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Holy cow that is brilliant

I usually make a bunch, so I don't have to do it again in a year or whatever. As has been said, with drum sander and a table saw sled, it goes quite fast, besides its a great way to use up scraps; I have used mahogany, spruce, maple, birch, ash, poplar, and probably a few more. I can't detect any difference in sound that I can attribute to choice of wood in these.

As for buying them ready-made, because it makes sense if you 'value your time' etc... Well, why stop there? Why not buy fingerboards, bridges, rosettes, bindings, even whole necks, end blocks and braces already shaped, and really speed things up?

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Rian Gitar og Mandolin

+1

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Hutch

Get the heck off the couch and go build a guitar!!!!

As I recall, the price was not so bad... but if you study the video, you can see how it is built.

Mike

Although a plan would be really helpful...

just a little update: I've decided to not get the bandsaw until I get my first commission. Instead I got a really good jig saw and will get a small benchtop table saw for straight cuts, so I'll just rip some strips of wood and do it on the table saw several at a time.

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Typhoon Guitars
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I built my shop up over several years, still am really. After one commission I got a band saw. Thought I died and went to heaven. Many years later I got a drum sander, thought I died a thousand deaths and went to heaven. It's kind of nice to do it that way but at the same time I was kicking my self for not getting nice equipment early on.

FWIW I never had a table saw and almost see no worth in it... hmmm maybe I shouldn't try one and continue with the kicking

Can someone tell me what is a tentalone?

As for tool purchase I am trying to start up a shop with very limited fund and no one to back me up. Already have enough trouble paying the rent as it is, so now I gotta do what I can with what I have until I get a commission. Just think, trying to start a shop with only enough to buy one wide belt sander...

A table saw still has its use, like cutting kerfed linings, slotting fretboards, cutting dadoes or tenon, building shelves and benches (when needed). It's just hard to make a straight cut with a jig saw... However I do wonder about taking the jig saw and mounting it upside down like a router...

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

Typhoon Guitars
http://www.typhoon-guitars.com

Dat be a tentalone.

Mike

Here's my method for cutting the number of cuts in half.

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Hutch

Get the heck off the couch and go build a guitar!!!!