@drewbag Living for the challenge! Lol

With osmo I finish the neck first then oil, that’s what I did on the copper tele with oak board. Worked great. 

@drewbag Not magnets but I generally do about 5 or 6mm with wood covers. I just screw them down though which helps if they curve a bit. You could try gluing a veneer of wood to say 2mm aluminium. That…   Read more»

Looks great! I’m currently having my first go a faux binding, pain in the rear lol   I like to wipe down with thinned down polyurethane first, shows all the scratches I missed. Then I’ll coat with shellac sanding sealer…   Read more»

@brie Router sled and a laser, it was actually pretty easy. The lightburn software for the laser is brilliant too

@brie lasered them, had to drill where the resin is though because it’s blue and my laser is a diode type, but I made templates when practicing with ash. Started with paper till it was spot on, then ash wood.

Hey up, I’m north east and gather in my shed with tools and wood lol

Can’t you turn it over, make that side the top then all that will get carved out anyway?    If not binding is about 6mm and it looks like you should hide most if not all of it, could also…   Read more»

Hi Andy, you can try whatever scale you like but just remember to read the trem routing cavity instructions properly to get the posts in the correct place. Also worth finding out if there’s a sweet spot for a 24…   Read more»

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It’s a fine router, smooth etc. I mainly use it for the truss rod channel. I find the palm routers much easier to handle for everything else. Stick a bigger base on them to make them even more stable.