Hi James, I think the order you do things might depend a little on what technology you have available to you. It would be possible to rout or laser cut a shallow engraved pattern into a layer of const...

Pungent memories.... 😆 😆

Oh... you DO remember...? Those memories will be with me for life @e-den-hertog. 😉

Oh... you DO remember...? 😐

My Strat doesn't smell of cheese.... It smells of sweat and stale beer...... It's not just your Strat @e-den-hertog 😆

My Strat doesn't smell of cheese.... It smells of sweat and stale beer......

Casein which is some form of milk protein. Is this why Strads smell of cheese? 🤣 🤣 In the world of veneering keeping glue lines, ie moisture, balanced on both sides of a panel are ke...

curse that non-functioning edit button! It’s actually non existent, it disappeared a few days ago... I still see it @mattbeels. Perhaps that’s torture just for me ... “here’s the button, you can se...

Sounds like you're overdue some "you time" @Boo. 😀 Similarly, we had a few holidays in Scotland (both West & East coasts) when we lived in the Lakes, and really enjoyed the space and scene...

Well done Mark and Carol......roll on 10000!

@chrisot Looks great to me, well done!

That looks great @chrisot , can you tell me how deep your body is?

They say you learn from your mistakes Every build always presents many learning opportunities - wood is not a predictable material, every piece is different! If the instrument is playable, then the ...

It looks great to me @chrisot. 🙂🙏🎸🎶

Attachment : IMG_2127.jpeg Attachment : IMG_2133.jpeg This is my latest build. It's based on an Orchestra Model in terms of body dimensions. The top is spruce, the back and sides are syc...

Lol thanks again everyone! I’m thinking I’m going to have a lot of leveling to do! Much appreciated advice and I hope all is well in the UK!

Best option: Commission a Moonshiner with Arm Chamfer and watch me make it live! Damn, that's tempting ... but then I'd miss out on the workshop trip ...

@markbailey you did say and bench right? Just don't treat the top as "sacrificial" like Mark does with his bench tops @osceola 😉

No worries Boo! Thanks for getting back, hopefully someone can enlighten me soon if I got this right lol not much on this side of things either haha

I always sit and look at the amount of waste created by cutting the perfect neck blank from a big lump of timber and reflect on the fact that the prices charged by Mark and other suppliers really isn’...