Frets all levelled, crowned and polished. Side markers done, everything sanded to 240 grit. Something went slightly off somewhere so the neck angle ended up a bit off so I made a shim that goes from about 1mm to nothing….   Read more»

All of my larger presses (4m3 per hour and upwards) have a built-in vacuum adjustment knob so the pressure can be slowly increased. This is a technique…   Read more»

You mean this stuff: Diethylene glycol monoethethyl ether. I bought a coupl of 2.5l bottles of it from a lab supplies company 15 years ago and I;ve still got some. The one I have…   Read more»

The method Mark uses for carving the neck is so quick using mahogany, took me less than an hour to crave the neck, heel and do the volute. Got the frets in earlier before carving.
 

@tv101  Apparently, the application I use to generate the toolpaths (and do the design work, though I’ve really only done 2D stuff), says that it can import STL or DXF files – and a whole load more besides, but I…   Read more»

Hi @Robin – that is (a) most kind and (b) would probably save me weeks of trying to understand 3D modelling!   Apparently, the application I use to generate the toolpaths (and do the design work, though I’ve really only…   Read more»