I should point out that the Template from Potvin didn’t come with a block of wood but the templates to make the block and the cut, sorry @darrenking Having the blocks made is actually a great idea, it...

@darrenking CNC machined blocks and templates would be a tremendous time saving for repair jobs. It would also take away a lot of stress for builders knowing there is an easy fix for mistakes. Hand ma...

CNC machined repair blocks with a matched routing template. @darrenking That’s a good idea for sure and it’s already being done. Mike Potvin in Canada offers it for pickups and I had one made years ...

I’m going to block it and reroute it Hi @boo, I don't think you need worry about the strength of an end grain block going in there, as you said the stress is being exerted forward of the repair. If y...

but the thing is, it was made in America and shipped to me for painting Wow! That's some investment the person has made.

@boo I’ve done a similar type of job where the owner wanted to remove the tremolo bridge and fit a fixed one. I did it by creating a template to fit the tremolo cavity using thick Perspex and then use...

To be brutally honest, having just watched the video, is it worth saving that body? It doesn't look to be the best mix of woods, and with the combination of the misplaced trem rout, and the rout-throu...

Never done exactly this but I cocked up fitting a Grainger ferule block in a similar way. I tried to make an exact fit for the hole i.e. oval shape at the ends and didn't succeed which meant lots of f...

I'm betting he's doing what @clinton described. (what was that??)

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I’m also intrigued @boo. I know that you’re ditching your original plan (if that’s what you could call it 😂) and you can’t do what @tv101 did as you’re not using a pickguard... Could it be wha...

It's not my usual behaviour, but I'd have to agree with @mattbeels just this once. @tv101 Thanks buddy! ✊

I feel slightly cheated if I have fewer than 24 frets, 21 frets on a modern guitar should be a hanging offence in my opinion. I agree with you @jonhodgson, well except for that part about the hanging...

I was bored so I decided to give @Tej's suggestion a try. It took well over an hour and the fretboard will need a little more glue & dust in places but I've ended up with a usable fretboard (altho...

Judging from your photos @cheesewhisk it doesn’t look like squeeze out for days. But It does sound like you figured the problem out by missing the nail hole... sorry about that. How about a close up p...

I used little picture hanging nails I use these too.Also a few grains of salt can help minimizing the slipping, that, together with slowly increasing pressure on your clamps, while keep correcting ev...

Bats as well now? @boo I like to spread the love around

I'm intrigued @boo. 🤔 🙂🎶🎸🙏

Can't add much to what the guys above said re glue amount and clamping pressure but what works for me is leaving the fretboard slightly oversize when gluing (with centre lines on neck and board as a r...

In all honesty I think the amount of glue was fine and the clamping pressure was firm but not wood crushing @mattbeels, I don't know maybe you can tell from the squeeze out on that photo. I genuinely ...