
Last seen: Jul 4, 2025
Somebody I know (from my local hackspace) has been setting up a workshop in a shipping container. He's renting a patch of land on a farm I believe qui...
@markbaileyI was looking at the existing threads on it, where people asked the question when it would be available! Been a bit busy to watch livestrea...
Did I miss a post saying that this jig is now available in the shop on this website?Because it is
From the fact that you wrote "low odour" I'm guessing that this is Solarez's "I can't believe it's not lacquer"?That's very hard to get outside the US...
I think I'll be taking your advice and buying one.But after your bit about the masking tape for the centre line, my first thought was "why don't they ...
@darrenkingYour CNC may let you specify hole positions to the micron, but I'm pretty sure it's not placing them that accurately. Not even a Kern Milli...
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...
@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...
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).
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...
@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 ...
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...
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...
@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...
@rocknroller912"What are you finishing acoustic or electric guitar?"Hopefully both, but I'm primarily asking with regards to electric at the moment, b...
@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...