did a bit of surgery on the bit that adjusts the height of cut @frocesterbill What did you do for this?

@boo yeah that might help, don’t have any the right size but can turn some the right size. Other thoughts were sacrificing the end where it’s clamped, using oil for cutting or getting thicker walled ...

Morning, to make the shaft of my makeshift spindle sander long enough I was planning to tap a thread into a steel tube with a 10mm internal diameter and screw this onto the shaft so that the spindle i...

@hursty Welcome, good to hear someone else challenging themselves to a build 🙂 I’m currently using an Aldi bandsaw like @cheesewhisk, it’s a compact if you’re short on space and unless you wan...

@hursty Welcome, good to hear someone else challenging themselves to a build 🙂 I’m currently using an Aldi bandsaw like @cheesewhisk, it’s a compact if you’re short on space and unless you wan...

I’ll have to try and find this thread to come back and quote you. You may have to eat your words. 😆👍 @boo probably you just shouldn’t do that. As long as I’m not sat there complainin...

So here goes, first ever guitar build, this is likely to be slow going, if I start to progress quickly at any point remind me I should sleep 🙂 Here’s the design so far, a 25.5” scale length Ba...

I do realise we are talking about building guitars here, not the Large Hadron Collider @boo Ah, i was going to run a miniature Hadron Collider in the body of the bandsman, maybe it’s just not necessa...

Thanks everyone for your views, I think that I’m just going to go with the hammer. I like the press idea as I like most task specific tools but for the number of guitars I’ll be making I don’t think t...

I really look forward to seeing your build. @deej I’ll start a thread at some point for updates, would have already but given most people here have presumably done what I’m soon to do I didn’t actual...

@deej thanks for posting that, love how I have a bunch of templates and jobs ready to go and seeing the same ones in your video 🙂 Hope my results are as good!!

those “extra bits” you get when you buy a router can get lost somewhere, never to be seen again This is partly the reason I started saving up for tools that come in a proper hard case, I’m sure I’ve ...

More recently, the Bliss sessions have given me the motivation to try making “music” too. I’m starting a long way behind a lot of people, but I’ve finally started. @tv101 not sure what the bliss ses...

@deej that’s great to hear, guitars are awesome for a great many reasons, glad you’ve got your playing mojo back 🙂

@darrenking I’ve never known a router be sold without a guide bush so don’t see it being an issue to say to use one. I’ve seen some deeper than others but don’t think that’s an issue for what you’re s...

@deej postal prizes, looks like the weekend will be all good 👍

if we want good quality tools, we really do have to pay decent money unfortunately @boo for me with the router it came down more to safety. The Aldi one was also too big for most of what I used a rou...

Oh and the dreaded table. 🤣🤣 @boo ARRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHH horrific thing!!!

I bought a router and it was ok but every time I use it, the more I realise it’s more like a toy @boo I’ve ranted elsewhere about my failed Aldi router, evil thing! Plunge spring is really violent, j...

I’ve got one of those too, I feel a little side project coming on. 👍 @boo 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...