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The forum is much faster for me. Cool!

Man, I was having withdrawal symptoms.

I just saw this tool on the PBS show, Ask This Old House. It is an interesting approach to a CNC router that is used freehand with the tool making the fine adjustments. It is very expensive, but it may have some guitar applications.

https://www.shapertools.com/en-us/

CA is the best thing for this. I use Glu Boost which also has tints for coloring. They do have a black tint.

That 3D tool is pretty cool, Steve. Nice guitar design too.

I'm a contrarian so I put my filter on the floor. I figured that dust settles so may as well put the filter where the most dust is.

We don't need no stinking certifamaction in 'merica.

Place a thin, scrap piece of hardwood on top. In practice, drill through the scrap first and leave it on your drill bit but move it up a bit. Then place your drill bit on the fretboard where you want the hole. Now push the scrap wood down flush with the fretboard and hold it down tight while you dri...

Cool. Looks a bit like a sheet metal brake.

Glu-Boost with vintage tint kit would be my choice.

Nice looking rosette. Looks really deep.

Are you going to put some binding on it?

I once used regular old lead/tin solder to make an extra wide jack plate out of two jack plates. It has suprisingly held up for several years.

Jim, my post was wrong. I made the blade tangential to the peg. My jig was not sufficiently rigid. It worked but not that well.

Shaving an ebony peg that is maybe 2 inches long would take a lot more strength than a cedar pencil with a 1/2" long tip. I made a peg shaver similar to the commercial version that uses a single blade set at a 90 degree angle to do a scraping cut. My home made version didn't work that well.

Thanks Dennis. My client is really enjoying the guitar and he has already gotten several offers.

I too am glad to see Michael here again.

Any way to drill a hole and install a wood dowel that crosses over the laminations?

When I use CA for a tight crack, I first apply a little bit of thin CA because it wicks further into the crack, and then I quickly follow up with medium CA to make sure the wider parts of the crack are filled up.

Very clever router sled there. The silver solder should be up to the task if you can get a good joint. Sometimes it is hard to get it to flow out in an old crusty crack like that. You should open it up so that you can file/sand the edges of the break and then use some flux. I am not sure about the s...

Will, are you coming up with these schematics on your own? Do you have any experience in electronics? Not trying to denigrate you, but just asking based on my experience. I have been building and repairing for over 40 years. I am an engineer (not electrical, but civil) and have built amps and electr...

It's not just you Bob. That is always going to happen unless you have some type of guide bushing setup.

I also use the sharpened bolts like you described.