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The mini paint roller sold in the dollar stores might be another possibility:

https://www.dollartree.com/bulk/Paint-Brush-Roller

You could use an oscillating tool and plunge cut when you get to the truss rod area. It does look like a "can of worms" project. What is the owner trying to accomplish with the work?

Ken, No, i didn't see delaminated tops. I had in my hands only the David Russell’s guitars and they were fine. Clay. A top without the inside layer won’t work. It’s to week, it doesn’t work like a lattice. What is left after machining has all the fibers interrupted. Only after lamination, the top w...

Are you using brad point bits? if so try sharpening the spurs with a file.

https://www.toolstoday.com/g-22-the-bra ... boring-bit

Bill Raymond wrote:Pretty clever use of noodles and glue to fill in that hole in the soundboard. Why put the tuners on upside down though?

Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "noodling around on a guitar"

Has anyone experimented with doing an all wood "double top" construction but leaving off the inner skin. Would it reduce the stiffness that much since the honey comb drilling would form a "lattice"? You could avoid the weight of the glue and the second skin.

If you are concerned with the alignment of the top you could hot melt glue a temporary brace that would "float" above the patch area before you remove that last section of top (hot melt glue can be removed with alcohol). Cross grain patches usually stick out like a sore thumb - one reason why many r...

Hi Roger, You might want to consider removing the remaining section of top wood at the upper edge of your cut out. The new wood would tie into the top block and it would eliminate a cross grain joint which can be hard to hide. At the lower end the cross grain joint will be hidden under the bridge. E...

Welcome Oldrich,
Charlie Schultz (forum owner) has built a Hurdy Gurdy as well as a few others who post here, so you should get some good advice for any questions you may have.

If you slot the "plug" how much wood will it leave in the front? What I might consider doing is to cap the existing bridge plate with a dense hardwood (African blackwood, Honduran rosewood, or similar) and fit better quality slotted pins (or cut slots in unslotted pins to match individual string gau...

Hi Peter, After researching a little further I found that Kelobra may not be the same as Monkey pod. Although they share the same common name "raintree" and have similar characteristics they apparently are different species. So although it looks like a duck, and walks like a duck, and very well may ...

Monkeypod Raintree.jpg I built a guitar with it that turned out well. I used it for the back and sides with a spruce top. There is a Jeffrey Yong guitar on you tube with a Monkeypod top: The wood has a chatoyance under finish that doesn't show in the photo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMNCkhrA2Ig

My Father told the story that when he was in Italy he ordered a cup of coffee. They brought him a cup of espresso in a demitasse. When he saw the size of the cup he said "You better bring me a couple more of these" . He said after he finished the first cup it satisfied his need for coffee. https://w...

Removing offending splinters is perfectly acceptable in this situation as Barry mentioned. When regluing I like to use a gap filling glue (epoxy) if much wood has been removed internally to get an externally looking "tight" fit. If not too much wood is missing then hide glue or CA can make a strong ...

Using the workmate as a clamping device for the body holding jig is brilliant! I'm thinking the holes that are drilled in the workmate to hold the swivel pegs could be used to hold dowels attached to the bottom of the jigs and allow them to be installed and taken off quickly. Using a few clamps is n...

Do you ever worry about pick scratches?

Nice!
Now I know what to do with some oddly shaped MCP shelves I have been tripping over.

Baking soda and CA is easy to do and easy to re do as necessary. Bone and CA might hold up longer.
You could file a wider slot and fit a piece of bone into it and recut the string slot. It's more work but could last as long as the rest of the slots.

You can make waterslide decals using special paper and a printer. You could also use rubber stamps and paint. Screen printing is more involved, but if you are making multiples as I'm sure Stella did, that may be the process they used.

If the book is no longer under copyright could you make a PDF of it? I wouldn't mind having a digital copy of it if it was available.

A quick check shows a publication date of 1977, so scratch that.