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Dave Slimmer OldSchoolGuitar LoothprintTools, Spaces, Robots, and WidgetsLite

Jun 26, 2026

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Bridge Wing Flattener

Doug Proper - Guitar Specialist, Inc. LoothprintTools, Spaces, Robots, and WidgetsLite

Jan 11, 2026

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Total Vise Quick Dock Neck Rest

Dave Slimmer OldSchoolGuitar LoothprintTools, Spaces, Robots, and WidgetsLite

Apr 14, 2025

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Small Sandpaper Storage

Private member DiscussionCNC

Mar 11, 2025

I'm fairly new to CNC and am attempting to set up for a fretboard carve. I'm using a one year old ShopBot Desktop Max. This is the first I've found a problem like this. I made some practice blanks and thought I had everything the way I wanted it until I measured me fret distances. Using calipers from the nut to the center for the first fret slot I get 1.399" and I'm expecting 1.4346. I brought up the file and used the measuring too…

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Private memberMar 11, 2025

9 times out of ten these issues aren’t the software it’s the CNC itself or order of operations. Something might be binding on your machine causing one of the 3 axis to be out of whack. Im assuming you…

John Wallace. John Wallace Guitars. LoothprintTools, Spaces, Robots, and WidgetsLite

Dec 31, 2024

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Gridfinity Neck Rest Widgets

Private member DiscussionTools and Jigs

Dec 3, 2024

Broken hex wrench piece drill jig

I just opened a repair shop and the first repair was to remove a broken 1/8" hex wrench ball end from the truss rod nut of a Turner RB4 Renaissance Bass. I read of all sorts of theories on how to extract/remove. None of them had recorded actual attempts of the theories. There's probably others on here but I haven't found them. The ball end was loose and mangled at the rear of the nut sleeve. I tried fairly benign methods first. Heat…