@jmcmi93888 Nice work, is the truss rod in a neck that short simply a static bar or can you actually get an adjustable truss rod that size?

@jmcmi93888 looking good. Slow is good (fast too) 🙂

Attachment : plates.jpg Progress has been slow. I now have the back and front plates planed and bookmatched as best as I can given the fairly open grain. Attachment : neck.jpg Also the neck...

Attachment : sides1.jpg After a lot of cutting of more bits of the log to get the right grain direction, I cut 3 slices about 6mm thick x 70mm wide to be the sides. I then planed them down to abou...

Wow @jmcmi93888! That is definitely doing it the hard way, great job!

@jmcmi93888 Top marks for doing it the hard way. I did that years ago with setting and sharpening a hand saw converting it to rip. I only did it once, never again.

Attachment : elm.jpg The log. The design was based on lots of looking at you tubes and drawings and photos until I was confident (?) about scale lengths body sizes widths etc. having concluded tha...

Looking forward to seeing this one John. Same here ! 🙂

@jmcmi93888. Looking forward to seeing this one John. 👍😁 🙏🎸🙂🎶

I needed a new project for the eternal lockdown, so after a chat with my musical chum and ideas man, I have started on a mandola. The wood for this experiment/instrument comes from an elm tree which g...

Hey @darrenking. I just wanted to let you know I am really impressed with the slot cutting jig. The quality is very impressive. Can't wait to start making my own fretboards. Great design, and being a ...

Thanks @markbailey. I have not carved the braces. Will carve them the day I'm ready to glue it on. I will keep the clamps on it though to help prevent as much movement as I can. 🙂

Storing the back - TIP! After gluing the braces on to the back you should not carve them until you are ready for assembly - If you are leaving it for some time there is a danger of it changing shape.....

All looking Great @bpower. 👍😁 🎶🙂🎸🙏

Decided to get the back ready before the front. I have it at the point where it can wait for the front and sides to be done. Left the braces thick. Ill carve them right before I am ready to put it tog...

I'm on the east coast of canada @darrenking. Still decent temperatures here. I was raining and chilly the last few days. I do not envy the west coast of canada right now with the heat and the fires. I...

Looks like you’ve bought some great products there BPower! I took delivery of some soundboards from NW Canada only last week and I really hope you’re not in one of the stupidly hot regions, doesn’t lo...

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

@boo It looks great, I love flip colours. I’ve got an electric fiddle in bronze/green but never get a chance to take it anywhere.

Looks like I’m in trouble, my bike mechanic workshop and my guitar workshop are the same place.