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"tung oil should work fine over stain, but as others have said, try it on some scrap…" Craig Cox replied Jul 22, 2010 to Favorite method of wood finishing?	27	Sep 27, 2010 Reply by Bluesheart
"Diane, what's a "dogleg neck"?" Craig Cox replied Jul 5, 2010 to For those that do scarf joints for head stock....	27	Jul 6, 2010 Reply by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars)
"Rodney, nice work. On that 4 string, did you laminate three pieces for the neck?" Craig Cox replied Jul 4, 2010 to For those that do scarf joints for head stock....	27	Jul 6, 2010 Reply by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars)
""save the gorilla glue for furniture repair... it expands on cure and will seperate…" Craig Cox replied Jul 3, 2010 to For those that do scarf joints for head stock....	27	Jul 6, 2010 Reply by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars)
"The jig I cited above is 15º. Jim Farris's jig is adjustable, which is a nice featur…" Craig Cox replied Jul 2, 2010 to For those that do scarf joints for head stock....	27	Jul 6, 2010 Reply by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars)
"Douglas, No, you're not thinking too much. Even on a CBG, careful planning will help…" Craig Cox replied Jul 1, 2010 to For those that do scarf joints for head stock....	27	Jul 6, 2010 Reply by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars)
"Hey John, As you can see, lots of personal preference in the string department. I us…" Craig Cox replied Jun 30, 2010 to string gauges for a 3 string guitar	10	Jun 30, 2010 Reply by Keni Lee Burgess
"Great looking guit. I really like the box. The black headstock is cool, too. What di…" Craig Cox replied Jun 30, 2010 to Backporch Mojo CBG Kits.	13	Jun 30, 2010 Reply by Craig Cox
"You can fart around with a lot of materials, trial and error, disappointment and fru…" Craig Cox replied Jun 30, 2010 to Question on FRETS	10	Jul 6, 2010 Reply by Douglas Eric Marsalis
"Wes, I'm going to buy this saw tomorrow thanks to this post and my own on fretting a…" Craig Cox replied Jun 13, 2010 to Question about this miter box/saw combo on Habor Freight...	14	Jun 20, 2010 Reply by BenBob

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Craig Cox's Discussions (127)

"tung oil should work fine over stain, but as others have said, try it on some scrap…"

"Diane, what's a "dogleg neck"?"

"Rodney, nice work. On that 4 string, did you laminate three pieces for the neck?"

""save the gorilla glue for furniture repair... it expands on cure and will seperate…"

"The jig I cited above is 15º. Jim Farris's jig is adjustable, which is a nice featur…"

"Douglas, No, you're not thinking too much. Even on a CBG, careful planning will help…"

"Hey John, As you can see, lots of personal preference in the string department. I us…"

"Great looking guit. I really like the box. The black headstock is cool, too. What di…"

"You can fart around with a lot of materials, trial and error, disappointment and fru…"

"Wes, I'm going to buy this saw tomorrow thanks to this post and my own on fretting a…"

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