Si600

I think we should all make voluteless instruments from now on, just to put HWSRN off his morning toast and marmelade

Interesting point. I would have expected that as they would have done everything by knife and not router the chips would be bigger and less likely to be digested, also any sanding would be done with either stones or handfuls of sand which would retain the dust. Someone must have done a study on it by now!

To quote a certain member of this parish, "Twerp"

Oi, Andy! NO!! Guitar builds belong on Guitarchat. It'll keep Kiwi and Ped happy anyway 😉

You want shonky "carpentry"? I present for your amusement my bench legs.

How flat does the flat surface have to be, gauge plate flat or glass sheet flat? I've got a small piece of glass but decorative stone window cills are very common over here, every house has them common, so I could, when we're allowed out again, get a small one of those from the local equivalent of Gumtree.

Have you seen a tapered tenon cutter? That's really like a giant pencil sharpener.

Lookit what I got in the post today, despite DHL telling me one wouldn't be here until Tuesday. Now I can do one of those perfect restoration YouTube videos Or just clean them up and learn how to use them

What would happen tone-wise if you angled the pickups the other way, so they and the end of the fretboard made a V shape? Not suggesting that you should mind, just curious.

Until I started down this rabbit hole I didn't appreciate how many different types of plane there were. Block planes are for endgrain I understand, where the lower angle cuts the fibres better. I've certainly used a no4 plane on endgrain and it's been a pig. I usually end up with the bottom of a door that is slightly convex due to the middle being easier to work.

Curses! Have I bought the wrong sort?

Er, no. I managed to post the wrong link. It's a block plane that I think from other pictures on the net is a 60 1/2. The link is now correct for the one I bought 😉 They will be on the bench when I get them and have time to Christinise them. Be prepared for a series of what do I do next PMs 😉

Right, the no.5 is mine! And this one https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stanley-Block-Plane/184211082164?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

Any of you f#kers buy this and I'll hunt you down and use it to shave your face off! Looks a decent one to me. Old and tatty https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Record-No-5-Woodwork-Plane-Made-in-England/184181780724?hash=item2ae216f0f4:g:h~AAAOSwJJxeUVIU

Yep, I've read it. I think it will make more sense to me when I've got a plane in my hand. A wet grinder is first on the list, Amazon are doing a Scheppach for 105€ at the moment. All the planes on eBay are a) expensive and b) all in the UK which does bump the post price up unfortunately.

Twerp

I had a look in our local DIY shed. https://toom.de/p/metallhobel-44-mm/1810050 It's literally a BBOT. Shocking bit of kit. eBay I suspect for something decent.

Awright you 'orrible lot. I need (really? Want is more accurate) a plane or two. I don't need a huge long jointing plane so I'm thinking something like a do most things reasonably plane and a block plane. In my head, and from the interwebz, I'm looking for a Stanley no. 5 and a Stanley 60 1/2 or equivalent. Yay or nay? What would you talented and experienced people suggest?

Sorry if I've missed the explanation, but why does it have another front panel? Is it just a different way of hanging the grill cloth?

At the moment I have a complete block over a 12 bar in A shuffle. For one reason or another I cannot count the block of 6 between the two Ds. Make it a run of notes and I have no problems, but a single note for 6 bars is too complicated for me.

I've just bought an AA battery charger and some batteries for use in my Line6 wireless sender. Does that count as a purchase?

Something like a Barchan sand dune...

Wot Spondz sed 👍

Oh god yes, the price would be horrendous. I may see what I can get off the Bay of Fleas. An Epiphone body and LH Jazz V Neck. Even that will be a bit frisky on price I fear. Anyway, enough derailing, back to the cellar with you Mr. Jr1515 😉