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Top stuff, looking real good so far. :2tsup:

Sweet. :2tsup:

Nice work legin, I've had all the parts for a Lamington build for a couple of years but never got around to putting it together.

How does it sound?

Thanks HW and Christos.

Fair call on the time taken to complete them. :D So many conflicting interests...

Thanks Robert.

It is nice timber though a little lighter in colour, more yellowish, than panels used on the bed. I'm not real keen on the red coloured drawer handles but the wife liked them...

So, the not so long suffering wife finally got the bedside tables to match the bed I made about 18 months ago... :-

They came up alright, made from the same stash of New Guinea Rosewood and...

Nice work Floody, looks good so far! :2tsup:

How about 378?

The 400 guess is only 5.8% away and definitely 6 or more chisels. :2tsup:

That's a lot of chisels!!!!

I reckon, 298 chisels.

Winner! :2tsup:

What type of Maple floody.

I've got crap loads of Qld Maple that would fit the size requirements and am not too far away if that is useful.

Cheers,
Steve.

Edit, sorry, just saw your post in...

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I'd be keen to have a look. :2tsup:

Good result! :D

Solid effort TN, looks fantastic. I've been dreaming of Horvater vises since seeing your mockups. :2tsup:

Do the holdfasts work well, haven't used mine yet, and did you get a good result with...

Could there also have been some rejects from various stages of the process that got tossed instead of passed on to the next stage?



These were most certainly in the post and received this...

I too will be happy to help make sure Pagie is not out of pocket on this one but I'd like to make sure I get hold of my blades first.

Still missing a 2" blade and chipbreaker and a spokeshave...

Good to see it's still underway Bob. :2tsup:

Got my rasps this morning and they look great. :2tsup:

Unfortunately heading away for the weekend and don't have time to give them a test run... :no:

Thanks Brett, much appreciated.

Top effort, all completed for me. :2tsup:

Thanks.

G'day Pagie,

I received some blades today, thanks for getting them organised. :2tsup:

I'm still missing a 2nd 2" blade and cap and a spokeshave blade as per my original order.

So far I have...

Would it be difficult to make a similar gadget?

I had a similar experience over 12 months ago ordering direct from their website.

Haven't checked in here for a while so missed all the action.

Great result Christos, well done on the restoration. :2tsup: Hope you're enjoying the turning!

Thanks guys, I appreciate the comments.

Looking back over the 2 builds so far I can see that I've really slacked off in the recording of important data.

One interesting point, despite the fact...

Thanks Rob.

Just a couple of applications on lemon oil for the fretboard and it came up good.

Great Blue Tongue story, I love those guys.

Thanks for the offer of a nut blank Rob, after visiting 4 local music shops and a guitar repair business I finally found what I was looking for. I...

Lots of thumbs up for this one, fantastic. :2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

Was all set to finish off the No. 2 build this afternoon, everything was in place. :)

Didn't turn out as I'd hoped unfortunately, got a bit excited with a nut slotting file and went just a bit too...

Looking forward to this one Alastair, definitely need some photos. :D

G'day Aerohydro,

I used the Thomas Lloyd Guitars "A Master Class in Acoustic Guitar Making" DVD set to build my first guitar and the instructions are fairly comprehensive and easy to follow. I...

Not far off now. :D

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Looks like a pretty special piece of hardware rusel, nice job! :2tsup:

G'day Ray, I've got a little Transmig 135, the data plate shows its good for about 5mm.

Sounds like you might be in a better position to help out Christos also given your proximity to an identical...

Unfortunately my little welder is a bit small to tackle Christos' 10mm plate so his need for assistance remains.

He'll need someone with a bit more power! :-

G'day Christos,

I have a small MIG welder and would be happy to get it working if that is what you need. My welding is not spectacular but most things seems to stay connected. :2tsup:

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Thanks Mike, good to see you're still around.

I've reached the sanding stage and was going to post another photo but it just looks the same as the last one with some frets installed so I'll hold...

That's a fantastic result on the freight FF, well done and definitely worth the negotiations. :2tsup:

Cheers,
Steve.

Check here.

https://www.woodworkforums.com/f152/saw-doctor-sharpening-service-136160/

The neck glue up went fine and the fretboard went on today.

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Yep, the router can certainly make a mess. :D

The second attempt was much more successful on the dovetail mortice so I then went and over-routed the dovetail tenon on the neck end... So it's shim...

Thanks Martin.

I agree that the error on the back would probably start to really bug me after a while so I have attempted a correction. Twice in fact and both times I've chipped out the graft...

Bit more progress. :)

Finished off the binding with a bit more success than my attempts on No. 1. I used smaller bindings on this guitar and it definitely made it easier to ensure the bindings...

Pretty sure my last lot were posted from The Sandpaper Man.

I like how the yearly photos show the wood slowly taking over. Not much room for a car in there now... :2tsup:

G'day Bad Fruit.

My belt sander uses a 1220 x 150 belt and 1220mm is the total length of the belt.

Steve.

That's a good idea making a cut before routing to avoid any tearout. The climb cuts worked well when trimming the soundboard and back on this one so I expect they should do ok for the binding.
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Great result. Looking forward to the next one. :2tsup:

Thanks Martin.

That was definitely my concern when trying to level the sides. I've done most of it now and pretty sure I didn't go too far but had to settle for somewhat less than flat sides...

Rob, it's hard to see with the pictures. It's also kind of hard to explain, but more like the back and soundboard are not exactly the same shape so if I lay the body down on it's back with the neck...

That is definitely some fantastic Sassy.

Same customer that did your avatar model. :2tsup: