@peter-Johnson Welcome to the forum and to a fantastic platform of where to learn how to build guitars from scratch. I was the same as you, I have always tinkered with guitars, since I was a young teenager (a few…   Read more»

@tv101 This is the extractor. 
https://www.axminstertools.com/mirka-1230l-pc-wet-dry-extractor-l-class-with-hose-107352 

But neither has the power take-off thing to auto-switch the extraction @tv101 With the extractor added in as well, the full setup is actually about £800 give or take, bit better than I thought. It’s still £800 I haven’t got….   Read more»

Actually this is a good deal. 
https://www.axminstertools.com/mirka-deros-5650cv-random-sander-solution-kit-with-50-abranet-discs-hose-ax948323

@tv101 Another reason the electric version is better than the air version is that you don’t have to put up with the airline plugged in to the sander, it can get heavy and irritating.  This is the one I want. https://www.axminstertools.com/mirka-deros-5650cv-random-orbit-sander-503855 

For the electric one, can you not fix it so that turning the sander on auto turns on the vacuum at the same time? @tv101 Yeah, it’s all automatic, the two work together. You plug the sander into the vacuum…   Read more»

I often use a Mirka hand sanding block with the abranet sheets now, and that’s so much easier and quicker than the traditional sandpaper. @tv101 I’ve got an 18” Mirka sanding block with Abranet sheets to fit which are left…   Read more»

@russ That’s partly why I am skint, not buying guitars but buying stuff to build them. I’m so irresponsible! 

this is the headstock design that I generally use.

@tv101 Nice headstocks Tony, nice and simple, and elegant. 👍

@robin Yeah good idea Robin, I’m designing my own too. Are you going to seal them in with some clear coat?