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I attended Chris Tribes Dovetailing Day yesteday, and I am rather impressed with his set up and teaching. Heres what I came away with :) The first tail is a little loose but the others are ok. I overshot the baseline a little, but Im not too unhappy. Still needs a bit of cleaning up...

Hey all, sorry Ive not been on here much recently - since Ive started a new project I though I'd fix that and post a progress thread. For those interested in such things, heres the spec: 5 strings 34" scale, 46mm nut, 17mm spacing at the bridge 24 fret maple fingerboard with side dots, no dots...

EDIT: I just wanted to write that this isnt really a good idea - scroll down for the propper solution. Mike --- Hey, I thought Id share this discovery - Im sure its hardly new, but I'd never read about it. I had to face joint a bookmatched back for an electric bass. As the boards are under...

Hi, I was finally getting around to working with some hardwoods this afternoon - walnut and poplar, my two new favourites. For the walnut, I needed to do a small amount of resawing, 6mm thick at about 60mm depth, using my 26" Roberts and Lee 4.5 TPI rip saw. In the past, Ive started the cut...

Hi, Ive recently moved into my new house, so Ive finally got my dedicated workshop space in the spare bedroom. So, Ive been working on a new workbench to replace the old workmate. I thought I'd share some progress shots. I wanted to base the design around the Roubo / Holtzapffel designs...

Hi, Ive got a quick question for those people who use a 1/4" collet in their T10 / T11. Ive bought the 1/4" collet, Ive taken the 1/2" collet and nut out of the machine, but the 1/2" collet seems to be locked into the nut. Do I also need to get another nut, or should the 1/2" collet come out...

I came accross this photo: Its a bench built by Aussie luthier Bill Paulin. I found the tail vice quite interesting, half way between a traditional L shaped continental tail vice and a wagon vice. With the extra support of the bench top either side of the sliding dog hole block, it could be...

Hey, I remember a while back we were talking about how oil based finished give maple an amber tint. I found this today: http://thewoodwhisperer.com/episode-47- ... -into-oil/ Hope someone else finds it useful, I certainly did! :)

Hi, Im in the process of building the legs of a bench, laminated from B&Qs finest softwood 2 x 4s. The legs are approximately 90mm x 115mm, the stretchers are approx 95mm x 40mm with 18mm thick tennons on the ends. This is my first bit of real joinery, and Im quite pleased with the result so...

Hi, I ordered a Clifton 5 1/2 at the Cressing Temple show, it arrived a couple of weeks ago: Im really pleased with it! The first thing I did was hone the blade, and then I was ready to cut some seethrough fluffy shavings in black cherry! Here is it with the rest of the family: Ive...

Hey all, Im planning a workbench that I hope to start building this winter. The bench will be mainly for handtool work. If all goes to plan, I will be getting the timber from Ross K, if he has any left, round about December. Ive been planning the design for the workbench for some time, since...

Ive been thinking about this since planning buying some beech for a workbench. Up till now, Ive always done small projects, where I take my cutting list to the yard and pick out the boards that will give me the cuts I need. I plan pretty much everything out in the yard so I know what I'll do...

Hey everyone, I recently went on the Shuker guitar building course in the Peak District. http://www.shukerguitars.co.uk/course.htm Heres what I came out with: White ash body, curly maple top, maple and purple heart neck with a maple fingerboard. The stain is alcohol based and the finish...

Hi, Im off out of the country for 3 months, so Im in the process of packing all of my worldly goods into carboard boxes ready to go into storage. Whilst packing up my tools, I thought I'd grab a shot of my latest purchase, a Bedrock smoother. Its in quite good condition, except the lateral...

Hello everyone, Newbie question - Im planning my next guitar project and am looking into what finish to use. Ive always left this to the last minute but now I want to plan in advance and get it right. Im after a satin sheen thats feels soft and natural to the touch, not 'sticky' like some gloss...

Hi, We started talking about this on another thread, but I thought it was fair to give this its own thread. I read somewhere that Blue Spruce Toolworks use acrylic impregnated curly maple in their mallet handles. Chris Schwarz reviewed one of their mallets on his blog, and gave it a thumbs up...

Hi, Ive been into woodworking for about 18 months now. Ive got a few projects planned, and I would like to expand my tool collection and get some larger stationary tools. Im nearing completion of my first solid body guitar, and a few friends have been interested in me building them their own...

Hi everyone, Im sure this question has been covered many times here over the years, but a quick search didnt bring anything up. I was always taught that you joint with a plane that is long enough for the board you are working on. So I was chatting with a guy called Jon last night, a...

Hi everyone, Im quite new here so I thought its about time i introduced myself properly and showed a project Ive been working on since last summer. Its a 5 string multiscale bass guitar. Beware, this post is a bit of a novel, so feel free to skip the text and just look at the pictures! ;)...

Hi everyone, Im quite new here but I really like some of the responses and recommendations other people have got to similar questions so I thought Id ask myself too! :D So this year is the big Three-Oh, and I want to get myself some tools that will stay with me for another thirty years. Im...