This is My Favourite Song For This Moment...... 🎶🙂🙏🎸

@boo I had forgotten about @eddie6string that’s an impressive collection and it looks like he has some painting skills too

@boo Attachment : 20211102_123509.mp4 When it stops losing weight, there's no need to wait!

@boo Thats just too cool, and the matching pickups are a nice finishing touch.

I don't remember ever having a prime @Boo. 😥 😥

@tej Commercial wood producers have a tub of hot melted wax which they dip the ends of the wood in but really anything to seal it is better than nothing. I’ve even used varnish or paint in the past wh...

Cut out the first two fretboards today. Seemingly silly mistake to taper them first but they fit into a slide in the fret miter box, to keep them square. The board stock was not wide enough to not cut...

Thank you so Muchh.. i will check it now..

Just looked it up @Russ - Can't Explain was the 2nd single from the Who, released 15Jan1965. So, that'll be 57 years ago in a couple of months. Not bad for a second release. Still sounds fresh to my ...

Posted by: @tv101 60???? 😱 @tv101 🙂🙏🎸🎶

Posted by: @rocknroller912 Moisture meters I’ll have a look at some of those, concern from the 5 seconds I looked at them for is that they’re only measuring things from the surface as opposed to th...

@tv101 @rocknroller912 thanks guys, my answers are mostly “I don’t know” will be visiting in a few weeks so will know what I’m dealing with then. As for what I’m planning to do with it when I mentione...

@tej Moisture meters on the web

@tej If the wood has been air dried then it needs to have been kept for at least 5 years in a dry place with sticks in between the boards to allow all round air circulation. It should be cut to roughl...

What state is the timber currently in? Has it just been felled, or its already in plank form, or? You can get a moisture meter to check whether it’s dried out enough, or, if it’s already been planked...

Nearly 60 years ago ... 60????

Attachment : 55BE2049-AC9C-4B8C-B4ED-06AA89B7CFB5.jpeg I went with rosewood for the truss rod cover in the end, the others just looked bad, thanks to @mattbeels (I think!) for promoting wood!

Will it be silver?

Hi, so I’ve a friend who has some ash timber that I can buy, if I want to use it to make body blanks from what do I need to do to ensure it’s ready in terms of being dry enough etc, how would I test t...

Posted by: @robin she's not impressed with how I can twirl a G clamp, I reckon she’s just pretending about that. Or you’re not twirling it right. 😉