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Pretty much 80% of the instrument was difficult to build, but the body scroll rebate for the plastic binding was quite taxing for my skills as the photo below shows. You can only rout so far then the rest has to be done by hand.

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I started building two mandolins June 2004 and they were eventually finished August 2005. These were my first mandolins made from scratch and plans obtained from the states. A steep learning curve through out the complete build. Here are photos of one of them.

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I consider a dado as more safer than a sawblade. The reason being that dados are used mostly to cut housings, grooves and rebates. The blade is totally covered when actually cutting. It`s when your ripping wood that part of the blade is exposed and a lapse of concentration could cause an...

I`ve got one of those. I`ve had mine for about 20 years now and used it about half a dozon times. My one is called a Router Crafter, and was sold under the brand name of Sears Robuck. I purchased it from a mail order catalogue together with a 1 1/2 HP fixed based router. A very useful tool to...

Here`s another view of the attachment. I`d just finished sharpening the chisels and augers in this photo using the Axminster sharpening kit. Worked a treat. I`ve yet to make a wooden table for the drill. I`m also impressed with the keyless chuck. Iwas going to replace this with a keyed chuck as...

I recently upgraded my ( crappy ) Nutool 12 speed bench mounted drill press for a Delta 17-900 floor standing drillpress. I used a mortice attachment on the old press with a reducing collar to fit the 55mm collar. Without the reducer it would fit a 65mm collar. The collar on my new drill press...

What I should have said was I would have purchased a Performax, (if I had the workshop space) BEFORE I purchased a Lie Nielson. There, have I redeemed myself? Infact I`m thinking of purchasing ANOTHER Lie Nielson in the form of the larger scraper plane he makes. Have I double redeemed myself...

Thanks for the welcome guys. Yes Dan the frog is a 45 degree. I might purchase the York pitch 50 degree frog at a later date because I do work in some difficult timbers making acoustic guitars. I`ll see how this frog copes with wild grain first. I would rather have had a Performax thickness drum...

Just received my first new Lie Nielsen number 4 bronze smoothing plane from Axminster Power Tools. This is the first time I`ve held a L N and I`m not sorry I lashed out the asking price for it. This tool is absolutely fantastic and worth every penny. Ready to use straight out of the box, but I...