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[bargeloobs]

Thanks again Wokkaboy,

I have cut out a fence paling with a coping saw - but it was pretty rough wood and got a pretty rough result.

I have drawn the cut out onto the head stock and it looks pretty even.

Just need to get up the courage to cut it now.

I am still thinking of going with a darker stain before the Outback Sunset to try the burst.

Do you know of a good darker stain?

Cheers and thanks again,

Alan

Nice one Alan, hey from my experience the coping saw doesn't exactly do a 100% clean job anyway but no worries, you can go back over with your rasps/files and sandpaper afterward to get it nice and schmiko! Just make sure you cut slightly outside your lines, you can always take excess off later, you can't put it back on.

[abutton]

Nice one Alan, hey from my experience the coping saw doesn't exactly do a 100% clean job anyway but no worries, you can go back over with your rasps/files and sandpaper afterward to get it nice and schmiko! Just make sure you cut slightly outside your lines, you can always take excess off later, you can't put it back on.

Thanks bargeloobds - good advice - I will keep outside the lines - have you any suggestions with holding the neck down while you are cutting and filing.

I was thinking it should go in a vice but I don't want to damage the neck - I just laid the wood on a flat surface and sat on it while I cut it with my practice cut - probably not the best method?