Mike Forrester

Last night I implemented a makeshift sled like the one in that video. Worked great. Have a nice flat guitar on both sides now. Really need a decent planer so I don't have this issue again.

After YEARS of cutting and surfacing wood by hand, and dreaming of owning a nice powered planer, I finally purchased ('financed') one in '06. It's a JET 15", and it's the BEST tool I've ever purchased, bar-none. You'll be amazed how much you'll use it.....even for making guitar-building tools, templates and jigs. The JET jointer was my next purchase. Again, I use it all the time, and wonder how I got along without it.

Beg, borrow, or steal......get yourself a planer!!!!

Mike

I did some searching after the recent thread with Cocobolo wood, and found this chart, some interesting stuff I didn't know, there's a couple woods I'm going to be a hell of a lot more careful with now, that's for sure!!!!

<a href='http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/roche/rec.wood.misc/wood.toxic' target='_blank'>http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/roche/rec.wood.misc/wood.toxic</a>

Thanks for that. My wife is an oncology nurse, and she's been warning me about the dangers of working with wood for quite some time......dust, pulp, fibers, etc. That chart really spells it out. Me, I've learned to use filtration on my machines, and a dust mask at all times.

Mike