Bill Flude
Bill Flude
@frocesterbill
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Joined: Jun 27, 2019
Last seen: Oct 10, 2025
Topics: 24 / Replies: 633
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RE: The Phoenix

I have thicknessed the headstock and started to shape it - also trimmed the neck a bit... Just thought I would try bits in roughly the right places....

6 years ago
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RE: The Phoenix

I’ll start to build the studio tomorrow!

6 years ago
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RE: The Phoenix

I cut the body break angle yesterday - like the headstock bandsaw then router and jig. The wedge removed doing the headstock angle has had a quick c...

6 years ago
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RE: The Phoenix

Headstock angle cut - bandsaw then router with extended base - I have a double ended version of Mark’s headstock angle jig - the ‘other’ end is to do ...

6 years ago
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RE: The Phoenix

The blank has been planed and then run though my drum sander - very happy with how it looks. Hopefully will get some more progress this week. Than...

6 years ago
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RE: The Phoenix

Bits were prepped following Mark’s feature in the Saturday Workshop Live Stream. I glued up using the Prefere glue from Darren on Sunday morning and ...

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RE: The Phoenix

I took the original blank to bits and one of the bits of maple was warped..... Also I think I took too long getting it all clamped up so maybe the g...

6 years ago
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RE: The Phoenix

Darren very kindly sent me some glue and some new veneer arrived yesterday so I hope to get the through blank glued up over the weekend......

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RE: Workshop Wednesdays - If you keep on touching it, It's gonna stop being sticky

Good session Mark - the 45 minutes flashed by. Will make sure that it is in my calendar.....

6 years ago
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RE: Tidying Up

Feels very good - now we have a third bedroom again and enough space in the garage for my drum sander, planer thicknesser and band saw to free up spac...

6 years ago
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RE: Tidying Up

Well done John. I have just filled a 6 cubic yard skip with clutter/rubbish......

6 years ago
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RE: The Phoenix

PM sent - cheers Darren!

6 years ago
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RE: The Phoenix

The black veneer was fumed Eucalyptus.........

6 years ago
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RE: The Phoenix

Titebond original......

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RE: The Phoenix

I started to mark up the neck blank and noticed that the glue joint between the Padauk and walnut had failed at one end - on closer inspection the joi...

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RE: Tidying Up

More little boxes is sort of the solution - having things in a place so that you can find them. Having organised a little workshop and then having ...

6 years ago
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RE: Tidying Up

Yes - but now I’ve got four of them..... ? ? ? ?

6 years ago
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RE: Tidying Up

Yup - I was tidying our dumping ground today - used to be a tiny bedroom - I had a series of stackable boxes each with a label - cable, power supply, ...

6 years ago
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RE: Live from the Workshop - April Update and Q+A

Really enjoyable session - well done - looking forward to the May edition already!

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