Boo
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RE: Essential Tools and Precision Tools.

StewMac is the best but for us in the UK and anywhere else in the world, we have to pay all of those extra charges. There are some good specialist lut...

6 years ago
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RE: Hello people. A bench Idea from me

Welcome Peter, I’m loving your work sir.

6 years ago
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RE: Barncaster, shou sugi ban (charred)

Sanded it back, applied some stains and finished with many coats of Tru Oil.

6 years ago
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RE: Barncaster, left handed with epoxy resin

The project is ongoing. More pictures to follow.

6 years ago
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RE: Barncaster, left handed with epoxy resin

My friend wanted to apply some waterslide transfers so that was incorporated before applying several more coats of Tru Oil to seal them in.

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RE: Barncaster, left handed with epoxy resin

Of course sanding in between coats is essential for that super nice finish.

6 years ago
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RE: Barncaster, left handed with epoxy resin

We decided to finish this guitar in Tru Oil, it’s a gun stock oil that can produce a fantastic lustre. Many coats were applied.

6 years ago
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RE: Barncaster, left handed with epoxy resin

As this is a Barncaster, I decided to put some old brass screws into the top boards as a feature. I also played around with some dyes and we settled o...

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RE: Barncaster, left handed with epoxy resin

I did some essential marking out and then had some fun with coloured epoxy resin.

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RE: Quantity vs Quality - FIGHT!!

I voted for Live Streams but I see just as much merit in edited videos too. Maybe go down to one live stream per week and use the other time to edit v...

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RE: First practice build

Turned it all into this left handed T-type Barncaster.

6 years ago
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RE: First practice build

I used a length of pine and some pallet boards to make a body blank.

6 years ago
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RE: First practice build

Excellent! Nothing wrong with this idea, I’ve made electric guitar bodies out of old pallet wood, I’ll put some pictures up.

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RE: A Challenge ... with a happy ending.

Excellent work and a lot of lessons learned. I will definitely listen to your warnings and hope it sinks in to my brain.

6 years ago
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RE: Fret slotting jig

Thanks Russ, a radius jig will be a little more tricky and require a little more thought. ? ?

6 years ago
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RE: Fret slotting jig

A friend sent me some fretboard size pieces of walnut so I had to make this jig.  0B234C7B-FDF5-4503-AAAD-A5E8598C8E29.jpeg

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RE: Fret slotting jig

Bearings to keep the fret saw straight.  59AC8376-906E-49AB-B32D-673787FD9D82.jpeg

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