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oh i get it, too bad i lost 1 of my string savers.

It's a pain cos it takes 1/2 hour with a pair of snips and an allen key to get the strings changed.

1/2 hour? It takes me 5-10 minutes to change strings on a floyd. I cant see what you are doing that takes a 1/2 hour.

Should have posted this last month!!! I just tossed out probally over 1000 of 'em!

Looking sexy.......... Will this one survive? or is the wall gettin hungry?

Awesome...Looks to be in great shape for its age.

Wow, that's quite the arsenal you are trying to put together there Have you looked into the Shopfox pin router from Grizzly? It got pretty favorable reviews in a WW mag a while back, seems like plenty for the hobby builder. I doubt you will find anyone around here who has any experience with that particular Grizzly unit. On a side note, we have a Rockwell pin router at work were looking to offload Straight outta the 50's! BTW, where are you putting all this stuff?

Concerning the shop fox... Ive considered it. Like you said its plenty for the hobby builder. Buts that the thing, Im trying to take this past the hobby stage. I have 2 pin routers right now, and overhead and an inverted but they are a bit lacking and are actually extremely similar to the shopfox. Ive always had the mentality to buy bigger than my current requirements, it will pay off in the end.

I have a 1000 sq ft shop that I rent.

If you have a jackson; trace it, flip it, template it. Simple enough....

Band saw arrived on Monday. WOW.

Next up is new air compressor and new pin router. Has any one used the Grizzly Pin router that is $2k? I like it for the fact that it is not EXTREMELY huge and that it is not a 3 phase unlike the Onsurds.

Ive also been trying to track down one of these older Bosch units but I am not having much luck.

Hey! It was my Dads B-Day yesterday as well!

Im looking for a Bosch Overarm Pin Router. Help me out here!

Nefarium is a bit over board on the Dark Funeral rip off IMO...

Will definitely be good publicity for you though!

Does this guy not have any common sense? Either that or he is 8 years old....

If you would have read his entire first posts you would have read:

1. He wants a wider neck.

2. He wants an ebony fretboard with ebony binding.

3. He wants to copy the original diamond volute/scarf joint.

So how is cutting of the old damaged, non repairable, not to his liking neck a waste or destructful?

I see absolutely nothing wrong with the way this was handled; I would have done the same. There are just some ridiculous comments in this thread.

Diezel, I look forward to see the completed repairs.

they only sell korny ones like skulls there. i want an evil one

Its a tuning key for christ sakes! How the hell is it going to be evil?

I saw nothing in that video that I feel is good..at all. No quality at all, just rush rush rush. No thanks..

UGH.....This is so lame. The date Grizzly gave me for the bandsaw backorder is "early July"..... Bogus!!! I guess I can wait.

Flip the pics so they are not upside down....haha

Absolutely beautiful! Where do you get your burl from?

Ill have to get some pics up...let me clean the shop first! Haha

Rokeros, yep those are the ones I purchased! So far great machines. I was thinking about the radiusing sanding attachment, but Ive seen people make it themselves, in fact I think I saw one on this site..Ill have to look again. Anyway I know I could make the attachment myself and just get the sander. That will save me $500! For now doing it by hand is OK by me. Now the overhead pin router table...miles ahead of ya! Ive all ready made my own with the help of my father (Ridiculously skilled welder). The thing about the table from grizzly is that there is no kind of dust collection ports & IMO the router is the messiest tool in the entire shop. The table we built does not have the port either but Im adding them on ASAP. Total cost of the table = $0. We used steel that was deemed "scrap"... Im all about saving some money! Haha

Im about to start building another tool with the help of my shop neighbor. He has a nice precision machine shop and the guy is pretty much a mechanical genius. He came up with an idea to cut fret slots using a servo motor controlled by my computer. Im going to go over his plans & tweak them to my needs. We can get this thing made for about $200 and it will be very precise and accurate, quick & easy as well!

Javacody- Right now Im just running single 1 horse units on each machine. But Ive quickly learned they are not cutting it, ESPECIALLY on the new drum sander. My buddy in the shop next to me has a 3 horse unit he is not using so Im going to try and get it off him. Ive found basically anything where the dust feed is downward the 1 horse is ok since it has gravity helping it out. But on the sander where the ports are above the drums the 1 horse fails miserably. My goal for the next 6 months is to get the G5954 5 horse unit from grizzly.

Drill press & drum sander arrived yesterday..... holy Crap, this stuff rocks!!!

One sad & crappy thing.....bandsaw on back order for 4 weeks! Oh well, the 12" has a bit more life in it....I think!

Ordered from Grizzly today:

16" drum sander

17" extreme series bandsaw

14" heavy duty floor drill press

I figured it was time to retire some of my older & outdated machines.

(Yes Im giddy as a school girl)

IMO any planer less then 15" wide is a complete waste.

Stick an open box of baking soda in the case with the guiotar and let it sit for a week or longer. Should absorb most of the odor.

Basically, I use the jig that is displayed in this video you can download or view at my site. Here's the link .. Using the Scarf Joint Jig!! It will give you all the information you need on how to use it, and how to make multiple passes like Setch suggested. I just use a regular straight bit with this jig also. It works great if you have everything setup correctly, and take your time. Good luck..

I use the same jig. Ive had the best results using a 4 flute end mill using small passes. Im not too good with a hand planer, I like things that make noise!

I would not use it out of common courtesy in the first place. Metal working tools are not designed to work with wood, as already mentioned you risk not only damaging your wood but the machine as well.

Chuck norris should be made into fret wire.