welcome @hursty I used to live in Leeds many moons ago, my god I love Yorkshire. Anyways, I'm right there with you on the no experience, or at least nothing since GCSE CDT, of course this all shows wi...

I've no experience of wood working at all so this could be a disaster or a new love. I was there, many years ago. When you say "no" experience - I did have experience of wood working, but all of it h...

Cheers Boo 👍

@hursty Hey Hursty, welcome to the forum and congrats on buying your first Bailey Bandsman guitar kit. You will find loads of help here in the forum so whenever you run into problems or concerns, just...

Use a hand saw if you’re only making one guitar