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Sounds good, Neil. Well done again.

Mac

Neil, I hope that you are pleased with this reincarnation. I think it looks great, like you preferring the back to the top. There's something very satisfying about recycling wood. I made a window last year out of some pallets, all laminated up to get to the right thickness and to give me a short cut...

Wonderful idea, Neil, this "up-cycle". Your old door will be grateful to you (or am I now just off on one). You may remember that Colin Symonds built a small bodied guitar for his neighbour out of his neighbour's mahogany windows . Now, when you've finished building this, if your friend co...

Is it because it's the New Year or because you've just turned 70 that your getting so creative?

Mac

Sounds great, Grant. I'm looking forward to seeing the detail develop. Thanks for taking the time to put this together.

Mac

....There are a lot of first time or low budget builders on this Forum and I want to show them that it CAN be done for little expense and one can "make do" quite well with quick home made stuff. I hope this is helpful to some of you. You bet it's helpful, and a thread on the subject would...

Way cool - all of it.

Mac

That glue-up technique is a draw-droppingly neat idea, Grant. The back back figure is going to look real nice under finish.

Thanks for documenting so thoroughly the build. Your always teaching us something.

Mac