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  1. arent most amps. espcially older tube ones wired point to point or with a turret board anyways. show us a schematic of exactly what amp your talking about. t
  2. the guys down at Home Depot made my quilt top.
  3. DAYUM. nice. is that a Fadal? is that top Ren? how much did that cost, never seen it in a sheet that thick. nice work with the paths, did the roundover bit cut that smooth or did you finish by hand? edit: oh, ive got MasterCAM and Solidworks 2003 on my comp. got it with the mouseclick discount took me FOREVER to find masterCAM. when you see how much it cost then you wonder why you cant find it.
  4. "I'll be taking down the tree tomorrow." if the whole story isnt BS, then that family got OWNED for the holidays. haha
  5. is that bocote just laminated width wise? where did you get it from? really nice stuff man!
  6. sorry jeremy, http://www.fiberglasssupply.com/Product_Ca...and_kevlar.html i was off a little, but not much. its around 15-25
  7. heres an idea. dont carve it out of a block of carbon fiber or graphite. just make it hollow, use carbon fiber cloth, that can be bought for about 8-13$ a yard, buy a couple of yards, then just make a body jig, put the carbon fiber cloth in there to fit to your body shape, then epoxy it up like they do surfboards. should probably use at least 5 layers of cloth. http://www.hollowsurfboards.com/Surfboard_...ng_Bottom_1.jpg i shaped and glassed a surfboard a few months ago, was alot of fun. also, you wont need to do any kind of finish to it. they do what they call a 'hotcoat' in which more catalyst is mixed with the epoxy, and it will kick faster, put that on with a brush and you can get a nice thick smooth finish you can sand with a softpad and 320grit on a power sander. http://www.hollowsurfboards.com/Surfboard_...rd_7/Tail_1.jpg
  8. im pretty sure industrial graphite doesnt have any of the same properties as pencil graphite. you cant rub it off on you, break it easiliy, ect. if you do decide to sand any of it, watch out for the dust, very dangerous in that its got microscopic pieces of glass, worse than fiberglass, and the dust is pretty toxic i think.
  9. i saw a Laguna ad in a mag the other day. looks like they have some pretty nice hi quality stuff out there. check out their flagship lathe: http://www.lagunatools.com/pinnicle.htm thing uses chain drive instead of a horizontal leadscrew as far as i can tell. strange.
  10. i had a situation with a 4" block of pine flying across the wood and shattering on the wall a while back. said i would never use a tablesaw again. to me its the most dangerous tool in the shop. i'll use a cut off, big bandsaw, shaper, router, planer all day, F a tablesaw man. nothing but asking to get hurt. of the people i know that loose fingers 70%+ lost them on a tablesaw.
  11. espeically if its Claro, or English walnut. they usually have alot more figure than the regular Black walnut. http://www.ca-walnutdesigns.com/products/images/cwd%204d.jpg that image is really overly contrasted in photoshop, but check out that grain. nice stuff.
  12. NICE drawing man! where did you find those dimensions? guitar center?
  13. no motors or psu's. there are alternatives that are WAY better than a dremel or rotozip, using a stationary head. much like the turning end on a lathe, bearings on both ends will have WAY less backlash than a dremel, and you can turn up your ipm cause will have less to worry about side to side pressure on. then mount you a 1/3 or 1/2 baldor motor on top and your set. bits are cheap and if your doing wood or aluminum you have NOTHING to worry about in wear. pretty much anything is carbide tipped/solid these days. all the expensive stuff now is TiAN and the exotic coatings are the pricey ones. for software i got solidworks and mastercam (took forever to find mastercam). go see how much they retail for as matthew lesko would say..... FREEEEEEE
  14. i'd advise using a pre slotted fretboard also. just make it easier on yourself and save alot of time. you can get a ebony fretboard thats slotted from stewmac.com for around 25$ i think. not bad at all.
  15. got a pic of it fryo? id love to see it, whats the dimensions?
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