@koendb You need good quality to start with. It’s impossible to get an edge on soft metal. Do you have any particular brand names or a collection of older ones.

You won’t be surprised if I say that Mark has a video on it I know! I have seen that one, must watch it again though 🙂

@koendb You won’t be surprised if I say that Mark has a video on it

@darrenking Oops you can tell I didn’t do metalwork at school. I should know the difference though and you were correct. Learning the correct way to sharpen the blade was a game changer.

until I took advice from @darrenking who advised it should be a turned edge like a hand held scraper and not sharpened like an ordinary plane blade. I I don't even know how to sharpen an ordinary pla...

all brass construction Don't under sell it @Rocknroller912, it's made of bronze! Cheers Darren

@koendb This is a photo of the scraper plane I use. It’s an expensive model as I chose an all brass construction to avoid rust problems due to not having any heating in my work area.I struggled with g...

Planing by hand is tricky as one deep tear out can ruin a piece. I mostly use a scraper plane for thicknessing which takes longer but doesn’t tear. @rocknroller912 Thanks for sharing your experience!...

@koendb I hope your build goes well. Planing by hand is tricky as one deep tear out can ruin a piece. I mostly use a scraper plane for thicknessing which takes longer but doesn’t tear.

Now you are cooking. Wait.. What.. I thought I was supposed to build a guitar. 🤔 😋

@koendb, good luck with the build - but you dont need it with the Guitar Making apron in your possession 😋 . Building an acoustic is something I would love to do - I feel that i'll need to ...

Received these today ! Thanks Carol and Mark. Now it cant go wrong 🙂 Attachment : IMG_20211013_154208118.jpg

so do your own thing, in your own time, and just share with us as you go. Thanks @darrenking, wonderful message. I am very excited, but don't want to rush. I have to plan my workspace first. Then I c...

My favourite song today:

This is My Favourite Song For This Moment...... 🎸🙂🎶🙏

@mattbeels Thanks! Yes I’m really pleased with the shape and very proud of the neck. I may end up putting a fair number more top coats on it though sanding with 1500 inbetween though as it’s rougher t...

Hi Whyte, Life’s other commitments are always a problem when it comes to something as complex as building a guitar. I have tended to commit whole, or half, days to it at the weekends, as interruptions...

Ah congratulations @cheesewhisk, I’m so glad that you’re thrilled with your first build! It came out looking great and nobody else has that headstock, fantastic job!

I agree with what @boo said @tej, very sound and complete advice. Trying to fix it could really end up with you wishing that you’d just left it alone! Great looking build btw, I dig the change to the ...

Go @koendb 222 jesus wept, I thought 75 was a lot. Good luck man, this is definitely one to watch. As much as I'd love to build an acoustic, I'm with @boo on the 'too many electric builds planned'