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Saint
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Thickness gauge

Post by Saint » Sat Jul 06, 2019 4:01 pm

After much umming and ahhing about the cost of a proper gauge and then again in at the potential inaccuracies of a cheaper Chinese offering, I decided to make my own. I could make another one if anyone is interested. It works perfectly and appears to be plenty accurate enough for my purposes. It has a 300mm throat. I toyed with the idea of a lifting lever but I honedtly don't think it's necessary. PM me if you are interested.
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Re: Thickness gauge

Post by WJ Guitars » Sat Jul 06, 2019 8:34 pm

The thickness gauge looks great. I like the gauge, who did you purchase the gauge from? I would like to up grade my gauge.

Wayne
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Re: Thickness gauge

Post by Saint » Sun Jul 07, 2019 9:10 am

Hi Wayne. After a bit of research, I ended up buying it from Amazon.com.au. It's a Neoteck digital indicator Model: NKT021, sold by neoteckau
Here's the link:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Neoteck-Indic ... 8208&psc=1
Your guitars look incredible. I'm very much at the other end of your journey. Made one onto number two, in the classical genre.
Cheers
Olly

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Re: Thickness gauge

Post by WJ Guitars » Tue Jul 09, 2019 1:39 pm

After a bit of research, I ended up buying it from Amazon.com.au. It's a Neoteck digital indicator Model: NKT021, sold by neoteckau
Here's the link:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Neoteck-Indic ... 8208&psc=1
Your guitars look incredible. I'm very much at the other end of your journey. Made one onto number two, in the classical genre.
Cheers/quote]

Thanks for the link. I just received my new gauge today.

Thanks for the good guitar comments. Looking forward to seeing a posting of one of your classical guitar builds.

Wayne
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