The depth gauge is good as well.

@jamesbisset It's on its way!

@rockpile99 I laminated poplar for a neck from a futon couch/bed frame. Pretty solid. Watch out for the knots in pine. They tend to fall out when tou hit it with the rasp.

I normally have a sacrificial piece of wood underneath the one I’m cutting/routing. Good tip @boo It would probably be easier (and more fun!) to just make a new template then dicking around with Bon...

Posted by: @ Cheers Boo. Thanks for the help. 🙏🎸🎶🙂

Hey Guys, I'm going to make another set of templates from my master templates. Will it be okay to rout straight through the MDF or will it cause it to rip out?

@boo Halfords do a car body filler called chemical metal which is good for template repairs. It's harder than the basic stuff and stands up to repeated use with a bearing cutter. Very hard to rub down...

You can fix it with car body filler 🙂

Hey everyone, Hope you are all keeping well! I want to cut 5.5-6mm rings for my marker dots, which I will fill with synthetic crushed opal. I want to keep the maple wood in the middle so the grain...

Attachment : Screenshot_20201224-005800_Instagram.jpg I used 6mm plug cutter to make Maple & Mahogany dowels for one of the Necks in pic. Careful to align the grain. I think with metal surroun...

Attachment : Wood dots.mp4 Better view

That is gorgeous - excellent bit of work!

Wow Eddie, your necks are looking absolutely stunning! That is really some excellent craftsmanship, you must be proud 😊 I'll get my hands on a 6mm plug cutter, is there a way of using this ...

@Schwifty. I would explain but Mark covered this in one of his you tube live streams. Search for it in his channel. Explains how. Making dowels and hammering it in metal tubing or plug cutting dots. B...

Here is the link to the relevant livestream - just one way to do it 😉

Thanks Mark, I found the link and have ordered parts to get it going to action! Thanks so much for all the help everyone, I love this site! I will add some photos when done!

Hi Swifty, Or you could use a Dremel with a guide bush on the base and some templates with the correct sized holes cut in them. I would say that trying to to keep the small core pieces is going to be ...

@schwifty There is a way of cutting a ring and leaving the centre core, it's been discussed on another thread a few months ago. It's called a double ring cutter and is used by violin bow makers to ins...

@tv1010101 That be lovely!!! Thanks for sharing.

@david-johnson09 That’s a tasty looking machine! But I’m keeping to the SatinWood fretboard plan so need to look into an alternative to some lovely GreenHeart which isn’t suitable. Maybe in a decade...