LFlab
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+1 on ebay, my poison is old Record woodworking tools (handplanes and spokeshaves), and eh, yeah, potential
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+1 Although, if I turn from my workbench, there's the bandsaw, so that's even easier, and then put the parts on top of eachother and a few swipes of the handplane.
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Life happens But yeah, a radius sanding block for the win, and plenty of sandpaper, don't start too fine, I think I use 60 or 80 grit. And in ebony, it is a mess, fine black dust everywhere. Don't suppose a router will be much better. If you can sharpen, and you have a proper handplane, use that, not the 110 I saw in the pictures earlier, but a number 4 or 5, with the mouth tuned to a small opening, and a razor sharp blade not set too deep. Not sure how it'll cope with the inlay though. As they say on the Musical Instruments Makers Forum, "test it on scrap first!".
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I definitely struggle with miters, I find them a lot more challenging than cutting dovetails, be them through dovetail, half blinds, or with a mitered corner. But a full width miter still gives me the shivers, been thinking about a miter shooting board, to accurately plane them after sawing. But a scarf joint? A doddle really, as long as you plane the neck and headstock section together, by clamping them on top of eachother. It does help to use a #5 or #5 1/2 rather than a #4, I think, to keep things in the same plane.
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I had seen youtube videos of guitars being painted with a jig like that, and figured that that is very handy indeed, you built one (which looks better and is more compact!)! Looks great, will need to read the rest of the thread to see if you've posted more info, but if not, please do
