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"Nothing wrong with a Stanley plane, just keep the blade sharp, it will work just fin…" jeff weins replied Jun 30, 2016 to Good Wood Plane	27	Jul 9, 2016 Reply by Jim Saraceno
"My 1st build dated 5/30/10, little did I realize what this "one time" thing was goin…" jeff weins replied Jun 15, 2016 to Ugliest & Oddest Build Challenge!!!	156	May 2, 2017 Reply by mike mayer
"I stick with 12 frets, cause I just don't like doing frets that much." jeff weins replied May 26, 2016 to How many frets	11	May 27, 2016 Reply by Fomhorach
"I regularly crimp connections, at the jack I do it too, using a female connector ove…" jeff weins replied May 26, 2016 to Crimp terminals: any reason not to use instead of solder wires on jacks or where applicable	12	May 26, 2016 Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music
"Spent most of my working life (23 years) as a mechanic in a factory (lettershop). In…" jeff weins replied May 9, 2016 to What's your day job?	60	May 11, 2016 Reply by darryl kernaghan
"For my most recent guitar instead of soldering the ground wires to the back of the p…" jeff weins replied Mar 22, 2016 to Soldering Hacks for Those >*##!! Volume Pots	27	Sep 10, 2018 Reply by Cigar Man Mike
"Sometimes I think I get a little carried away in the bracing department. But I figur…" jeff weins replied Jan 14, 2016 to Internal box bracing	10	Jan 16, 2016 Reply by Eric Davis
"Like mentioned in the other posts, I just clamp a short section of 1x2 at the fret l…" jeff weins replied Jan 23, 2015 to Cutting frets - having problems	48	Jan 28, 2016 Reply by Gipson Fat Fingers Shoemaker
"StewMac stuff is expensive. But this saw is worth every penny. http://www.stewmac.co…" jeff weins replied Jan 22, 2015 to Cutting frets - having problems	48	Jan 28, 2016 Reply by Gipson Fat Fingers Shoemaker
"http://bscbg.com/for-sale" jeff weins replied Dec 14, 2014 to Grounding the strings	8	Dec 14, 2014 Reply by jeff weins

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jeff weins's Discussions (50)

"Nothing wrong with a Stanley plane, just keep the blade sharp, it will work just fin…"

"My 1st build dated 5/30/10, little did I realize what this "one time" thing was goin…"

"I stick with 12 frets, cause I just don't like doing frets that much."

"I regularly crimp connections, at the jack I do it too, using a female connector ove…"

"Spent most of my working life (23 years) as a mechanic in a factory (lettershop). In…"

"For my most recent guitar instead of soldering the ground wires to the back of the p…"

"Sometimes I think I get a little carried away in the bracing department. But I figur…"

"Like mentioned in the other posts, I just clamp a short section of 1x2 at the fret l…"

"StewMac stuff is expensive. But this saw is worth every penny. http://www.stewmac.co…"

"http://bscbg.com/for-sale"

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