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    Free Drawing Software Package Suggestions

    From the day I left school to the day I retired I was a draughtsman. In all my working years I was asked only once to produce anything in 3D and that was for a presentation. If you want to produce decent plans learn to draw them in 2D first! I'm not saying "don't use 3D", however if you can...
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    Rock 'n' roll!

    Hopefully I'll get back and finish it some time. I haven't weighed it but, I think it's quite heavy, probably similar in weight to a '59 LP, as the plans I had were based on one. I did shy away from one detail, the binding. What you can see in the final photo is faux binding, basically a lack...
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    Rock 'n' roll!

    Sorry, I forgot to say, for the neck profile, there were cross sections on the plans I had. I made small templates for these then sanded the neck until the templates fitted. The neck profile is that of a '59 LP.
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    Rock 'n' roll!

    Yes the guitar is for me, I'd been wanting to make one for a while and eventually i took the plunge. Cost wise the sapele wasn't that expensive, the book matched flamed maple top however was around £130. I shaped the neck profile using the "facet" method, you draw a series of lines along the...
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    Rock 'n' roll!

    Hello, new member here, I've read the forum for while, but just signed up. For what seems like an eternity, probably about 18 months, in the spare moments I've had from renovating a house, I've been building a guitar. This is not a kit it's all been hewn from solid bits of wood. Unfortunately...
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    Sourcing hardwood offcuts for joinery practise

    Not been a member long enough to use PM's. I'm not military, I used to live and work here full time, but life got in the way and I had to go back to the UK. I kept my house here, which I sold recently, to buy a very old village house, it's liveable but current events have put a stop to some of...
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    Sourcing hardwood offcuts for joinery practise

    Hello sunnybob, New member, joined today, I have a couple of questions for you, if you don't mind. Despite what my profile says I'm in Cyprus for the foreseeable future! Can you tell me which woodyard you're referring to? I know exactly what you mean about the hardwood off cuts, I've been...
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