Hey, That's been bookmarked! Thanks Darren

Making your own nut is a nice job, and therapeutic! Sand, fit, sand, fit, sand etc...... Like Darren said, a piece of mdf and sandpaper.... And if you mess up the first time, no problem. Just make ano...

Hi John, All blanks will come oversize in all dimensions. Get yourself a bit of MDF, stick some 120g or 150g abrasive down on to it and start rubbing! You just can't beat the smell of hot bone dust!! ...

Hi John, I thought I had posted this ealier but it isn’t;t showing in the thread. No, I am in Hertfordshire. Email me at darren.king@bagpress.com and I’ll send you my address. Regards Darren

To make a nut I would really need the guitar here- I can send you a blank but you would need to cut the slots and adjust the depth of each slot to suit the guitar... maybe it is time to invest in a se...

Having said all that, in the past I have made perfectly good nuts using just a single good quality knife profile needle file such as: You could certainly make a functional blank with the correct slot...

Yikes John, a whole 2mm? Whoa! Firstly, I think you need to reconsider your use of the word disaster! Lol! What you have here is a slightly sub-optimal tolerance occurance! I define this as something ...

OK - but make sure you understand this first: 38mm E-E with 42mm overall width only leaves 2mm each side - I would say this is not enough. After you have the angle on the frets your playing surface i...

Hi John - I had a good look at the images...the good news is that it is far from a disaster...Looks great! The width at the nut is supposed to be 42mm and it measures 44mm, Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh...............

Hey Folks! I'll be running a 'real world exercise' starting tomorow PM - I'll see if we can't set up a livestream to let you all know whats going on... Over the next 5 or so days we'll be working on m...

You wouldn’t believe how many different physical properties can be engineered into a PVA adhesive these days. You really can’t assume that all white PVAs are identical. Different degrees of waterproof...

Ok, so I have now glued my first neck on with WHITE glue! GREAT! You will thank yourself if you ever have to remove it...we are building in future repairability...(it happens) BTW, you do all know t...

Posted by: darrenking Hey, I'd have a plan for that. A vacuum jig that I could position over the bridge to allow me to machine it off in layers until I got down to the bare sound board again. This wou...

Ok, so I have now glued my first neck on with WHITE glue! BTW, you do all know that Titebond is just very good PVA with a yellow/brown dye added right? I’m not knocking it, it is a fantastic glue, but...

Hey, I'd have a plan for that. A vacuum jig that I could position over the bridge to allow me to machine it off in layers until I got down to the bare sound board again. This would be far less damagin...

Yes I suspect those figures are to impress us...Truthfully - for our purposes the amount of pressure does not matter much - as long as the pieces are held firmly together and you have squeeze-out all ...

Hi Mark and thanks for the feedback. Yes, I used yellow glue, but I turned all the screws back and forth after about an hour to make sure that they were reasonably free and this ended up not be much o...

Hey Darren - That is genius! Thanks for sharing that one...Hope the bolts come out OK for you - A little wax on the threads, in the area around the glue, would help them release(next time)... but I'm ...

Another important step this evening- I glued the bridge on to the ziracote guitar. I don’t have any clamps suitable for this so I decided to make up a pair of thick laminate plates that could be screw...

? ? I suspected it wasn't lacquer thinner, but Armagnac? I wouldn't have guessed.............. You'd better take a trip to the wine cellar, because this guitar is already absolutely stunning.............