Honduran Mahogany/Sitka OM

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Diane Kauffmds
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Re: Honduran Mahogany/Sitka OM

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Danl8 wrote:
Diane Kauffmds wrote:...So, I invested in the Fleishman jig that John sells. I like holding the router. I have more control....
Me, too. I had 5 minutes of buyers remorse when I saw the Stewmac ad for that truchannel thing. Now I'm comfortable having made the right choice for John's jig. Still takes me 40 hours to do a 15 minute binding rout. (39.75 hr worrying and 0.25 hr doing)
After this mishap, I'll be the same way. I'll feel a lot better holding the router. I'm used to holding it.

I had a neck of a time setting up the true channel. A bearing has to be adjusted just right for it to move up and down smoothly. I spent more than 2 hours adjusting it, only to have it go out of adjustment the next time I set it up. That's when I regretted buying it. Also, the hole in the Teflon guide was out of round. I had to run my 1" bit through it to use it.

You're much better off with John's.
Diane Kauffmann
Country Roads Guitars
countryroadsguitars@gmail.com
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