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"No...this is the first one. Thanks." Lane Martin replied Apr 19, 2016 to Lean-Back CBG Rack Design	166	Jan 23, 2017 Reply by Joe Caruso
"That's how it is here...parts and pieces everywhere. Currently (a [very] little elec…" Lane Martin replied Apr 19, 2016 to Lean-Back CBG Rack Design	166	Jan 23, 2017 Reply by Joe Caruso
"Nice work. The aluminum rod through the bottom support was a clever solution. And a…" Lane Martin replied Apr 19, 2016 to Lean-Back CBG Rack Design	166	Jan 23, 2017 Reply by Joe Caruso
"Nice work." Lane Martin replied Mar 21, 2016 to fret board glue-up	14	Mar 24, 2016 Reply by JL
"Nice." Lane Martin replied Mar 15, 2016 to Solid Body License Plate guitar... Where to mount the knobs? Input please...	12	Mar 19, 2016 Reply by Wayfinder
"Or put a good magnetic up on the housing. The chuck key will stick to that." Lane Martin replied Mar 15, 2016 to Workbench Mayhem... Help! I have more stuff than space.	39	Mar 18, 2016 Reply by Wayfinder
"Had that happen when I needed some pvc pipe. I found a hack saw that the employees u…" Lane Martin replied Mar 11, 2016 to Sourcing hardwoods	15	Mar 14, 2016 Reply by Kigar
"Templates. Lots of templates." Lane Martin replied Mar 9, 2016 to How to calculate fret positions	34	Mar 9, 2016 Reply by Eric Davis
"Fretfind2d (http://www.ekips.org/tools/guitar/fretfind2d/) lets you save a pdf in A4…" Lane Martin replied Mar 9, 2016 to How to calculate fret positions	34	Mar 9, 2016 Reply by Eric Davis
"Nice build you've got going. I agree with keeping the clean top. Something I'm going…" Lane Martin replied Mar 8, 2016 to Let's get this (License Plate) party started	7	Mar 8, 2016 Reply by Ron Ruhs

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Lane Martin's Discussions (215)

"No...this is the first one. Thanks."

"That's how it is here...parts and pieces everywhere. Currently (a [very] little elec…"

"Nice work. The aluminum rod through the bottom support was a clever solution. And a…"

"Nice work."

"Nice."

"Or put a good magnetic up on the housing. The chuck key will stick to that."

"Had that happen when I needed some pvc pipe. I found a hack saw that the employees u…"

"Templates. Lots of templates."

"Fretfind2d (http://www.ekips.org/tools/guitar/fretfind2d/) lets you save a pdf in A4…"

"Nice build you've got going. I agree with keeping the clean top. Something I'm going…"

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