Hi again culbinguitars, it sounds a bit like the resin might not have cured right through. I’ve had it seem hard on the surface but turned into a mess as you describe after trying to sand. The epodex I mentioned…   Read more»

@somethingnicer yeh just something I noticed with mine but mine isn’t an actual dremmel so was wondering if yours was because that would make it a bit crap for routering. Last thing you’d need is the bit wobbling about.

@somethingnicer no I mean the chuck in the extension, it’s not as stable as the chuck in the actual tool. Like it has a bit of play compared to the chuck in the actual tool which is fairly rigid.
 

@SomethingNicer is the extension as stable as the actual dremmel? Like in my other brand tool the extension where you insert the bits has a tiny bit of play whereas the actual chuck of the tool is solid.

@brie it smelled way worse! But thankfully it’s all dried and sealed now. I don’t know why you put wire wool on your chips though 🤣

@liebe walnut is nice, not to heavy, same with cherry. Made a full start entirely from cherry. Both lighter than limba or at least black limba, posibbly similar to the likes of brazillian mahogany. You can ebonise cherry which is…   Read more»

As Harry Enfild once said, “You don’t wanna do it like that” 🤣 

I’ve used beech, ash, oak, cherry and walnut so far. All been really good.
 
Only tricky one is oak because I did a carve top and it’s very hard lol

@russ thanks bud, it’s so much nicer, the whole fit and finish is vastly improved and now I could happily put it up for sale

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Cheers

@liebe the finish was kinda tacky, floyd sat fairly high above the recess and the recess rout wasn’t very good. That one was my first carve top too I believe. I prefer to bring the recarve further out near the…   Read more»