Guitar Making | alancoffey | Mentions https://guitarmaking.co.uk/members/alancoffey/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning alancoffey. Mon, 04 May 2026 10:08:56 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 5102504ed1d5f6f906e6a2c9fa4fcf1f Boo replied to the topic "dissapointing finish" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/101185/ Mon, 23 Aug 2021 18:05:33 +0100 @alancoffey Yeah I live in the NW, near Blackpool so I know what you mean about it being wet a lot of the time. There are other finishing products you could use other than nitro that aren’t as temperamental. You…   Read more»

]]> 2aa0ba9751e8d60cf7740b6ce68189c3 darrenking replied to the topic "shiny or not that is the question" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/100675/ Tue, 17 Aug 2021 00:25:40 +0100 Hi @alancoffey, I love a satin finish, it can just look so much less bling than high gloss and on the right instrument it looks great. I made a nylon strung Maccaferri and I can’t even remember what lacquer I…   Read more»

]]> 05d5d3fb0ee145e118543ae6301edae1 Russ replied to the topic "Workboard shims" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/49621/ Tue, 16 Mar 2021 19:33:32 +0000 Hi @alancoffey. On Mark’s Acoustic Build Course he makes his out of standard hardboard which as Deej said is 3mm thick. I imagine 5mm would work too. 
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]]> 658d673aac00b7b5ce05859ace6b7523 Deej replied to the topic "Workboard shims" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/49573/ Tue, 16 Mar 2021 19:24:54 +0000 Hi @alancoffey

I used standard hardboard for my shin and it turned out great. The U.K. hardboard is 3mm.

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