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Joined: Dec 15, 2022
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Topics: 34 / Replies: 530
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RE: New build

@russ if I can do it you can do it! Lol Open with adobe reader, it's free. Select print and when the box comes up just select poster and you'll see ...

3 years ago
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RE: Bass Building

@tv101 if only I could buy them sharp! No such luck lol

3 years ago
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RE: New wood

@tv101 hindsight is fantastic though isn't it? So useful! NOT! Lol

3 years ago
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RE: New build

@tv101 I do that for a lot of marking out, belly carves etc lol

3 years ago
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RE: Bass Building

@koendb love nice old hand planes, last year I started with none but by the end of the year I had over 10 lol

3 years ago
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RE: New wood

@tv101 diseased is best, the more the better! That's where you get all the cool stuff. Another is a burl, they look amazing! This is an elm bur...

3 years ago
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RE: New build

@russ cheers but no buddy, I couldn't draw that. I downloaded a free template from the electric herald templates Then printed using adobe reader...

3 years ago
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RE: Bass Building

Nice work on the build @Clinton, I need to find out how to open the vids in youtube though, I just can't get them to play nicely on the site for some ...

3 years ago
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RE: Bass Building

@russ I've got a grany tooth plane, just need the blades lol

3 years ago
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RE: Evening all

I use a handplane to sort the edges of the board, need one good side then work from it. Centre doesn't have to be exact centre of the board as there's...

3 years ago
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RE: Question about headstock veneer

I add it towards the end, sometimes thin the headstock and sometimes don't, depends on the tuners and how long the posts are. Often I'll add it and le...

3 years ago
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RE: Fretboards

No it's pretty horrible stuff, I hate it! 🤣 It's mad stuff, changes colour depending on the light

3 years ago
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RE: Evening all

@tv101 as long as I avoid putting them through my thickness planer! 🤣

3 years ago
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RE: Fretboards

I've got enough old brazilian mahogany to do a neck through and another body plus old northern ash for necks, also there's a tree trunk down the track...

3 years ago
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RE: Finishing an Ebony neck

I quite like using thinned down oil based polyurethane varnish on necks, gives nice protection but feels superb. I use satin stuff. I've heard o...

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RE: Evening all

Welcome Dave, not long joined myself. My first neck was made from old floorboards, mahogany and maple, still perfect now after a couple of years...

3 years ago
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RE: Roasting maple

So far this neck weighs about 570g, still got to do the heel too

3 years ago
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