I don’t ! I bought a couple of planes, when I got an offer to buy a set of 24 old wooden planes, mainly moulding planes and rabbet planes for cabinet and furniture making .. I just could not resist th...

Ah I dont hve the circular cutter yet, but the router parts are on order, I am making my own as designed by Paul Sellers 🙂 Speed is not always needed, I can buy perfectly squared wood, but planing and...

Ok I think I have decided what I'm building next, prs body style with carve, 24 fret neck with 6 inline tuners and a gotoh floyd rose and it'll be a neck through! All Brazillian mahogany with ebony bo...

@russ Don't get me wrong, I do use power tools too, I just think it is great to develop the skills to not be dependent on them to finish a task. Also, it is nice to be able to do some work in silence,...

@tv101 Yes the CnC is so cool. I use it now to make templates. Huge time saver and super accurate especially if you have the proper router bits which I really need. Also CAD designing gets me back int...

I viewed the CNC - at least the design part of the process - as being another learning exercise and opportunity to develop new skills. I viewed it as a more reliable method as the CNC has been less p...

Yup, let me know too @koendb. Though there's absolutely no chance of me ever trying anything similar!!!

@koendb No, only use the frame saw for cutting bookmatching tops and bottoms. Primarily for acoustics but with several kerfing plane sizes that I built I now can cut from 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 to 3/4 inch thi...

@tv101 Yes it's the Bagpress fret slotting jig.. 👍👍

@dave You'll see often that only one side is planed as a reference to which you have to plane the other sides plum and straight. So make sure that all surfaces are straight to begin with , but the bot...

I use a handplane to sort the edges of the board, need one good side then work from it. Centre doesn't have to be exact centre of the board as there's usually room to have the fretboard off to one sid...

PS - if you got the Bagpress fret slotting jig, that is indeed a beautifully made work of genius. 👍

Well today was a lovely parcel day. I got my neck and fretboard blanks and my fret slotting jig... The slotting jig is excellent quality, well made and came really well packed and protected only minor...

Admirable patience 🙂

Attachment : 8ACF3996-A7E6-48EC-B457-03F621E844C2.jpeg 8 coats of Poly after and 3 weeks of stagnation, I think it is finally ready for buffing.

Did a gig last week, first with a new singer. She was soooo nervous. Sound and image quality of the video is quite poor. But we had fun.

This is My Favourite Song For This Moment...... Another sad day. 😕🪦 🙏🎶🎸😕

Welcome Dave, not long joined myself. My first neck was made from old floorboards, mahogany and maple, still perfect now after a couple of years. Old wood can be good as it tends to have finished do...

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That's the last build