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Kalimar Maia replied to the discussion Noob Builder Question – Router Table Woes in the forum Quick Questions 3 months ago
Reply to Noob Builder Question - Router Table Woes
Cool – I just recently learned that trick with the off cuts. It’s really great! We also made a platform for the blank that attaches to the vise so we can route without having to move clamps around. It’s works really well.
Ok, so it’s sounding more and more like the hand router is the big winner.
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Chris Fayland Fayland Guitars replied to the discussion Noob Builder Question – Router Table Woes in the forum Quick Questions 3 months ago
Reply to Noob Builder Question - Router Table Woes
I exclusively route bodies by hand and never use a table for it for the same reasons mentioned above. It’s just not worth wasting a body blank over and ensures me an error free route. I take off small bits of wood only and take it careful where grain direction changes. If you save body off cut pieces of the same thickness they work great to…
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Kalimar Maia started the discussion Noob Builder Question – Router Table Woes in the forum Quick Questions 3 months ago
Noob Builder Question - Router Table Woes
Hey y’all. So I’m pretty new to woodworking and electric guitar making. A couple weeks ago I bought a nice amana spiral bit for use with a router table for shaping the body (it has the bearings at the end of the bit). Here’s the scenario:
– Black limba blank
– We used a band saw to get the shape very close to the body template.
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Tony Lewis Skypilot Guitar Repair replied to the discussion Insane string buzz or ringing. in the forum Quick Questions 3 months ago
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And……You know this already but I found out that: Newer Music Man bridge saddle assemblies are way too over thought……..They have different length saddle adjustment screws! I was wondering why they were so short on the B string and wouldn’t give me enough throw to get proper saddle height. Figured it was because that is the limit. …
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Ian Davlin The Looth Group posted an update in the group
3 months agoTri State Looths (NYC) 3 months agoSomeone reached out to me looking for a luthier for a Martin nylon string guitar in Bergen County/Hudson valley. Anyone interested ?
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Reply to Getting perfectly flat without a jointer
Thanks Paul — I take a quarter turn on the handle as recommended in the machines’s manual. I might try it again with an even smaller turn between cuts and see if that narrows the gap. Thanks!
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Reply to Getting perfectly flat without a jointer
I do the sled thing with my thickness sander and it works well generally.
How deep a cut are you taking? I would try taking tiny cuts so that you can see that fall off slowly disappear.
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What epoxies did you have a bad experience with? I might try system 3 silvertip.
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