@tv101 I’ve got various bits of veneer here.  I’d happily put a headstock-sized piece in the post for you.  Light, or dark? That would be fantastic, a peice of dark please, it’s a mahogany neck. I was a bit wary…   Read more»

@tv101 Excellent Tony. I never got a chance to see them first time around. I remember waiting what seemed like a lifetime for MK II to reform then luckily managed to see them on their reunion tour. I remember shaking…   Read more»

@tv101 You shouldn’t feel bad about that. I don’t take myself too seriously so I don’t expect others to take me too seriously 😜 

@tv101 I route it

If only such a thing existed … like an “undo” function in software … how many hours would be saved!! @tv101 Well, with 3D printing, we could see that kind of thing. For thousands of years we have used a…   Read more»

@tv101 There is another method of drilling to insert a metal ring using a double ring drill. Violin bow makers use them to insert a Sterling Silver ring into the ebony bow frog, sometimes with a pearl eye and sometimes…   Read more»

@Tv101 I’ve seen just uninstalling this tube as you would a dot and then fill the inner with ebony and superglue or an ebony dowel.

@tv101 After Sat’s session, I’ve been trying to think of ways of just cutting a ring into the board … How about using a circular cutter, cut a circle in a piece of plywood of a similar depth of the…   Read more»

@tv101 @deej Tried out my idea of burning the ring into the wood and it worked not too bad, better in ebony than rosewood. I should have cleaned the burr on the brass tube from cutting before gluing the rings…   Read more»

After Sat’s session, I’ve been trying to think of ways of just cutting a ring into the board … @tv101 I know what you are striving for, it would be good but like a mark said, I fear the cutter…   Read more»

Booked for collection tomorrow, so should be with you a few days after that …

@tv101 That’s great Tony, thanks. I’ll look out for it and try it out as soon as I get a chance. 

Are you going to put some sort of flooring down?  otherwise you’re going to cause a lot of noise downstairs, and get a lot of sawdust between the floorboards! @tv101 I’m only going to use it for finniting, gluing, oil…   Read more»

Already sunk then @TV101..
 
oh and last post was straight edge….edit still not working…

 

@deej and I had a little challenge going,  He went to the pub.  I won.

I think you’ll find @TV101 that I won 🥴….🤣

He went to the pub.  I won.

@tv101 Well, if you snooze, you lose! 🤣

Either that or I’m putting too much lateral pressure on the saw and pushing it off line. @tv101 Yeah I had to be careful with the aluminium clamp I used today for moving, especially as it was clamped at an…   Read more»

I prefer a router with guide bearing

@tv101 Yeah I’ve done that before too, the router is a good option. 
I see you have been busy today with the like button. Hahaha…… 

Is there a better way? @tv101 I just used one edge of an MDF board that was cut in the factory (it is straight), then mark up for the other edge. I then put on a long aluminium clamp as…   Read more»

@tv101 The first time I saw a video of Foxes and Fossils was a few years ago. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing and seeing. It’s a video from 2010 and the girls were 15 and 16 years old…   Read more»

Macassar ebony?

@tv101 I’m not sure actually, I bought it off Mark a while ago, I’ll have to ask him. @markbailey Mark, what kind of Ebony is this, can you remember?