TonyB7539

Yep just imagine having a 200lb black dog looking you practically IN THE EYE when you open the door to my house... OH and the reality is that he only eats about $50 a week in food... I buy the Blue Buffalo brand large breed dog chow...

definitely a senseless tragedy brought on my a sick, demented individual. From what i read this morning the guy went in there with the intentions of molesting all the girls. They said he brought lubricating jelly with him... It's a good thing the sick bastard off'd himself, so it saves us taxpayers from having to flip the bill for his legal counsil, appeals, and his time he would have served in the prison.

I would love to help, but $400 is about what it costs for a week of dog food for my Great Dane... but man that's a lot of cash that the pound gets for the animals there... here it's anywhere from 5 bucks to 50 bucks with shots, neutering, and microchip implant...almost sounds like they don't want to get rid of them...

I know what you mean... I think I have spent about 20-25k with them...

Oh and the secret to Craftsman tools is to pay the extra for the 2 year warranty and when the 2 years is close to coming up (if the tool hasn't broke before then) just take it back in the case and say it won't hold a charge, or it sounds funny, etc.... and they will just give you a new one, or if it's obsolete, they give you a new current one... It works with my router.... The on/off switch starts giving me a little trouble and I take it back with my warranty papers and they give me a brand one one right off the shelf...

You guys think your batteries are expensive... I have a Snap On 18 volt cordless that i use... of course I can go a week or more on a single charge (and I use it constantly) but with that convience comes a price... http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P6...amp;dir=catalog And here is the drill... Oh and the price reflects only ONE battery coming with it... If you need two batteries you gotta buy the second one... http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P6...amp;dir=catalog

Hey thanks for the info!

Anyone got any idea where to find them?

Spray a little WD40 on the bit before (and depending on size, during) and it will help to keep the bit cool enough so it won't melt. It wasn't the router bit that made it melt, it was the jig saw when I was cutting the template itself.. Ahh.. then try a 10t jigsaw bit on slow speed with WD40... it takes a while though....

very nice... I like the attention to detail on how the grain runs... makes it very classy

I figured you did, but I threw that one up there for those who read that and wondered about it...

Awesome guitar Matt... Black would definitely be nice. I wanna see some quilted maple veneer on the front though done in black... I think it would look sweet... or maybe some cracked mirror plexi also. That would look really sweet... Also a quick tip to minimize tearout with a 45 degree chamfer bit on a table... cut it in steps. That way you have less wood to hog away with each pass, thus minimizing tearout...

Go to a hobby shop and get some 2 part expanding foam, and some plastic sheet. Mix the foam at a 1:1 ratio, pour it into your case, and quickly lay the plastic sheet on top of the foam. Put your guitar on top of the plastic sheet before the foam starts to expand and dry. The foam will expand around the guitar (the plastic sheet protects it so make it larger than your case). When it is dry pull the plastic sheet off and either use an electric carving knife or a razor blade to knock some of the stuff down straight and if need be mix a little more foam to fill in the low spots. After that sand the foam down with a 36 grit pad and clean up the spot where your guitar was, then use landau pad glue (3m stuff) to either glue whatever material you are using on or use suede flocking (takes much longer but looks a lot better IMO) to flock the inside of the case. When you are done you should have a very nice form fitting case.

Spray a little WD40 on the bit before (and depending on size, during) and it will help to keep the bit cool enough so it won't melt.

You could do it with a regular flush trim bit, but I would suggest one of these Notice how the cutters go all the way up to the double bearing.... The 1/4 inch is as big as you need to go. They don't burn, and work great. I have used things as thin as 1/32" with this type of bit without damaging the piece or the template. Of course I wouldn't suggest trying that. I just needed a circle cut, and it was all i had for the size I needed...