[quote name='Ross' post='1292382' date='Jul 4 2011, 04:27 PM']I'm another one who favours hand tools over all, cheaper and more reliable.
I've been practising with the surform and spokeshave as I plan to hand carve my next bass.
Provided you have a quality chisel and know how to sharpen it properly it's much easier IMO than fannying about with templates.
To whoever said a router was the most dangerous power tool about, I raise you an angle grinder.
I had a really lucky escape, I was helping a mate with his block paving and about half the time I wore trainers, luckily the day it jumped back I'd put my steelies on and saved chopping my foot in half, just.
I've now upgraded to steelies and a set of safety glasses.[/quote]
MB1.
"Think Relicing basses with an angle grinder is best left to the professionals who offer there services on Ebay!, careful with that axe Eugene!"