@hudsoncustoms Here is a link to the utube channel

@hudsoncustoms Welcome to the forum. If you can build a complex instrument like a hammered dulcimer you shouldn’t have too much trouble with guitars. There are lots of utube videos from Mark Bailey on...

@rocknroller912 nice work, have you tested it?

Didn’t like the centre pin and bush that came with the Dremel circle attachment so I’ve been making another one on my lathe. It’s a tight press fit now not a sloppy loose fit. Attachment : 94F64...

@tej Best person to ask is @boo he’s the finishing expert

@boo do you have any info or pics that you’d care to share, especially anything that’s not too extreme please?I don’t actually have the highlights to hand yet so I’ve no idea what I’ll even get as it ...

GREAT! Let us know if you have any trouble...

Thanks Bpower

Thanks Mark. I will be taking out a premium membership so I'll catch up with your accoustic course. Will also be ordering a ready to go blank set aswell in next few weeks, but great advice on here so ...

It is really not a good idea as you will fill your workshop with steam, thus causing all your precious timber to warp, and your benches, and your walls, and your mind. Seriously thoo...There is normal...

Posted by: @ And people used to just point a torch in the end of the tube for a heat source and that would not be a tight fit. It is just directing the heat down the pipe. Also.... do not use galvan...

@powerful it is a snug fit but not tight. I dont think it needs to be a tight fit though. Just set it up so the heat gun doesn't fall out of the end when you are bending it. Not that it is a big fire ...

@russ thank you I’ll check them out, mostly it seems we only get stung for really expensive things at the moment!

Have a wee look at these @tej. Now we're out of Europe the taxes might make it too expensive though. 🙏🎶🎸🙂

I’ve had someone offer me the use of some machines I can use to prep my own blanks. Can anyone recommend a supplier of unprepared wood so I can figure out what the saving would be over buying a ready ...

@markbailey Brilliant. Thanks for the reassurance Mark. 😀 Super usefull information. I feel much more confident now Huge thanks

3mm is just fine as an ideal minimum but to reassure you - I have seen A LOT less 'meat' left here and the necks were just fine. I’m counting on this being true 🙂

How much wood should I aim to have between the back of the neck and the truss rod chanel after carving? It is quite difficult to measure how much wood is left so don't get too hung up on it...the o...

@tej Yeah good idea to mark the chanel on the back before carve. I'll certainly do that. Then it's deep breath time and carve that neck 😀

@hursty just measure it so you know where you’re at when carving. If it helps you can always mark a line before you carve the back of the neck so you know where the channel is.