Hi all. I hope you'll treat an oldie from the UK lightly on his first post!
I'm thinking that this forum is based in the States but please correct me if I'm wrong!
I've joined up to satisfy a learning curve about the art of routing in general. I've owned and used a router for some years but not really done much other than simple rebates and the fitting of many door hinges. Being a left hand guitar player I've done most of the repairs and mods to both acoustic and solid models since the beginning of the seventies and now I'm actually in my seventies I have the hankering to actually make the guitar body and progress onto the neck and fret-board. I made a guitar when I was in the last few years of my schooling so its not completely new ground for me.
When my father passed I ended up with all his woodworking tools. Its surprising how much better the metal was then! I own four routers, the better one is a Trend 1/4" which someone gave me along with a trend bench table. I think its an early Mk2 with a green steel insert that doesn't have the holes in it for the T5 router, in fact, none of the four router I have will fit to it and I'd very much like to know exactly what this insert was ment for! It has "105" stamped into the under-side. I think its a CRT E but who knows?
Anyway, going on a bit now! Looking forward to conversing......SJA.
I'm thinking that this forum is based in the States but please correct me if I'm wrong!
I've joined up to satisfy a learning curve about the art of routing in general. I've owned and used a router for some years but not really done much other than simple rebates and the fitting of many door hinges. Being a left hand guitar player I've done most of the repairs and mods to both acoustic and solid models since the beginning of the seventies and now I'm actually in my seventies I have the hankering to actually make the guitar body and progress onto the neck and fret-board. I made a guitar when I was in the last few years of my schooling so its not completely new ground for me.
When my father passed I ended up with all his woodworking tools. Its surprising how much better the metal was then! I own four routers, the better one is a Trend 1/4" which someone gave me along with a trend bench table. I think its an early Mk2 with a green steel insert that doesn't have the holes in it for the T5 router, in fact, none of the four router I have will fit to it and I'd very much like to know exactly what this insert was ment for! It has "105" stamped into the under-side. I think its a CRT E but who knows?
Anyway, going on a bit now! Looking forward to conversing......SJA.