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RE: My first steps in building an acoustic guitar @koendb You have the same block plane as me with adjustable mouth which is great for avoiding tear out. A sharpening roller guide for holding the blade and getting the angle correct is essential in my... |
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RE: My first steps in building an acoustic guitar Do you have any particular brand names or a collection of older ones. @rocknroller912 No big brands, I have 4 chisels from Kreators, a block plane and a #4 plane from HBM, a dutch hardware store. A s... |
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RE: My first steps in building an acoustic guitar @koendb You need good quality to start with. It’s impossible to get an edge on soft metal. Do you have any particular brand names or a collection of older ones. |
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RE: My first steps in building an acoustic guitar You won’t be surprised if I say that Mark has a video on it I know! I have seen that one, must watch it again though 🙂 |
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RE: My first steps in building an acoustic guitar @koendb You won’t be surprised if I say that Mark has a video on it |
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RE: My first steps in building an acoustic guitar @darrenking Oops you can tell I didn’t do metalwork at school. I should know the difference though and you were correct. Learning the correct way to sharpen the blade was a game changer. |
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RE: My first steps in building an acoustic guitar until I took advice from @darrenking who advised it should be a turned edge like a hand held scraper and not sharpened like an ordinary plane blade. I I don't even know how to sharpen an ordinary pla... |
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RE: My first steps in building an acoustic guitar all brass construction Don't under sell it @Rocknroller912, it's made of bronze! Cheers Darren |
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RE: My first steps in building an acoustic guitar @koendb This is a photo of the scraper plane I use. It’s an expensive model as I chose an all brass construction to avoid rust problems due to not having any heating in my work area.I struggled with g... |
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RE: My first steps in building an acoustic guitar Planing by hand is tricky as one deep tear out can ruin a piece. I mostly use a scraper plane for thicknessing which takes longer but doesn’t tear. @rocknroller912 Thanks for sharing your experience!... |
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RE: My first steps in building an acoustic guitar @koendb I hope your build goes well. Planing by hand is tricky as one deep tear out can ruin a piece. I mostly use a scraper plane for thicknessing which takes longer but doesn’t tear. |
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RE: My first steps in building an acoustic guitar Wait.. What.. I thought I was supposed to build a guitar. 🤔 😋 @koendb I could really confuse you by saying “You are now cooking with gas” 🤣🤣🤣🤣 |
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RE: My first steps in building an acoustic guitar Now you are cooking. Wait.. What.. I thought I was supposed to build a guitar. 🤔 😋 |
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RE: My first steps in building an acoustic guitar Received these today ! Thanks Carol and Mark. Now it cant go wrong @koendb Now you are cooking. Good luck. 👍 |
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5 years ago |
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RE: My first steps in building an acoustic guitar @koendb, good luck with the build - but you dont need it with the Guitar Making apron in your possession 😋 . Building an acoustic is something I would love to do - I feel that i'll need to ... |
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RE: My first steps in building an acoustic guitar Received these today ! Thanks Carol and Mark. Now it cant go wrong 🙂 Attachment : IMG_20211013_154208118.jpg |
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RE: Hi to all sawdusters @boo@tej...so are their yoghurts!...ask Ernie |
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5 years ago |
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RE: Hi to all sawdusters Clearly you’ve not tried their router! @irishwhiskeycoke @tej Yep their routers are set to kill, as well as their drills. 👎 |
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RE: Hi to all sawdusters I agree with you but my Aldi band saw has been a cracking little tool for the £60 or whatever I paid for it. Admittedly it was the size that appealed more than anything when I got it, at that time I h... |
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RE: Hi to all sawdusters apart from a dodgy yoghurt nothing tried to kill me @irishwhiskeycoke Clearly you’ve not tried their router! |
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