darrenking
darrenking
@darrenking
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Last seen: Mar 13, 2025
Topics: 62 / Replies: 893
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RE: New Electric BUild

Er, yeah, and this was done by hand too!! Not quite sure what happened but the central spur was not at all keen to stay on course in the mainly end gr...

4 years ago
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RE: New Electric BUild

Thanks Russ, And I would like to point out that this bit was done by hand! 🙂 🙂

4 years ago
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RE: Noise Making Box

WD-40 - The smell of a real man!!

4 years ago
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RE: New Electric Build

Unfortunately my mouse broke down so I had to take a break from work and fit the neck of my electric Maccaferri whilst the mouse was charging. ...

4 years ago
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RE: Noise Making Box

Yes, borderline colour blindness adds a completely new level of excitement to electronics projects and crap quality red ink doesn't help, hence the mu...

4 years ago
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RE: New Electric BUild

Thank you Russ.

4 years ago
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RE: Noise Making Box

Usually the last last ring on a resistor (usually slightly distance separated) is a tolerance band (although some may also be coded with a temperature...

4 years ago
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RE: New Electric BUild

You mean like this.....

4 years ago
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RE: New Electric BUild

Yes, some of my most accurate cock ups ever have been achieved using my CNC router!!

4 years ago
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RE: New Electric BUild

Yes, pretty much Robin, I wanted to use little M3 stainless hex socket machine screws for the fixings rather than wood screws and the inserts grip pre...

4 years ago
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RE: Noise Making Box

😂😂😂

4 years ago
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RE: New Electric BUild

I thought it time that I actually did some guitar making, rather than just fannying around with jigs and shit, and so here is an update on my first el...

4 years ago
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RE: Noise Making Box

Hey Boo, can we all come to your house for Christmas? 😀 😀 😀

4 years ago
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RE: both bent sides came in the mail split

Interesting, does it do anything other than keep doors open?😂 Seriously though, what is it? Darren

4 years ago
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RE: Workshop re-opening for courses?

Well at least you didn’t waste it Boo!! 🤣 🤣 🤣 Well

4 years ago
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RE: ?Luthier Jokes and Funny Stories?

Hadn’t they covered the banjo thing with the first word on the sign! Actually, Deliverance is one of my favourite films and it wouldn’t be the same ...

4 years ago
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RE: Neck Taper Template

I’ve been through all of this when designing my flat bed vacuum presses. To cut a long story short, no movable bench can be guaranteed to be any flatt...

4 years ago
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RE: Interesting concept

Now THAT is going to be an expensive refret job! I would always applaud innovation and technological advances but this isn’t doing much for the plan...

4 years ago
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RE: Single Head Mop Polisher

Yes, making up a wider lamination and then cutting it down is something I do quite often in my main business (ie not guitars). For 335's I would proba...

4 years ago
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RE: Single Head Mop Polisher

And at least they find out if the headstock is going to fall off. And the answer is ....yes, it is going to fall off! 🤣 🤣

4 years ago
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