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Si600

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  1. 8 hours ago, rwillett said:

    5. Readjust my pillar drill so I can clean the workstop. Swarf and cuuting fluid is horrible, already used the "kitchen" dustpan and brush and the CFO was not happy with what I brought back, so a new dustpan needed now <sigh>.

    Do you need suds with aluminium? I wouldn't have bothered, but then, I haven't built submarines for BAE Systems.

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  2. 2 hours ago, honza992 said:

     

     

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    Or maybe I'll just stick a bridge onto the top of that and call it done. 🙂

    I've heard worse ideas 🤣

     

    How does the template work?  Presumably there's some sort of scale reduction because that looks a very big dish, more like one of those medieval spoon shaped instruments than a carved top.

  3. 2 hours ago, honza992 said:

    Phew!  I'm running as my 7 year old is due back from dance class in 14 minutes at which point she purloins the laptop😟 I've tried explaining to her that Basschat is WAAYYYY cooler than The Worst Witch, but her powers of negotiation a lightyears beyond mine🙄

    Presumably because you are no longer prepared to scream and scream until you are sick?

  4. 9 hours ago, Richard R said:

    There are, but I'm not sure I could face it. It was quite hard.  Fortunately there is a chap who is playing through every known Computer RPG, and he actually played and reviewed it in 2021. I only found this link yesterday, so I am still reeling a bit.

     

    https://crpgaddict.blogspot.com/2021/02/game-400-dragonsbane-1983.html?m=1

     

     

    Are you going to accommodate him and get in touch to explain what you were thinking/taking when you wrote it?

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  5. Hang fire on giving Jeff Bozo more money and see what's in the locality on ebay. You may be able to pick up an old pillar drill which if you get it right will be more substantial and better quality than a new bbot ones online.

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  6. OSB flooring returns 😉, have you tried to make a bass out of it yet? :crazy:

     

    Make it a weird shape, like an explorer, or a faceted version of something curvy?

     

    What's a butterknife style machine head?

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  7. 5 hours ago, SpondonBassed said:

     

    • Left:  The original bezel.  It was flimsy.   With one corner missing it left my thumb exposed to the sharp edge of the countersunk screwhead just where I need to rest it.

    You could have flipped the bezel so the sharp bit was on the opposite corner to your thumb.

     

    Jus sayin' 🤪

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  8. I mean, if you recessed the screw heads properly and wanted it to look properly left field rat-rod style you could always put the screws in from the front.  There's enough clearance between the frets at the dusty end of a bass neck...

    As long as it's secure it's just a visual thing at the end of the day...

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  9. It depends on how you intend to fix the neck. If you're using a standard Fender pattern neck plate and woodscrews I would line up the plate so it's visually pleasing on the body, with an equal gap between it and the edge. Then mark the centres of those holes and drill a clearance hole for the screw. IMO you don't want to have the screw biting into the body, That way the threads pull the neck tight into the pocket. My opinion only, it may not be accurate. 

     

    Then fit the neck, mark the screw holes and drill a tapping hole for the chosen screw.

     

    If you're not using a neck plate, or using machine screws and inserts then I don't see it matters where you put them, as long as you don't hit the truss rod or come through the fingerboard 😁

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  10. 13 minutes ago, Richard R said:

    Sure looks like progress to me.

     

    I can't make the bash this weekend, which is really really disappointing. For a start I'll have to make my own lunch!

    The South West bash has lunch? That's luxury that is.

     

    We had to deal with basses at the Midlands Cake and Bass Bash.

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    3 hours ago, rwillett said:

    I might try and look at the site from a European based VPN and see what it looks like. 

     

    I'm coming in from the EU, with a German SIM card and I'm also only getting Got it! as an option. I'm also getting it every single time I browse to BC.

  12. Don't look at me, I just nails scheiß together and see what sticks :laugh1:

     

    Routing the pickup pocket: template, template and template again. Then try it on on scrap first.

     

    Fitting the neck: are you using a neck plate? Use that to pre drill the body, I prefer clearance holes so that the neck is drawn into the body by the screws, clamp the neck in place and drill the tapping hole into the neck.

     

    That's what I do/would do, YMMV.

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