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LOL! I have a good friend who has a rare Martin, he's like a dog guarding his food bowl with that baby!

It so happens that I go to church with several people who do airframe work at L3 in greenville, tx perhaps I can see what I can come up with.

Thanks for the suggestions Derek. I am worried about providing adequate protection for the instrument since making the thing reasonable to carry probably means thinner material than I would like. I can get carbon fiber laminate? That would be cool. I was actually thinking of coating the inside with ...

Hey guys, anyone built a guitar case? I was thinkin it would be cool to get some ooo's and ahhh's when I walk in with my Les Paul in a really cool lookin and hand made wood guitar case.

The basic case shouldn't be too hard but I'm curious about how to properly pad the box to protect the ...

Well I like Clint Eastwood. I used to watch Rawhide every week with my folks. My last name is Yates so naturally.....

I do both depending on the circumstances. Right now i'm leaving the machine in its setup configuration, but unplugged, because I know that I'm doing the same thing tomorrow that I'm doing tonight, cutting plywood panels for cabinets.

My normal method is to put the machine in a safe configuration ...

Does sound like you had a great day John. I had a great day here in my corner of the Texas countryside as well. Good food and great friends always makes life better.

Remodling the kitchen here means new kitchen cabinets, which I started last night by cutting the first panels for the upper ...

Thanks Nick, I will give this a try over the weekend.

My '57 greenie seems to have trouble with the quill lock allowing the quill to slip back while the machine is running. I believe I've tightened the lock properly and just wanted to know what else I could check. Did a quick search here and didn't find anything although I could have sworn I'd seen ...

Got my 57 model last Month. It's in great shape and all original. It made noise at the high speed setting, but I was able to adjust it and it works great. I've wanted to get one for a while and couldn't pass this one up when I came across it.

I'm a beginner when it comes to woodworking, but the ...