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I have seen spring shaped electrical cords before but can't find any locally and can't find any with google so am wondering if anyone knows what they are called or has a link to one I could order?...

Very nice, I just finished building my first acoustic last night.

I finished working on it today it sounds and plays great.

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I ended up getting the body sprayed after having trouble with the shellac. I leveled and dressed the frets beforehand and today polished it and got the bridge glued on.

Frets:
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I decided to use just shellac for the finish. I am on the third coat now.

before finishing:

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Today I fretted and glued on the fingerboard.

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Installing side dots:
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So far just guitar necks the carving tools help a lot on an acoustic's heel) but I am planning to do some furniture that may have a little carving in it once and a while. My dad has a set of really...

I have a 8'' Inca jointer/planer and I can think of a bunch of times I've had to face joint boards over 6'' so far I've never had a need for more than 8'' though. It depends on what kind and size of...

Getting the neck set wasn't very easy but it's done, I carved the neck, and I glued it on today. Should be able to start finishing this weekend.
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I was using the grizzly 12 piece carving chisel set at school today to carve a guitar neck I was surprised how nice they were for the price ($30). My question is the gouges needed to be held up at a...

Tablesaw, the tracksaw seems great for cutting up plywood but with a skillsaw you can do that. You can do a lot more with a tablesaw.

I've heard of these going for $1200

I had to make a new back, I tried gluing it the same way as the soundboard but it didn't work to good so I made a new one and tried using the go bars and it worked great. I made a jig to rout the...

It's a good deal but I have heard some people say that the newer dewalt sanders like that are bigger than the older ones and more uncomfortable. I have one of the older ones and it's great.

I have used the H2935 and liked it a lot.

That's how my hitachi router always was.

Yesterday i shaped the braces on the top and back, today I cut the top races back for the lining, mortised the binding, and glued the top on. I routed the truss rod slot, thicknessed the back of the...

Thanks everyone with all this info I should be able to do it. The fine woodworking article looks great and I might even have the '89 magazine if I look for it.

Yeah, my dad sold one exactly like it for $80 after buying a used bridgewood 14" for $90.

I have been looking for a good guide on setting up japanese planes but can't seem to find one. Does anyone know where I can find one?

Gluing braces:

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Neck rough cut:

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Gluing the rest of...

I buy mine pre-slottted because it doesn't cost much more but there's a mathematical formula to space all the frets there's also free fret caculators available online. Here's more info...

Thanks, good luck with your guitar.
Yes, they do come pre-made.


All I've done in the past two days is rough cut the braces and sand a curve into them. Toady I got a lot done. I unclamped the...

Acoustics and electrics, just started doing acoustics, not sure if I'll ever want to do electrics again acoustics have much more woodworking involved.

My dad has a 1 1/2" thick pine workbench and...

My next project is going to be a good workbench since my main workbench now is made out of a hollow door, I'm also trying to keep the cost as low as possible and don't have much to spend on it. I am...