@tv101 hindsight is fantastic though isn't it? So useful! NOT! Lol

Yup, I imagine there would have been some interesting features in that tree. But, we’d just moved in, knew no-one in the area, and just needed the tree gone before any more bits of it fell on things ...

@tv101 diseased is best, the more the better! That's where you get all the cool stuff. Another is a burl, they look amazing! This is an elm burl with just thinned down oil based polyurethane. How i...

We had a large (diseased) Ash tree cut down a few years ago. Rather sillily, I didn’t keep any of it for guitar wood 🙁 “here’s a guitar I made, from a tree I grew!”

Wasn't sure where to put this but I've got some new wood to sort out. I have a friend of a friend who has one of those big horizontal bandsaw machines so he can cut it into boards. Then I'll just stac...

@robin Ive found that it’s hard to get moisture into wood unless you soak it totally for a while, and even then some oily woods are impervious to moisture. Wood turners use Poly Ethylene Glycol PEG t...

@rocknroller912 My main concern would be the inside drying out causing cracking. For electric I don’t think sealing the inside will affect the sound. I sealed the inside of this before I glued it ...

@tv101 My thinking is that, as you cut out the body, you've cut across the fibres of the wood, so there are lots of shorter lengths rather than long, bent, lengths, so the sides need to be thicker to ...

@rocknroller912 Yeah, I bought a set off of Ebay...about $65 for the entire set...probably included shipping, i looked online and i think the seller actually was; GuitarmusicUK. advertises "1 Sets Do...

@poco7 Thanks I was concerned about how much the cone will drop and I’ve read there are variations in quality. Did you buy your cone in America ? I’m looking for a high action for lap steel and don’t...

@rocknroller912 Well, I'm sure you'll agree probably the most critical aspect is creating the radius point for the large circle cut-out [for the cone] at the Scale length...for my existing top, i hea...

I'm sure I've seen that exact guitar somewhere before .... .... ..... ...... ahhhh, yes, it's in that case 10ft behind my shoulder 😆 😆 (Mark built it for me, probably 12+ years ag...

@nsj Staining often doesn’t always look good on the first coat. Sometimes you have to rub down and apply more. Repeat until you get an even stain. One trick is to make a solution of gelatine and warm...

First coating of hard wax oil is now on, got to leave it till tomorrow to add more. It's a satin clear. I'm going to be using wax over the top to create more sheen. I suspect I might not have used eno...

@tv101 yeh it's an awkward shade of wood to stain but I think I'm getting there lol

That looks good enough to me! 👍 I've never really found a stain colour that works really well on mahogany-type wood - plain finishes are good.

I've used the Crimson stains on numerous builds. I've found them really easy to use, and reliable - in that they produce the colour that they should produce (as long as the wood is prepared properly...

@poco7 Thanks for posting this. I’ve been asked to make a lap steel acoustic and am thinking of doing a conversion similar to yours, only fitting a new top to an existing body and not have the old so...

@swepri those look great, my intimidation is that I'll screw up the soldering of the pickups... that cabinet looks about 36" long, maybe? nice various sizes of drawers...Man... I'm trying to carve ou...

@nsj I just ordered 3 of their stains for the first time, will take 6 weeks to get to me, grrrr! I have had success with the oils so hope the stains work just as well, cheers Attachment : 20230222...