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Most versatile and most used tool gotta be my Dewalt table saw, love the double rack and pinion fence incredibly accurate.
the router table is getting alot of use lately though.

Christian

Gotta say i'm with Bob i hate making Kerfing !!!!
that repetition on the bandsaw is a killer.
If you dont mind me asking Bob where did you get your reverse Kerfing from ?

Cheers,

Christian.

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Wow looks fantastic Allen!!!
beautifully executed repair, rightly so the owner is chuffed.
its a great exercise to do, but bloody difficult to charge for eh,
i probably would have tried to upsell him to a new guitar,rather than repair it...haha.

Christian.

Your a brave man Allen !!! i would'nt have gone near that guitar repair.
hats off to you !! fantastic new top !!!
look forward to seeing it finished.

Cheers.

Christian.

Imperial drives me insane i simply cant get my head around the values Shocked i'll stick to metric thanks.

Hey thanks for posting this John. I wonder how FSC certified those Chinese made Walden guitars actually are. This only confirms what I have heard about Gibson, not long ago they were sending reps to Brazil to buy Brazilian Rosewood furniture ornaments etc, mostly from poor folk, packing it all into ...

Hi Jonny, I've stuck this problem a couple of times on repairs, i wonder what strings were on it, if it was a heavy guage over time it may have curved your neck, changes in temperature can also move your neck, poor neck wood ie not well quartered,maybe the truss rod isnt set deep enough. To fix it y...

Hi, If you want a cheap and cheerful bending iron suggestion, use a high wattage clothes iron, yip a clothes iron. make sure you take off the flimsy base cover so the steel plate is revealed, weld a piece of pipe to it, you may need a buffer piece of steel to give you clearance for tight bends. you ...