Acoustic Guitar Construction

Today I made this thread moot. I purchased a Veritas Low Angle Jack Plane with the PM-V11 blade. NTD coming soon!

John Parchem wrote:You would be making a shiity jointer, it may work OK but at times you may get a bit of tear out especially on figured wood. Take a note of the differences between a good jointer and a router table with a straight bit.

Duly noted. Thanks!

ken cierp wrote:"Do you think the router table idea will work as well as a jointer?"

Maybe -- but likely not, depends on design, vertical or horizontal? Ease of in/out fence adjustments, vibration control, etc.

On a router table with a straight cut bit.

Thank you very much for all of the replies.

Do you think the router table idea will work as well as a jointer?

I have seem people do it with a good properly setup jointer. Once learned it is very simple to do it with a well setup sharp plane and a shooting board. I finally got good with the plane when I thought about what was going on with the plane and making sure I was applying pressure to keep the plane ...

Have any of you been able to get a plate joining seem perfect with a router table or jointer?

So it cost you $140+ for permits? I had to pay USDA/APHIS a $70 fee for the PPQ621 and I had to pay Madinter €80.00 ($91.39 in todays exchange rate) for them to apply for the CITES permit, I don't know their actual cost. Yes it's a governmental money grab, most regulations are. CITES is supposedly ...