That is a *very* neat way of doing it. Neat, and precise. It's like a proper engineering solution! I guess the problem is "drill bit wander" - ie the bits don't drill through perfectly perpendicular...

String Ferrules. This is how I do it. Works well as long as the body lenght clears the throat of your drill press. Any suggestions otherwise would be greatly appreciated. Attachment : IMG_3686.MO...

Hi Steve Your build looks very good! My Bailey Acoustic Kit is sat in the workshop - I am just waiting for the weather to improve a bit and then I will get started....... I must work through the Acous...

My friend has a laser cutter Hi Steve, the build looks great and I'm pleased that you found the Fiddes oil a nice product to use. If your mate has got a laser cutter then you could also do some marqu...

I think you might be mistaking Boo or I for your wife Having seen you both, let me assure you (both) that there's not too much danger of that! 🤣 Actually, we (my wife and I) used to have a ...

Or for every 10 guitars I got, she was allowed another dog It's the first time I've heard of a guitar maker having to move to a house with a bigger kennel! 🤣 🤣

Any day now my Bailey acoustic kit will arrive....am v excited... I'm going to be very interested to see how you get on with that. Did you get the sides pre-bent, or are you tackling that yourself? ...

Hey TV Any day now my Bailey acoustic kit will arrive....am v excited... My friend has a laser cutter and we did some tests, it cuts and burns the wood very slightly, the black of the letters is from ...

first set neck, first of many I hope Once you've started, it's difficult to stop ... I mean, you've got the tools now, and the skills, and the ideas for the next one, and the one after that, and the...

I'm just not 100% convinced that they're good enough to sell! And the ones that are good enough to sell ... well, I'd not sell those ones, they're too good!! Hi TV, I think you might be mistaking Bo...

What about 'buying and selling'? OK, OK, OK funny guys @darrenking @boo ... I have sold a couple of my own builds through the years, though mainly when someone said "I want that, sell it to me", ra...

Hey Rocknroller I used the fides oila s reccommended by Darren on the forum..went on so well..am pleased cheers Steve

Thank Peebee first set neck, first of many I hope cheers Steve

Thanks Clinton there were a few false starts with them..I finally got hold of the right size grub screws.. cheers Steve

@boo Thanks I had to get an operation on my hand, nothing woodwork related but it was a minor emergency. I'm home now and bored as I can't do anything. Hoping to get the stitches out on Friday then ph...

I usually use Farecla products designed for wet buffing 2K. Can you buff 2K with a dry compound without burning through easily? Hi Boo, the nice man at the polishing shop says that there is no reason...

and your dimensions are 7-8cm shorter from centre to mop. Hi Mikey, I have ordered three prototype shafts at 500mm 550mm and 600mm so I can assess the likely stress on the motor bearings by the addit...

I hate doing soldering etc and would love to outsource this to a fellow communiteer) Hi Boo, I love soldering, gimme gimme gimme! If you do my fret dressing for me we have deal!! Darren

Plus, building the things isn't my problem ... the problem is what to do with them all once I've built them! I've attained the mythical status, long believed by guitarists to be an impossible state, ...

Never seen a truss rod yet that wasn't a bit thicker at the headstock end - by the time you've 'nibbled out' for that your 'learning opportunity' will be even less noticable. 🙂 I tried dust extraction...