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Anyone else feeling the price hike crunch by the US post office? When I started selling plans I could ship anywhere in the world for about $10. As the prices went up I absorbed them by taking less of a profit. This latest hike sent the price of shipping a plan to Germany from about $13 to over $21. ...

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Very nice!

Another test piece, some more z-axis steps missed... evidently I need to really cut down the acceleration on my z-axis and maybe add some shielded cable to that motor. It has very distinct places where I'm running my finishing cuts that the z-axis moves a bit lower then on the previous cut path. I ...

Check EBay - I've had good luck there.

I have an old Banjo-Uke and the tuners won't keep the strings tight. I mean it's a matter of seconds and the strings go slack. Can I adjust the friction in the tuners or do I have to replace them? Here's a pic.

I recently finished this. I had a lot of help from my brothers and my wife, though.

I was thinking more along these lines:

http://www.amazon.com/Pyle-voltage-conv ... B00EEJZP8K

The ones I find come with a 400Hz VFD and plug into 220V but they don't state what the required input power is. I'll have to email them when I get the money together.

When I was looking for suitable replacement bearings for my bosch 1608 nothing was coming up that could handle the 30,000 rpm in a permanent lube bearing. These are designed to self-destruct. I run my VS colts at about 18,000 and they will go all day at that speed. Jamie, a step-up transformer woul...

It was just an experiment. He wanted to explore the properties and finish characteristics of the HDPE.

No finished pics, I just drew and cut the body for a friend. He's close to going public with his guitar company - I just did the prototypes. It's high-density polyethylene plastic (HDPE) and it cuts really smooth but makes a horrible mess. The final design will be in wood - this was just an experime...

ABM makes them and AllParts sells them. Search for BB-8500-002.

How about this guy. I made this for a friend of mine out of really thick cutting board material and he said it sounded great!

No 220V for me.

Nice! Beware of the DeWalt router. It won't last long in there - I had the exact model and the bearings went out quick. Also, the top bearing is just held in by the plastic housing. I changed to a Porter Cable which fit the same diameter mount but they only last about 6 months too. Next will be a re...

David King wrote:Seems like a 1/2", 2 flute, ballnose end mill is that i see most. If your router or spindle can handle a 3/4" ballnose that might speed things up a little.

I use a 1/2" ball nose.

Hi Allen - Well, it's been about eight months and it is still holding up, last I heard. Thanks for the comments!

I don't understand how vibrations are transferred to the bridge.

Quicky question - on a 25 1/2" scale neck, what's the disctance from the neck to the mounting holes for an American Standard bridge?