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RE: Bandsaw Practice Hi Matt, Yes I am more than willing to have a go at this type of thing for you. The cost will very much depend on how you are able to present the information. If you can provide .dxf, .dwg, Adobe Illu... |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
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RE: What would you like to see next? My ultimate goal is to get into making archtop guitars. @igeorgebot Is that archtop electric or acoustic guitars? |
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RE: What would you like to see next? All the ideas are great!!! My ultimate goal is to get into making archtop guitars. Cheers everyone!!! |
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RE: Bandsaw Practice @darrenking Darren the width at the nut is 43mm and the last fret is 56mm. best thing to do is make a mark on a centre line 43mm wide, then measure down the line 480mm and make another mark 56mm wide.... |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
6 years ago |
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RE: Bandsaw Practice @darrenking I’ve emailed you a video link but I’ll put it here too. |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
6 years ago |
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RE: Bandsaw Practice I’ll check my Bandsman plan later and let you know that distance (unless Boo does it first!). I've emailed you 🙂 |
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6 years ago |
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RE: Bandsaw Practice Fortunately, it's not a very large kitchen!! Does that mean that I should hold off on booking any exotic foreign holidays on the back of it? I think you’ll probably be able to book all the hol... |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
6 years ago |
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RE: Bandsaw Practice Hi Boo, No problem. Just email me a dimensioned sketch of what you need and I'll machine it over Christmas That was what I was thinking of too @darrenking - when I asked about a neck template to matc... |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
6 years ago |
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RE: Bandsaw Practice Hi Bill, I get that, but if the the taper is constant for the full length of the neck, and the neck pocket end is the same for all guitars, then this will mean that the nut width is automatically redu... |
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6 years ago |
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RE: Bandsaw Practice Think the idea is that the neck pocket should have the same rate of taper as the neck taper template and the neck should only just not fit into the neck pocket so that with a little sand it is a good ... |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
6 years ago |
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RE: Bandsaw Practice The neck taper jig is just a long thing with a two straight but not quite parallel edges - you can use it for any scale length and different nut widths......... |
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6 years ago |
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RE: Bandsaw Practice Hi Boo, So is there no difference in the taper of the neck section for different scale lengths or is the difference so small that it doesn't matter? Darren |
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6 years ago |
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RE: Bandsaw Practice I'll probably end up machining it on Friday! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 @darrenking Thanks Darren, whatever the dimensions of the neck pocket template is for in the Bandsman template set, t... |
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6 years ago |
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RE: Bandsaw Practice Fortunately, it's not a very large kitchen!! Does that mean that I should hold off on booking any exotic foreign holidays on the back of it? 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 |
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6 years ago |
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RE: Bandsaw Practice Hi Boo, No problem. Just email me a dimensioned sketch of what you need and I'll machine it over Christmas once all of the parties are over, the theatre and restaurant trips out of the way and all of ... |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
6 years ago |
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RE: Bandsaw Practice I’m sure we can work something out. @darrenking Darren, could you make me a neck taper template (pattern) please. I’m sick of getting sloppy neck pockets. I can buy the template set from Mark’s shop ... |
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6 years ago |
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RE: Bandsaw Practice Hi TV, when you get this project on the go just send me some drawings and dimensions. Cheers @darrenking - will do. Fortunately, it's not a very large kitchen!! I've either got to repaint the existi... |
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6 years ago |
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RE: What would you like to see next? Yeah that and how to rout/cut a blade switch into a body please. @mattbeels Yeah that is a great suggestion. This is how I've done it ... Using a very thin router bit in my Dremel to make the roug... |
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RE: What would you like to see next? @mattbeels This is how I've done it ... Using a very thin router bit in my Dremel to make the rough cut ... Attachment : 20200816_170053.jpg Then using a thin file to straighten up the edges of... |
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RE: Crunch Time - when the brown stuff hits the spinny thing With your experience and expertise, I think we should operate some form of handicap system. You can do your spraying blindfolded ... that'll help even things up. @tv101 Well, I’m sure the course will... |
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