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Francis Don't even entertain the Chinese machines they are just hassle waiting to bite you. Like Clive mentioned these small cutters require rock solid machine and the chinese machines are just not...

A common fact is that people start out by buying/building a machine to suit their immediate needs, and then realise that they can do so much more now that they have that capability. Or, at least,...

Hi and welcome.

I'll add some thoughts:

If you are "only" looking to cut inlays (and I assume the corresponding pockets) then you don't need a massive machine for this kind of work and this may...

Hi Francis,

I'll try to drop you a line this evening - just working on a project this weekend and it's all consuming..!

Had a quick look at your site - my word, you build some beautiful...

Don't waste your time with any of those designs they are Junk.

Many better-designed machines can be seen on this forum that uses correct components for machine size. R&P is not a good choice for...

Francis I take it you just jumped in and bought the plans without doing any research or reading the build logs in this forum.
I believe that you wanted to do intricate work I don't think you will...

I've just recently finished this project for a local guitar builder. He tends to supply his fingerboards as flat oversized stock which I'll pocket about a millimetre deeper than the pearl thickness...

Here is a video, the most relevant section about Flux starts at 7 minutes in, the astute of you will identify the difference in working with fresh unoxidized surfaces vs. oxidized surfaces such as...

G'Day Ravi, as one layman to another, I know it can be tricky getting succinct info on this subject.
Here are a number of references that I have kept on this subject, that I hope may be of some...

More progress - this time the fingerboard (cue foreign guitar geek dialects again ;) )


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBn8HyEg1E4