I find the roller style jig that Mark demonstrated on one of the live streams to be the most cost effective solution for planes and chisels. I watched that livestream too @rocknroller912, and have ha...

@tv101 There are a lot of factors in keeping hand tools sharp and my experience over 60 years of woodworking is that’s there is no magic bullet that’s suddenly going to work. Particularly so in regard...

I think the only important question is, does it work? Sharpening is something we should be doing regularly, "getting quite blunt" should be synonymous with "no longer usable for shaving" rather than "...

Attachment : image.png Keeping my tools sharp and effective is one of the challenges that I've yet to master. Chisels, planes, screwdrivers, some - if not most - of them are getting quite blun...

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It's *never* a stupid thing to stop and ask a question Indeed, just try to avoid my system of asking all the questions about one little details of the design and the route the truss rod slot without ...

I felt a bit stupid asking but better to ask than to do it wrong and screw my neck blank up. It's *never* a stupid thing to stop and ask a question. And if you don't know the answer, there's no such...

This forum is great much better than all the other social media groups Why can I only press the "like" button once for that post?? It deserves more!

@louis123 Congratulations Louis stay in touch and keep us all up to date with your future builds and studies.

I am very happy i can tell you that i am probably going to follow a study course on instrument making. It is a 5 year course and i am very motivated to learn about different instruments. My plan is to...

@louis123 That's fantastic Louis. Well done. Follow your dreams. 👍😁 🎶🙂🎸🙏

That’s brilliant @louis123! Thanks for the update and best of luck with your course, 5 years should teach you a few things 😆 Cheers!

Congratulations @louis123! What an accomplishment man!

@louis123 Well done Louis, you're young with your future ahead of you. Only you can make your dream come true, go for it.

UPDATE! Hi everyone, My guitar is playing great and my thesis is almost finished. I had to do a powerpoint presentation to my class and teacher dutch about the guitar i built. She told me that she h...

Welcome @steve-duncan3btinternet-com ... but change your userID, 'cos that's a bugger to type out as a message tag!!!

Looks like @jamesbisset retired at the top. That's the way to go. Sorry to disappoint - just tired at the top. I’ll keep going until it’s just embarrassing.

hi TV .... I finally found my way into here

Looks like @jamesbisset retired at the top. That's the way to go. I'm still a way off the top ... (beware - the internet may die half way through this).

Some more progress. Routed the trussrod channel. Unfortunately I had problems keeping the guide rail tight against the edge, resulting in a very messy channel.It is still a pretty tight fit overal and...