Jonathan Hodgson
@jonhodgson
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Last seen: Mar 27, 2025
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RE: Fret Cutting Jig

Wow, that is a great price assuming it's accurate which I guess is mostly down to the quality of your CNC. The plywood should be pretty stable but I c...

5 years ago
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RE: Fret Cutting Jig

@darrenking I know what you mean about the laser flare,plus you mentioning that reminded me that the laser was marginally skew on our cutter last time...

5 years ago
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RE: Fret Cutting Jig

If those templates are less than 9mm thick I could laser cut any scale length I wanted at my local hackspace (we have an A0 laser cutter).

5 years ago
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RE: What clear coat finishes are people in the UK using?

That's along the lines of what I was thinking when I asked the original question. There's a fairly recent YouTube video by Chris from Highline Guitars...

5 years ago
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RE: What clear coat finishes are people in the UK using?

@darrenkingThat's a very interesting range (some of the text in the English descriptions is quite amusingly bad, but I can work out most of what they ...

5 years ago
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RE: What clear coat finishes are people in the UK using?

How many cans do you find you need, and how long does the 2k remain useable? I know it starts going off as soon as you break the seal, but do you have...

5 years ago
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RE: What clear coat finishes are people in the UK using?

The Solarez products look like a great solution for the home luthier Since they don't need specialist UV equipment (sunlight will do) or spray equipme...

5 years ago
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RE: What clear coat finishes are people in the UK using?

@rocknroller912My first acoustic probably won't leave the house, but my electrics will need to survive the real world of gigging in pubs (so might a f...

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RE: What clear coat finishes are people in the UK using?

@rocknroller912"What are you finishing acoustic or electric guitar?"Hopefully both, but I'm primarily asking with regards to electric at the moment, b...

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RE: What clear coat finishes are people in the UK using?

@mezy2K rattle cans are one option I'm considering, Brad Angove seems to manage a good finish with them (though of course, that guy has lots of experi...

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