darrenking
darrenking
@darrenking
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Last seen: Mar 13, 2025
Topics: 62 / Replies: 893
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RE: "Using the Vacuum (Bag)Press"

Hi TV, Pleased to hear that you found the lamination videos interesting. In response to your observations and questions: Yes, vacuum laminating ...

4 years ago
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RE: New Electric BUild

This guy might be worth keeping in touch with if he is producing full size CNC friendly drawings

4 years ago
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RE: New Electric BUild

Thanks Boo! So not black or pink then?!

4 years ago
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RE: New Electric BUild

Hi Eddie, Have you got, or can you get, a detailed drawing of the guitar? Darren

4 years ago
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RE: New Electric BUild

Ok, so the neck is glued on and the joint pretty much cleaned up, I have cut the cover for the back recess, although I am tempted to make this out of ...

4 years ago
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RE: Thistle 2: The archtop

Absolutely amazing! I saw Martin playing with Stephane Grappelli at the Cambridge folk festival when I was about 19 (I am now 56!) and then in Birming...

4 years ago
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RE: Thanks to Marks' finishing course

Really beautiful job there Mikey! Very professional.

4 years ago
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RE: 1st set Neck/Carve Top solid body underway

Whatever the reason for the modification you have ended up with a stunning body blank! Walnut is usually very nice to carve but if you may experience ...

4 years ago
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RE: New Electric BUild

I stayed late at work last night to get the neck shaping more or less finished and the frets in (did I mention that I hate fret work). There is still ...

4 years ago
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RE: New Electric BUild

Bugger! My wife found my secret stash of credit cards used exclusively for guitar making related purchases!! 😂😂😂

4 years ago
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RE: New Electric BUild

Err, thinking about it 6.5mm + 13.5mm is probably closer to 20mm than 19mm! It’s been a long week!

4 years ago
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RE: New Electric BUild

I’ve got 6.5mm of fretboard in the middle so about 19mm in total at the nut. This still leaves at least 3mm of material beneath the truss rod so I th...

4 years ago
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RE: New Electric BUild

Remember that the flame is always going to be a negative book match ie one stripe will look light and the corresponding, opposite stripe will look dar...

4 years ago
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RE: New Workshop

Hi Robin, Are you going to put any insulation board in the spaces between the wall verticals? You could then make guitars outdoors all year around r...

4 years ago
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RE: New Electric BUild

Hi guys, Before I commit it to the bandsaw (yes I'm doing this one by hand!!) any thoughts on how thick my neck should be at the body end? I have dr...

4 years ago
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RE: Building a guitar for my thesis for school.

Hey Louis, It looks great to me, if it needs sanding then sand it, just make sure you do it evenly over the whole surface of the fretboard so that ...

4 years ago
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RE: Single Head Mop Polisher

Hi Jonathan, I completely agree. This is prototype No1 and I really just wanted to get it spinning so that I could assess access tot he mop and unders...

4 years ago
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RE: Single Head Mop Polisher

Good morning everyone, I had the delivery of mop polisher shafts arrive on Monday so it was time to down tools (my real work tools that is!) and ass...

4 years ago
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RE: UK Based Luthier Tools - new supplier

I love the headstock drilling jig. Gimme, gimme, gimme!!

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