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A question for the H.S. experts/fans here. In the Courtnall book the H.S. plan shows a straight across harmonic bar and the braces are 7mm wide and 3.5mm high. In the text he says that H.S. slanted the harmonic bar on some instruments. So far I have used the straight across variant. The bracing in t...

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The KMG gizmo is the kind of thing I have in mind. Are there any others on the market that would be compatible with the Bosch Colt style laminate trimmer?

Thanks for the replies. I am looking for something handheld. Not one of the production oriented big jigs. In fact with my current favourite search engine (https://duckduckgo.com) I found this plan right here: http://www.mimf.com/archives/binding_jig2.htm What I am looking for is a reasonable price c...

I am finally going to get myself the European version the well-known Bosch colt laminate trimmer (palm router) kit. It comes with various bits and pieces. My plan is to use it to route the ledges for bindings on classical guitars so I will need to get an appropriate cutter and more importantly some ...

Really sorry to hear about that. I also have no practical experience in this. So this is pure conjecture. If I were guessing I'd say you'd have to reckon with something between 25% and 40% depreciation. But I would say it also depends on how nice the guitar sounds to a potential buyer. Someone who r...

I had a look in the Michael Collins Macaferri book to see how he does it. He bends the top, before joining, over a heat box. The sides of the box are shaped to give the pliage and there are cross bars made from metal piping to support the top. He heats it with a lamp. He damps the underside but does...

Hi. I have made a mistake. I have realized awfully late (hangs head in shame) that the top of my 6 string steel has next to no bow in it. The neck fitment and purfling is already complete. On the up side, I believe I erred on the side of heavy bracing (std X bracing layout) and and internal bridge ...

Where can I find information about the tunings of different guitar body types? Kind of reminds me a bit about a joke concerning the lawns in Trinity College Dublin (which in fact were nothing very special). Tourist: "How do you get the lawns to look so green?". Guide: " Easy. Just wa...

Hanging out on the 'net instead of getting on with it.

Superb.