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Originally Posted by H165
I always get tickled by these discussions. The vast majority of non-factory builders can be tracked on a trajectory to approach factory-made quality and consistency by their adding of tools and changing materials:
I'm doing it all by hand. Oh, I'm making a side bender. I'm making jigs. I'm making forms. I'm upgrading from clamps to a go-deck. I'm upgrading my go-deck to a vacuum system.
I'm doing all inlays by hand. I'm getting a little router. I'm getting a little CNC router/cutter.
I'm hand-making my bridges. I'm getting a bandsaw. I'm getting a belt sander. I'm getting a bigger CNC machine.
I'm doing French polish. I'm doing lacquer. I'm doing catalyzed polymers. I'm doing UV cures.
I'm hand-making peones. I'm hand-cutting kerfed lining. I'm using production kerfed lining.
I'm cutting and inlaying purfling. I'm using purfling strips and cracking them in. I'm using Abalam. I'm going to Ryan's purfling.
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That's very funny, and very often true.