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I got one of these when I was back in China visiting family. It costs 72 Yuan, which is about 6 quid I think. The body seems to be made of some sort of Rosewood. In fact the grain patterns are very similar to the fretboard on my Indonesian made Ibanez guitar, so it's probably some sort of Asian...

My bass has lots of dings on it and from what I've read oil finishes are easy to touch up. So I was thinking of sanding down the damaged areas and then reapplying some oil. The body is made of alder and has a slight satin sheen to it. The manufacturer recommends regularly applying lemon oil to...

I got a really cheap benchtop bandsaw off Ebay a while back and I managed to break the blade that came with it doing a rather tight corner on a guitar body.So I ordered another one from Dragon Saws and it broke at the weld the first time I used it. I contacted them and they were kind enough to...

I think my tools we need sharpening soon and I'm looking to buy a bench grinder. Somebody mentioned in another thread that I can just get a grinder and use the toolrest that comes with it until I buy a proper jig for sharpening. Has anybody else had any experience with this? Another question...

Produced this: Turns out it wasn't tight enough without the brass tubes and it wouldn't spin with the mandrel, making it very hard to turn. So I glued some tubes in, trimmed them and produced this: Stupidly I tried to test fit all the parts without putting any finish on the pen or even fine...

Rutlands have a sale going on and I was thinking of getting their pen turning kit and a 3/4 roughing gouge. What do you guys think of the quality of their stuff? https://www.rutlands.co.uk/machinery-&- ... ing-gouges

Hey guys, I'm a bit of a hobby guitar builder and I want a little benchtop lathe to turn some guitar knobs on, as well as pens and other little things like that. My budget is pretty low (~£100 max) so I've been looking at Ebay for stuff. Anybody have any particular suggestions? Do I need a...