I have standardised on 1/4” router bits so that they fit all of my routers and I don’t need to swap collets on routers - just another thing to slow you down!

I have a Von Haus router (lots of other names) with my wide Perspex base attached - it was an open box example and it was only £40 as the new ones were about £60 at the time.

I picked up a second hand DeWalt DW621 just like Mark’s for about £80 on eBay - full working order and there is good spare part availability.

Oh, make a big base plate for it using 1/4 thick acrylic. Or even hardwood will work just harder to see.

Bosch makes great routers and more than sufficient. I do builds with my laminate trimmer alone with jo problems. I do suggest a plunge base attachment. Believe me, you are gonna wish you got it sooner...

Hi, and a warm welcome from down South. This is a brilliant place for expert advice and support. When things don't go the way you expected you will discover many others who have been down that road. S...

Ritchie Blackmore disconnected the middle Pup on his Strat, this acted as 'Kill Switch' and he produced the effect used at the beginning of the track "Do You Close Your Eyes?" Prior to this mod a simi...

Agree with all of that @mattbeels. I'm not really sure why I sold that one 🤔 But I guess that's the danger with selling guitars - sometimes you'll sell one that you later regret selling ...

What do you want to know @tv101 It’s not really the installation I’m thinking about, it’s the different types. I’ve read a little bit about them but I was just wondering if anyone here has any experi...

Yup @boo - I've been busy reading, and just caught up with Matt's post. I had a kill switch on a Gibson BFG LP a few years ago. Never used it (swapped it out for more traditional wiring!), but it w...

For my style of playing a permanently on kill switch would help! 🤣 🤣 🤣

Can we talk about kill switches? What do you want to know @boo? For my style of playing, I don't find them hugely useful, but they're easy enough to implement on a build ...

that truly qualify as genuine improvements? I guess it depends on how you identify/define an "improvement" @eddie6string. The availability of modern tooling allows for more accuracy (the neck/tenon j...

I'd like Mark's opinion on any design/component/construction changes made to guitars since the mid 1950s, that truly qualify as genuine improvements? e.g. In the mid 1970s my friend had a well known g...

It worked well @mattbeels @tv101 Yeah it did work well. It was just the two of us on the test but we could do with trying three or four people at a time, see how that works out.

It worked well @mattbeels (I think - @boo?).

Thanks Matt and Boo. I might look for a more robust one and use this for the profiling jobs. Cheers, Russ 🙂🙏🎸🎶

I've managed to acquire a Bosch GKF 1/4'' router. Do you think it will be big enough and powerful enough to do all the jobs for my Bandsman build? This is a good little router for sure but you will n...

*Power Devil* I'm 99% sure that's the make of my original router. Bought in the 1980s sometime (from B&Q!) and still going strong. If that bandsaw is half as good, then you @Robin have got a h...

This is going to make life so much easier @robin Well, I could see you struggling, I had a spare and had the means to send it via courier. It was a no brainer. If a fellow fellow builder is in need a...