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Another tool I made yesterday. I am sure you can guess what its purpose is...

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No. I'm stumped.... What is it?

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Molly wrote:No. I'm stumped.... What is it?
Me too!
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Routing fence? Shooting board? Not a clue?

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The photo below should provide the answer...

Btw, this is bloody lethal work as you can't really use the blade guard.

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Is that for scarf joints?

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codedog wrote:Is that for scarf joints?
Indeed. Can you guess the neck/headstock angle?
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codedog wrote:Is that for scarf joints?
Indeed. Can you guess the neck/headstock angle?
17 deg? Plus/minus 10 deg :P

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11 degrees only no silly Gibson angles
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Truss rod 'tool'...

Why bother if you can buy one for $20?

5mm threaded rod, 4mm drill bit, 5mm coupling nut, bit of soft steel, 5mm tapper, blue shrink wrap...

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Makes a $5 truss rod (discounting sourcing materials and labour)

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nice one, I'm all for cheapness :)
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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and you just reminded me that, when I have cash, I must get a table saw. Having just spent stupid amounts of time making a window frame using a router and hand saw after my rusty black and decker circular saw broke :( would have been so much quicker....
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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Bg wrote:and you just reminded me that, when I have cash, I must get a table saw. Having just spent stupid amounts of time making a window frame using a router and hand saw after my rusty black and decker circular saw broke :( would have been so much quicker....
I have an old sixties Tanner that I did up. Make sure you get one with a true straight edge/arm running along blade so you can use it as a poor man's thicknesser :)
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Again, why buy from Stewmac if you can make it yourself?
Made another 'quick and dirty' tool today. Works really well.

Guess what I can make with this?
(Hint - the bit with the crossbar shown in the bottom left corner slides in and out so to speak; Crossbar superglued for now, needs proper fixing with screws)

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Is it a valve tester?
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