@mattbeels Thanks, I concluded earlier that watching the course is now the next step so indeed this should become more clear, good to know it's not something to shy away from though 🙂 As for tonal dif...

@tej Making your guitar with 24 frets is no problem even with a bolt on neck. When doing a set neck you can decide where to place the neck on the body with regards to fret access, watching the course ...

Wow @darrenking, way to bang those out!

C’mon @boo, keep up man!

You don't have to use both bearings at once @rockpile99 There's the me feeling stupid bit 🙂 I'll absolutely be making a template though they'll be worthwhile. As for the main routing bit I was planni...

Hi peeps! The first pic is a screen shot form the CNC tool path software (Vectric VCarve Pro) showing a preview of the machined 4'x4' MDF sheet. All the little tabs are because, with so many small com...

Looks like your workpiece is secured in place - make sure you wedge it on the sides too, so it can't move in any direction. When I have used the CNC router to flatten big lumps of rough sawn timber, ...

PS - if you're not following a template for your body shape and just carving/sanding after cutting roughly to shape, then you probably don't really need the edge trimming cutter.

It confused me too to begin with 😀 You don't have to use both bearings at once - use whichever best suits the job you're doing and where you have the template. Here's how I do it (the more ex...

@rockpile99 thanks for the breakdown, I’m in a similar place, I’ve only ever used routers for cutting square channels and messing about to no end with round over edge bits. I’m clearly missing somethi...

Having seen his neck pocket solution I'm just crossing my fingers that @darrenking is going to need to thin some body blanks at some point so we can all benefit.

I did something far less scientific for thinning down my last neck blank; Masking tape & superglued two long pieces of equal height wood (and higher than my blank) to my workmate. Clamped the neck...

Looking forward to seeing you soon Mark and Carol.

@rockpile99 thanks, so which bits have you actually used then at what size, there are 5 from the guide notes with the round over being optional? Sadly limited to a work mate so good to know I’ll be go...

I bought Radian based on a recommendation but they're certainly well made, very sharp, and spare parts like bearings are available. I didn't buy a straight cutter (as a 6mm one came with the router) b...

Also, the body has been left in Aquacoat grain filler, sanded to P320 grade. Just as an experiment I sprayed some 1K coloured paint on it from a rattle can, just to see if there were any paint reactio...

good quality router bits from Radian Tools @rockpile99 interesting you mention Radian Tools, as I was looking at router bits today as mine are all dirt cheap and won’t do for fine work. Obviously the...

Looking good @koendb, your neck is really shaping up!

The heal transition and the volute areas need a little more work to get them a tiny bit neater the volute and heal are gonna be great after final sanding.. More like this? Attachment : IMG_2021...

Apparently, this is nearly 30 years old ... Where did those 30 years go?