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Brian, That is a very nice mill you have there. It sounds as if you have the experience and equipment to make this happen. It would be a satisfying project. Have you considered making a removable driven conveyor assembly? A small gear motor would work great for drive. I got a few of these laying aro...

Brian, Had the same concern when I made mine. Just don't feed into a in running nip. I was concerned about the material lifting when it first touched the dum. It never did but I installed a spring loaded roller just in case. I ran it for quite a while while until I built the feed system. It worked f...

Great, thanks again for the help. The sides look fine, will let you know how it turns out.

Barry,
I appreciate the help. Do you think I need to scuff the surface before spraying?

Seagrave Nitrocellulose Spraying Lacquer from Stew Mac.

Steve, that is what happened, the finish is lacquer.

I have a guitar that has been finished approx. two years. I have recently noticed that when looking at a angle, there are numerous cracks. Is it possible to lightly sand the entire surface and respray a very thin mix in effort to melt into the previous finish? Or should I just sand the entire guitar...

Out of the blue I decided to make a lap steel out of some left over hardware. The question I have is the bridge. I see some are intonated, others are not. I planned on using a old strat bridge, mounting is solid. If it does not need individual string intonation, I could come up with a bridge with a ...

The majority of guitars I have looked at have a taper to the body . Is the reason for the taper more of a comfort thing or does it help direct the sound out the sound hole or some other design issue? The reason I ask is I am getting ready to prep the back of two smaller body guitars and I am thinkin...

Thanks for the reply Dave, as far as I know, the material is ABS and the glue is Weld on. Both purchased from Stew mac.
How does one tell the difference between ABS and PVC.

I just finished installing the binding on a acoustic. I have done similar binding on a few previous projects with out issue. Removed the tape a day later and noticed a few areas where the glue let loose. I can push the binding easily back into position. Process used is the same as previous, brush on...

I have a couple of questions regarding the bridge design I am using on my acoustic builds. 1. If the saddle slot is angled towards the rear, say 4 degrees, should the pins follow suite? Is 4 degrees enough? I believe I read here that some use upwards of 8 degrees. 2. If it is advisable to have them ...

I figure it was time for a update. I probably will be chastised for my repair technic, but my eye was drawn to the tell tail signs of the crack. I decided to do a inlay. This was a very interesting little project. The inlay pocket in the guitar was cut out first. .050 deep. I then made a walnut piec...

A while back I decided to build three guitars, two of them with the same type of woods, This is the second Walnut one. sitca top, laminated neck. First try at a fret board and head stock inlay. A bit un-nerving as trashing a ebony fret board was a concern. I admit I cheated as I used my cnc to to th...

I bought this bridge at a music store that was closing up. The threaded studs are 5/16 n.f. thread. Nice finishing all around.
Unfortunately no identifying marks. Any idea who may have made this?

Typically I use the numerous coats of lacquer and sand back in order to fill the open pores in mahogany and walnut. Getting a bit tired of that and decided to try the water based filler that Stew Mac offers. I talked to there tech. support and they stated that the "neutral" filler is actua...

Had to look considering you just posted the 12 fret. Once again, very nice. What is going on with the zero fret nut? Looks pretty interesting.

Very pretty Mark. Love the head stock. How does it sound compared to a 14 fret?

I need a bit of advise regarding sealing and grain filling. I am finishing a acoustic guitar, walnut sides and back. I originally only used lacquer to build the finish and fill the pores. I must of had some type of contamination as I started to see very small dots where the finish would not flow int...

I have been following Michaels,s advise, guitar has been bagged with a moist towel inserted in the sound hole since the first post. I put the towel in a resealable baggy, opened just a bit. With in 4 days I could see the cracks closing. As of now, they are totally closed. Will be installing a Sitka ...