Bill Flude
Bill Flude
@frocesterbill
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Last seen: Jan 24, 2025
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RE: Arthur - the sort of Bandsman

Clamps removed - fretboard successfully glued - ran a straight edge along the fretboard and it is nice and straight.....

6 years ago
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RE: Arthur - the sort of Bandsman

Just bought an old, but working, Axminster MSRS Drum Sander. Saw it on eBay - only 4 miles away - the plate on it says 1999. Will need to sort out a h...

6 years ago
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RE: Arthur - the sort of Bandsman

Fretboard glued on - clamped until the morning. I glued the two halves of the Ovangkol cap together - I now have some sash clamps. When the glue had...

6 years ago
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Answer to: Body blank thickness

The body blanks from the Baileys Shop are 46mm.....

6 years ago
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Answer to: Body blank thickness

Think it is 45-46mm......

6 years ago
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RE: Arthur - the sort of Bandsman

Shape of hole nearly right - what is the best way to cut it?

6 years ago
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RE: Arthur - the sort of Bandsman

I have glued the two pieces of the cap together. What is the best way to cut the not f hole - it is a back to front Rickenbacker shape - a curved tri...

6 years ago
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RE: Arthur - the sort of Bandsman

Thought I would start the body. First bit was to rout out the cavity - the mahogany blank is about 41mm thick so the cavity needs to be 29mm deep. I c...

6 years ago
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RE: Arthur - the sort of Bandsman

Fillet glued and clamped. Planed - used nice new Luban block plane...

6 years ago
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RE: Arthur - the sort of Bandsman

I’m trying not to miss taking pics of stages - I totally missed taking any pictures of the cavity routs on my Tele - I had glued the cap in place and ...

6 years ago
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RE: Arthur - the sort of Bandsman

Rumbling on here in sunny (was today) Frocester - profiled the neck - was a bit of a coward at the nut end and stopped and started a bit short of the ...

6 years ago
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RE: Arthur - the sort of Bandsman

Change that to I will have sash clamps by tomorrow - Rutland Tools sent me an email with details of their clamps and two minutes later a £20 off vouch...

6 years ago
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RE: Arthur - the sort of Bandsman

I have a two piece Ovangkol cap bought ready to join - I don’t have sash clamps. How do I glue the two bits together?

6 years ago
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RE: Arthur - the sort of Bandsman

The old iMac in the ‘workshop’ was scrapped from work because it couldn’t be updated to the current operating system - it is now running Neverware the...

6 years ago
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RE: Arthur - the sort of Bandsman

Headstock thicknessed and tuner holes drilled - tested holes with tuners..... Extended/widened the channel for truss rod at nut end and tested that I ...

6 years ago
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RE: Arthur - the sort of Bandsman

Mark - how would you open it up?

6 years ago
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RE: Arthur - the sort of Bandsman

Started...... Baileys now supply a 6mm truss rod - it needs the slot making a bit wider at the nut end as the adjuster is slightly more than 6mm. Hea...

6 years ago
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RE: Workshop Humidity

Does it work well without the infeed and outfeed tables? It is the bit of kit is top of my wish list - will see how the build with bits of wood preppe...

6 years ago
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RE: Workshop Humidity

I see you got your sander thicknesser Mike!

6 years ago
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RE: Arthur - the sort of Bandsman

I do need to keep a clear work space!

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