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I've never worked with it, but Koto is African Ash, so the guy probably heard "Ash" and went with it.

I picked up my wood book and spec wise koto is a bit softer than Silver Ash (670 vs 600) but all other attributes looked similar on paper.

Nothing stood out that looked to be a problem

Nice and tidy!

Looking at this I definitely need more shelves in my space.

I can see why you couldn't resist, nice wood you have there!

I cannot help as I've never used it but Maurie seems to have offered some educated advice above.

I know theres plenty of Melbourne guys on here and I'm sure I've even seen one or two from Geelong, but are there any Ballarat members here other than myself?

They certainly do sound good, 3.5k is probably a bit rich for me, however if a good condition second hand one pops up I'd definitely be keen

I recently bought a Dewalt one with a base that can be swapped from trimmer to router base with handles. Its my favourite router to date and I've had many. Can be seen in action in my current superstrat build thread in video PT2 Next favourite I've had after that would be porter cable and makita. I'...

The new tool for my new range of guitars arrived today - I've been telling the missus that when it arrives I'm branding her arse! This superstrat build will be the first build to get "branded" by the iron as opposed to an inlay or decal! https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1236329...

I have an elcheapo drill press. Its gets the job done but the slippage makes it very frustrating and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. I've recently upgraded a lot of my workshop and a pedestal drill is coming up fast on the list. I was hoping for a few recommendations of good drill presses that do...

I must be the only real lazy one here. There's a place just around the corner from where I work that I get to sharpen my spoke shave, hand plane blades, drill bits etc. its only a couple dollars each time which isn't very often as it seems to last a LOT longer than if I do it myself. I also get them...

The 4400 was also on my list with a couple others but the laguna really stood out for the resaw purpose.

Happy birthday!

BBK hit the nail on the head. I've actually ordered one of these saws and if you're serious about wanting a decent saw I'd say order one pretty quick as all of them n the country have sold out, there is a shipping container of them coming at the moment which is also all sold out, then theres another...

I just re read your post, ignore my above comment

You said you are passing 17" (43cm) through a 40cm sander.

Its possible that maybe its not shimmed exact and this outer point is at the lowest position creating the extra friction resulting in the wear?

I own this same model. I've put it through enough stress that it cooked the controller board and had to be replaced. Its never lost the paper and I've changed it several times My first guess would be that you're not getting the paper tight enough to the drum, which would create a couple problems inc...

Today was another "no work done in the shop" day. Travelled out of town into the big smoke to pick up some new workshop accessories and some timber. A couple massive room air filters in an attempt to save my lungs: http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/searlsguitars/workshop/IMG_6045small_zps945f...

Are you going to grain fill and clear coat this?

If so you could fill with epoxy or super glue and it'll hide reasonably well. You'll know its there, but it won't stand right out.

You'll probably get a lot of people saying not to have the gaps to start with. One piece of advice I'll offer is that even if you make and color match a filler perfectly, the clear coat will make it a different color again and it'll stand out like dogs balls. Ask me how I know this, actually, don't....

Really enjoying these vids. Just curious about the weight at the end. Is that to counter back bowing from fretting? Thanks! The weight is to simulate string tension after fretting and before levelling. When tuned, string tension averages about 7 to 8 kg, variables obviously include scale length, st...

Part 6:

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I'd have snapped that up at that price too.

Great score!

I'd have to see in in person to say def blackwood, but if that's what you've been told and the pics look like if could be, then yes, it probably is

I have retired my old sliding mitre saw style slotting setup and I put together this fret slotting rig today. The sliding mitre saw has done well by me, but it had a little bit of flex which I wasnt entirely happy about. I Started off with this second hand radial arm saw: http://i1155.photobucket.co...

Yeah, um, that one... It's moving among pretty slow at the moment as I've got this damn flu that's going around. Every day this week I've been telling myself I have to get out and fret it, but its down on tomorrows list! Will probably get done next week!

I rarely visit in this part of the forum, I usually head straight to all the woodwork pics but today I clicked on this thread and saw my shirts and though WTF? Appears someone follows my facebook page! Thanks for that. I had this lot printed up last year, its the newer design, but not my artwork. I ...

Looks like this and purchased from china via ebay:

Taffy, if you notice the last video some angles started to appear. I bought a $2.00 iphone tripod mount from eBay and it arrived last week. Means I can get a bit closer to the action, show more detail