@boo this may help, it's from the Stewmac manual.Really not much modification needed, if you start with thesebr />

This is pretty much the current model, minus the cauls and the Stewmac labelAs I recall the previous incarnation looked more like thisThere are a few ...

Ordered.I think I'll have to build one of the instruments in tribute, don't know what I'll do with an 8 string bass though, haven't even learned to pl...

@tejAvoid watching Stewmac videos with Dan Erlewine. They have a tool or jig for every problem you ever thought of, every problem you hadn't thought o...

The two main advantages I can see with a fret press are the noise, and that it's possible to achieve a consistency which will require less fret dressi...

@booThe problem with doing that on a guitar is the player basically polishes it every time he picks it up, so that lovely even flat matt finish soon w...

@tv101Ask Darren to design one, it'll be CNCd out of 18mm plywood, but really ingenious.

@darrenkingA set of guide bushes for your router is a sensible purchase anyway, so I don't even see requiring them for this jig as an extra cost.

@tv101, me too. Especially as I currently have a huge stock of foam brushes!

@cliveoThey're also only stocking the gloss at the moment. Brite Tone is also available in satin and matt

@tv101Why guess? They tell you Easy to Use – Can be Brushed or Sprayed. Self leveling.

@boo, they're also selling Crystalac's liquid mica metallics and colour shift liquid mica for mixing into the topcoat.

It seems to be priced at $=£, which considering that's an inc VAT price makes it about 16% more expensive than the US.Not unreasonable if they're ship...

@darrenkingGenius!

@mattbeelsEasily solved with a couple of catalogues and a drink.

@mattbeels, yes, but according to boo the tools are so much cheaper that you'll be saving money every time you buy one, so you'll feel bad once but go...

@darrenkingOf course no solution is perfect for everyone.It doesn't seem to me that this would require a huge amount of clamping force, since there's ...

I don't know quite what it is about the explorer, but it's probably my favourite "radical" guitar shape.It's "wrong" for a guitar (says the guy who pl...

@booYou say a "big compressor", but if someone didn't have room/budget for the biggest, what would you say would do the job for most people? i.e. enou...

@darrenkingThanks for the info.That works, though if I was designing for myself I might have made the base a smidgin bigger than the rails so I could ...