Recent content by PeterF

Wow this was a long time ago! It wasn't actually the capacitor in the end. The previous owner must have overloaded it as the switch contacts had welded themselves together. I just took it apart and got them to move freely again and it worked fine.

I've never tried french polishing. It isn't the skill that bothers me - that can be learned - its the fact that normal shellac is not as durable as a lot of other finishes.

Just to update this, I'm afraid I have found that it will not be economical to import this product to Europe. The shipping to the UK, plus the local shipping just push the costs too high to be worth it.

I have actually considered it! :D For an acoustic guitar though, you need the thinnest, lightest, least sound dampening finish possible and RPC goes on pretty thick apparently.

Thank you very much for the reply. This is the sort of information I was looking for as I am trying to gauge whether it would be worth it to import it here. It is not the ease of application that I am looking for so much as the resistance do scratches, chemicals, sweat and moisture. This finish...

I am currently waiting for more specifics from the manufacturer, so I cannot say anything about prices yet. I will let you know as soon as possible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnYD1n41 ... ata_player Sorry about the link. I'll try again!

I'm not sure if this counts as advertising. If it is against the rules, I will remove it. :?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnYD1n41 ... ata_player I am a guitar maker from Pembrokeshire, Wales. I have just been made aware of this product by Robbie O'Brien, who is a very well respected american luthier. He recommends it very highly as it has the look, feel and ease of application of...

No I didn't manage to find one, but I got an electrician friend to look at it and he found the contacts had actually melted together inside it, so he cleaned them up and it's running fine. Good video btw... It would have helped me a lot if I'd seen it before!

You could easily get some acoustic sets out of that. We guitar makers love sapwood as well, so you'd get even more out of it...

Well of course there should be a discount for forum members... :mrgreen:

I can't really see the scale in those pictures, but depending how big the chunks are, you could make a fortune on guitar back and side sets. They would easily go for £100 each...

I just bought a p/t that has the same issue. When you switch it on, there's just a buzzing noise from the switch. A friend of mine who's good at electrics had a look at it and tried bypassing the switch and it worked fine. You could try that to check. I don't know why it would happen suddenly...

Thanks for the suggestions, but the SIP spare has been discontinued since it's an old model (even if it hadn't, it was £127!), and the switch also has a 3 way selector to select planer or thicknesser mode. I haven't found any that have that on. I suppose it would be possible to get them...