Built an baritone ukulele with teak. Turned out really nice.

Hi Darren I built a guitar last year for long-term client from his own tree felled 17yrs ago. Part payment in Ash slabs. He has some chestnut in his barn also - just as well, his daughter wants a gu...

Hi Eddie, Thanks for the feed back. Its partly a money thing. I have been offered the teak at £750m3 which is incredibly cheap and less than 15% of the price that I last paid for good quality khaya. (...

Hi Darren, As you know, Most woods can be used providing they have an element of stability/structural integrity. Self Build: Go for it, like a child, you'll love it if it's ugly and screams everytime...

Hi gang!, Has anyone used, or come across anyone else using, teak for electric bodies or necks or for cappings? Any good reason to avoid? I know it has a reputation for blunting tools and being tricky...

Did you know Leo Fender does not play guitar? That’s true, he didn’t play. He could probably bang out a few notes or whatever just so he could test things. He owned a radio repair shop and musicians ...

Looking great as usual @clinton, I like your style 💪

Took a little break but back at it. Getting close this is my 3rd time building 2 at a time. I seem to enjoy it more. Breaks the redundancy of over thinking. Attachment : IMG_3534.MOV

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@eddie6string Increasing hole diameters. Preferred options due to gentle nature of cutting angles coupled with centralised orientation That looks like the set of step drills that I've got, plus on...

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That’s a good tip but I wouldn’t recommend making big jumps in the diameter of the drills especially since there isn’t much meat around the tuner holes. Go up 1 mm at a time max and practice it first ...

@edwin Maybe a useful tip: Use your Dremel with the plunge base to drill a straight 2 mm pilot hole and gradually widen it with 4, 6, 8 etc drill bits until you've got the right diameter. You will no...

Maybe a useful tip: Use your Dremel with the plunge base to drill a straight 2 mm pilot hole and gradually widen it with 4, 6, 8 etc drill bits until you've got the right diameter. You will notice tha...

Identity theft; Ian Gillan's improvised lyrics on the live version if Highway Star "Nobody gonna steal my head, I'm gonna nail it to my bra-ain" Faultless logic!

@boo I was thinking that it had something to do with your prints but then noticed that you didn’t do it in the third photo... and now you post your email address on this open, public forum?!? May the ...

@boo What’s up with your fingers?

@boo These are handy looking tools. I'm sure I can use my dremel with it's plunge base to get me a straight hole to start with, then open it up with my step drill.

Hi @matt I guess you don’t know anyone with a drill press? Maybe someone here could whiz up a drill guide out of scrap wood and send it to you? Something like this: There's a couple of local workpla...

Yeah, you suck @robin 😂😝jk... I guess you don’t know anyone with a drill press? Maybe someone here could whiz up a drill guide out of scrap wood and send it to you? Something like this...