RoutyMcRouterson Attachment : 1631994A-73E4-4F08-B6E9-63BD10E052AC.jpeg Attachment : 65407720-C8A8-4CE4-BE08-0C5EEBD2AFC9.jpeg I use a bit from radian tools, really not impressed with th...

@rocknroller912 Absolutely, I think a lot of what I’ve done will be used again though 🙂 At least it will if I have my way 😬 The effort for most jobs done well goes into the preparation...

@tej Its always difficult making a one off design because a lot of time is spent refining the process then it’s never used again.

@rocknroller912 I like that idea too, it does however presume I’ve got the sides even 🤔😉 I’ve got to remake the neck pocket template anyway after so will make it long this time, I thin...

@tej I get your idea now. I usually align the neck with a straight edge along each side of the neck and make a pencil mark on the body from the outside of the straight edge. Then I measure the distanc...

@rocknroller912 exactly the same as the one I’ve made but the back of the template would go to just before the edge of the body past the bridge. If I align the centre lines on the pattern and body at ...

@tej That sounds interesting but I cant imagine what it would look like. Have you got a plan.

@rocknroller912 Thinking about alignment I’m contemplating extending the template to the length of the body pretty much so that way I’ll get the smallest margin of error with alignment, in theory!

@tej looks like you are getting the hang of guitar building now, making your own jigs. In the past I’ve used a neck template that was slightly bigger than the pocket template so it doesn’t quite fit i...

Great work @tej! In my experience when scraping the fretboard you‘ve got to do it all for it to look the same. Sucks but…

After a few failed neck pocket template attempts, I made an adjustable jig for making the pocket template from based on a design posted previously on the forum then used that to route the template: ...

Side dots all done, 1.5mmx1.5mm MOP, most awkward part of the build yet. I’ve drilled one of the holes for the 24th marker out of line, thought it was just a little out when I did the hole but with th...

@robin no I masked off the fret wire and sanded with the grain. I’ll do a small test with some lemon oil to see if it magically vanishes and if not I’ll redo them all the same. I suspect the same as y...

@tej . I’ve managed to clean it up fairly well but now the wood is lighter on two frets where I’ve sanded and scraped. Were you sanding across the grain to get close in to the fret wire. Try sanding...

@koendb Thanks. It will definitely improve as I’ll clean up the whole board at the end which will leave a much more uniform look too if nothing else. I suspect the lighter colour is tiny particles of ...

things had been going so well it was a little disheartening! Yeah I know that feeling all too well :-/You might be able to get rid of it by sanding with very fine wet n dry.Eventually, even if you do...

@koendb I was careless filling the fret ends and on two of the frets the glue ran over the front of the board. I’ve managed to clean it up fairly well but now the wood is lighter on two frets where I’...

Superglue + fretboard = sadness What happened?

Superglue + fretboard = sadness

@tej Dent, what dent Dent gone, as if by magic. Well done.