@tej Has anyone a good idea for clamping said tube hard enough to tap the thread inside of it without distorting the tube? Drill a hole across the diameter of the tube. Drill a tube size hole in a block…   Read more»

@tej Setting it up on a lathe is only to get things straight an level, the motor isn’t used. If you can put the tube in one end and the thread tap in a drill chuck at the other then…   Read more»

@tej Cutting a perfect thread by hand that will be perpendicular enough to run as a spindle moulder will be hard. It’s possible to set up on a lathe and wind in by hand if you have the correct lathe…   Read more»

Has anyone a good idea for clamping said tube hard enough to tap the thread inside of it without distorting the tube? @tej Not sure but have you got a wooden dowel you can put inside so it will enable…   Read more»

Looking good @tej can’t wait to see your build as it unfolds.

So, there we are for now, I’ll add more as I progress and post a full build video at the end 🙂   @tej Yep, you’re really getting it together now, looking good. It’s exciting watching people do this for…   Read more»

Great to see you getting started @tej. 
Looking forward to seeing your progress. Remember to measure twice & cut once. 📏📏🪚 
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Ah, i was going to run a miniature Hadron Collider in the body of the bandsman, maybe it’s just not necessary, hmmm 🤔

@tej Actually, you’ve just given me an idea. 👍

I’ll get some pics posted up of progress so far later if I get time, I’m compiling a video too which I’ll post after it’s all finished.

@tej Good man, I look forward to it. 🤘😁🤘🎸

@tej We definitely do want to see your builds, every one of them. Even if we are all building the same model, this is a school, a training ground and an exhibition.  I am building another Bailey Bandsman right now…   Read more»

but for the number of guitars I’ll be making I don’t think the press would be worth it. @tej You may change your mind in a couple of years when you have made a few guitars and you can’t stop…   Read more»

Yeah @tej of course we want to see your Bandsman build but not only that, we want to see you building it. 😉

Better @tej I suspect ✊🏻 I got a message back in the day from @markbailey on that vid about the templates saying it looked like the workshop. There wasn’t as many on here (actually I think it was using Udemy…   Read more»

  So looking forward to recording a track with my first Tej built guitar once I get going!!! @tej The best feeling in the work playing you own made guitar on a record or Live. To be honest anytime.  Without…   Read more»

@tej yeah weekends gonna be fun – a bit  giddy to be honest.  It’s the history of the thing and why I couldn’t give here up. Not to mention it’s been made by my biggest guitar influence not just in…   Read more»

Have a DeWalt one now, cordless, absolutely love it though hated the price tag! @tej Yeah I think we soon realise that if we want good quality tools, we really do have to pay decent money unfortunately. It’s a good…   Read more»

@tej Oh and the dreaded table. 🤣🤣 

@tej 🤣🤣 

@tej I have bought a few Aldi and Lidl tools and they aren’t that bad to start off with but one by one they are failing. I bought a router and it was ok but every time I use it,…   Read more»

I don’t have one of those but I do have a spare mini Aldi bench grinder I’m working on converting to a spindle sander 😁 @tej Cool, hope it works.  I sharpened my chainsaw teeth using a mini bench grinder…   Read more»