Hey Darren – great work!this should really be in the ‘showcase‘ section rather than the Q’s:https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-acoustic/

The trickiest bit of the binding process was where the body takes a bit of a dive as it narrows towards the neck joint. I tried to heat bend the binding in both axis but ended up just forcing it…   Read more»

With the help of the bending iron and a couple of rolls of sticky tape the bindings are all in and trimmed flush with the aid of nicely sharpened scraper blade. A much underestimated and misunderstood tool, when properly prepared…   Read more»

Cheers Adam – added!

I’d love to see how to make a bolt on neck, a multi laminate thru neck and maybe a paint spraying course. 

This is awesome – top post! Can’t wait to see how they come out with the binding.

Hi Mark,Thanks for your replies, they are really useful.I have now routed the binding channel on the soundboard side and this went pretty well with no noticeable chipping. I am building flat tops so this side is the easy one…   Read more»

It is normal – To compensate Cedar is normally left a little thicker (=> 3mm is not unusual)

Do you mean in terms of the grain tearing out? I will try a small section where the tail piece insert will go to judge if there will be a problem and, if so, I will go around the perimeter…   Read more»