I’ve found that if I make one neck after the other and try and make them all the same, it reinforces the processes in my memory and develops my practical skills/techniques, and boosts my confidence with it.

Good tip.

I've been really lazy, and have bought in a lot of my necks.  At ~£200 each, they're not cheap.  

I should sort myself out and get some necks made.

I should sort myself out and get some necks made.

You’re missing out on the best part @TV1010101 and looking at youkre other work you should sail through the process ??

You’re missing out on the best part @TV1010101 and looking at youkre other work you should sail through the process

Cheers @Deej

The few necks that I *have* made have been a very rewarding experience - feeling it take shape the facets get carved away, then sanding smooth and feeling the nicely carved wood ... (No, Kenneth, no, just no)  ... a great part of the process.

I need to get myself some decent templates sorted out, and then get cutting and carving.  I've got a few neck blanks tucked away in the workshop, and a few pieces of wood ready to turn into neck blanks to turn into necks too!

TV romping up the ratings by triple posting...... ? 

Think neck carving an first coat of oil finish are two magical bits in a build - I remember my first neck up at Baileys in 2017 - got the first sand after the carve and Mark declared a tea break - just went and sat with mug of tea and grinned inanely for 20 minutes...........

just went and sat with mug of tea and grinned inanely for 20 minutes.........

@frocesterbill Yep, I did the same thing but at home, I did the online course! Love it. 

TV romping up the ratings by triple posting......

Oooops!

Now deleted ... there were some website errors when I was posting that reply, so whatever I did in response to the error (F5?) obviously repeated the posting.  Be more careful in future!

Looking at the ratings table, I might be spending too much time on the forum, and too little time anywhere else ...

Oooops!

Now deleted ... there were some website errors when I was posting that reply, so whatever I did in response to the error (F5?) obviously repeated the posting.  Be more careful in future!

@tv1010101 I have to say that this happened to me yesterday, there is a glitch in the system. I tried to upload a post and I got an error message so I used the back button in my browser. My typed message for my post was still there so I tried it again but got the same error message, I did it all a third time too. I gave up in the end but when I saw the Recent Posts I saw the same message posted there three times, I deleted two of them.  

I have to say that this happened to me yesterday, there is a glitch in the system

Yup - I've noticed it happening to a few people/posts.

I'm guessing that it's another symptom of us over-working the host/server.  @markbailey did mention that they've got some work planned on that in the near future, so fingers crossed that the work resolves the problem ...

feeling the nicely carved wood ... (No, Kenneth, no, just no)

I was tempted to post some comment...

I have to say that this happened to me yesterday, there is a glitch in the system

Yep it’s happened to me over the last few days.