I have a couple of dedicated trim routers (Makita, Bosch and Rigid) but I don't think I'd use any of those for pick-up or control cavities since I'd be limited to 1/4" shank cutters. Tele control...
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I have a couple of dedicated trim routers (Makita, Bosch and Rigid) but I don't think I'd use any of those for pick-up or control cavities since I'd be limited to 1/4" shank cutters. Tele control...
Those are great saws. Bought mine at an auction about 10 years ago for $150, changed the oil and used it as-is up until about 2 years ago. I then installed a modified set of Carter guides. By...
Check McMaster-Carr's online catalog. Search for 'curved bearing scraper' and there it is.
It is most definitely a metal scraper. Easily identified by the hollow area between the cutting edges similar to what seen on Japanese chisels and plane irons. Have personally used these on many...
I also bought an unmarked (badge missing) Kay/Harmony a couple of years ago to try my hand at fixing because I thought Jack White's was cool. It's still in pieces. From the look of it, I don't think...
I installed Carter bearing guides on my old 14" Rockwell. While I like the upper guide, I didn't care for the lower. The original Rockwell (and I'm assuming the Delta and others that came after) had...
Thanks all. I like the idea of the smaller truss rod pocket and higher break angle as the head angles approaches 15 degrees. But I like the straighter grain of the shallower angle and (possibly) a...
Was just getting ready to cut the head angle on my neck blank and checked the plan for the angle. Using the GAL plan I measure the lower side view at 12 degrees. So I set up to cut the angle... but...
As far as open time, the bottle I have is "Medium" open time. So what's that mean?.?.?
I took 2 pieces of 1" wide 1/4" thick hard maple that were about 3" long. I put a "normal" amount of the...
I glued up some small 1" wide scraps of maple, mahogany, spruce, cherry, walnut and myrtle. Couple of drops spread around and clamped with the smallest Quick-Grip. All sample face-to-face... no cross...
Anyone have experience using this adhesive? Relatively new... just saw it at a woodworker show.
Plonked down $16.50 for a 4 oz. bottle. It's CA but has a thickness similar to Titebond. A bit...
Not sure what magic Mr. Daffy works with his mandolins but I had the opportunity to listen to Shooglenifty at the Dublin Irish Festival (The Dublin in Ohio, not across the pond.) on Saturday....
Yes, I should say that I usually use a good dust filter mask for most of the stuff I do in the shop, both at work and home. Since I have no decent dust control in the home shop, a well fitting mask...
I managed to get the carbon fiber bar set in last weekend and I hope to do some shaping of the neck Saturday.
I milled it down to .200 in the Bridgeport at work using standard high speed cutters...
Actually, dragonplate is the name I couldn't recall that the guy at work usually gets his carbon fiber material. He usually needs thin stuff to laminate between balsa but said they have carbon fiber...
Tavy,
Thanks for the response. I think I'll reduce the thickness of the carbon fiber bar down to 3/16" in width and set it 1/2" deep in the neck. I'll try the Smith's epoxy that I have on hand,...
Having some difficulty adapting my existing jigs to the shorter mandolin neck.
I asked a friend at work where he gets his carbon fiber since he uses it building RC aircraft. When I explained what...
Interesting about the whole beer thing. Many of the "American" big beer manufacturers have recently lost HUGE market share to smaller breweries as well as imports. The general thinking is that...
Yeah, we've gone from the justified frustration of finding that dependable/reliable X-acto blades are no longer the same to global economics. This thread probably should be closed down before it gets...
Can't resist any longer...
As someone who has worked in manufacturing for nearly 40 years and witnessed firsthand a plant reduced from over 3000 workers to less than 300, this is what I've seen...
I came across the Knew saws a couple of years ago at woodworking show in Newport, Kentucky. Granted this show was a bit upscale... need a custom made $3500 hand plane anyone?
Lee had only single...
Don't think for a second that some of those crazy violin makers aren't doing that!
Actually, at least one guy is.
Check out the Summer 2004 issue of American Lutherie. In the article 'Stalking...
I'll be gluing up a neck blank today. I need to start thinking about the truss rod.
What sort of truss rods are the builders on this site using these days?
I've made the old style (sort of...
Just noticed an uncorrected fat fingering in my original post. My intention is to have a WIDER neck at the nut. So it's not my intention to make a "perfect" version of a Loar. I'm not that skilled...
Yeah, I know that I can a bit compulsive about accuracy. As a machinist I need to work out to +/- .0005 otherwise the part might not work at all. That's something I can't do with wood but if I have...