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Both of those look lovely to me, in their different ways. Would Tru-oil do? It's too delicate for me for guitars but it does seem to pop a figure nicely. Pretty popular with home guitar builders. Marcros, candy is a concentrated dye which you add to clearcoat to tint it. It came from custom car...

I haven't done a lot of flame maple but a lighter dye or candy concentrate, then sand back, accentuates the flame without taking over. I'd start yellow, orange can get dark very quickly. Guitar guys use dyes but I like candy concentrates, partly because I have them anyway for paint but also they...

3M blue tape is my favourite paper tape, it survives solvents and paint fairly well (I spray guitars, bikes & cars), and has a decent edge. If masking tape it goes hard and doesn't want to peel give it a waft with a hot-air gun or a hairdryer, it softens right up.

Thanks ****, I just bought one from Axminster tonight, cheers for the thought, Bill

Cheers Bob, I didn't know what NVR and DOL was till now so that gave me things to read up on. Good to hear about cropmaster too, Bill

Hi all I've got a Coronet wood lathe/jointer/circ saw which arrived with a household lightswitch ... my other half's Dad got good use and the smoke seemed to stay in, but I'd like to put a better switch on. Do I need anything other than a basic switch like these? link , link2 Them mentioning...

At least two angry grinders, cuts down on disc-swapping. Fire extinguishers, bucket of sand, bins with lids. I keep solvent stuff & paints etc in an old steel office draw cab, against welding sparks & hot rocks. Evolution chop/sliding mitre saws cut wood & metal with the same blade, though the...

:) Cheers guys, only been here 5 mins and had some great advice already, great stuff.

Thanks for that Jimi, appreciated ;) cheers Bill

Hi all, A neighbour gave me an Inca, a Swiss one. It's a bit grubby but I'm sorting it out. The thrust rollers were manky, I got some skateboard bearings which are dead-on for size and very cheap. I measured the broken blade on it which matches the 1854mm mentioned here, the manual says...

Cheers chaps : ) John I can't reply to pm yet till me post count is up a bit. bear with me, ta

Hi all, Thought I'd say a quick hello, I'm going to make an electric guitar or two having been given a Coronet Minorette to fix, and a tired bandsaw. I'm a beginner with powered finger removal devices, years ago I made a guitar with mostly hand tools in a mix of poverty and optimism. My other...