@rocknroller912 ok maybe I really lucked out then, I tried exactly that but the ends just weren’t strong enough and dented with each cut.

@tej I use ordinary end cut pliers from the local diy shop with the end filed or ground to make a flat. They work fine and cost £2. When I go back to work later I will take a photo. Before I got fret ...

Downside: they’ll *always* bill you the full VAT & Duty due on the package value. @tv101 …and there goes them being quite competitive!

StewMac used to use DHL to ship to the UK - don’t know if they still do. Upside: incredibly fast. Downside: they’ll *always* bill you the full VAT & Duty due on the package value. If you assume...

@tv101 Thanks, they’re quite competitive to be fair but some things are clearly rebranded Hosco products which I’ve found cheaper elsewhere! Any idea where we stand ordering from there in terms of th...

Afraid I got most of my tools from StewMac. In my defence, it was about £1=$2 at the time ....

Hi, so I’m looking a few last tools, I need fret nippers (the home grown ones I have are dreadful!) Nut/saddle files, a fretting hammer and fret pullers. I’m after recommandations based on your experi...

@tej It was a new Dremel bit straight from the packet. Likely the very soft wide grain wood.

Blunt router bit perhaps?

Good thing this is only a practice on cheap wood as it didn’t go too well. I got some bad tear out around the outside edge and had to do a fudge with violin purfling. Definitely going to be wall art. ...

@rocknroller912 ah the trusty lathe, one day I’ll find one cheap enough to justify 🙂 the other thing I thought with the base was that you could polish it to sanding through grades to 2500 gri...

@tej Thanks for asking, I’m still working on it. I had a router malfunction of course possibly due partly to operator error but partly not. I found that the centre pin on my Dremel circle cutter was ...

@rocknroller912 did you sort this out in the end?

@tej Will give that a try this afternoon and let you know if it works

@rocknroller912 could you use some tool wax on it, presuming the result would be sanded it should cause issues?

Nice @rocknroller912!

First attempt at making a sound hole ring cut from a flat sheet salvaged from the off cuts of acoustic sides and joined together. After it was scraped down I decided that it needed purfling either sid...

This is harder than I thought Attachment : IMG_4225.mp4

First time making a neck through. Nervous... Watching this! I am also thinking about a neck tru as my next project!

Looking good @clinton. Are those carbon fibre rods that you have put in beside the truss rod? 🙏🎶🙂🎸