What can I say, didn't last long before I got hit with an idea and I'm back in my shed! Same frined that gave me the last pieces of scabby looking oak gave me yet another piece. After feeding throug...

Last week, I worked on the rosette some more. I glued parchment on the back, using fish glue and cut out the details with a punch and a scalpel knife. Attachment : 493F91F6-D082-4708-BEEE-219B7F75...

Back in the good old days of lockdown and live streams I had drawn an acoustic guitar. Two years later I've actually started to build it. Some time ago I cut some slices off a 6 inch square lump of ma...

Well today was carve day, oak is really really hard! Anyway I got there in the end and also did the access carve, did it on the bobbin sander and it worked lol Attachment : 20230313_174313.jpg...

Well I used the superglue and masking tape method again, this time to hold the neck into the body while I routered the neck pickup cavity. Done the bridge one too aswell as a nice belly carve and a sm...

Got sorting the neck more or less done today, fretboard radiused, neck carved including volute, headstock shaped and tuner holes drilled. Attachment : 20230311_170937.jpg Attachment : 202...

I finally dismantled one of these barrels today. Hammer and bar did the trick, it was quite easy. I just knocked off the metal bands/hoops (don’t know the technical term) and the thing just fell apart...

@clinton Nice!

Looking forward to seeing these develop @clinton 🙂🙏🎸🎶

I've put a proper Bigsby on it now, what a difference from the piece of Chinese junk that I originally had. Attachment : 20230308_174937.jpg

Well f**k! I am one super happy chappy! Massive thanks to Mr Bailey and his really helpful vids. Copied what a watched and tada! Attachment : 20230221_181629.jpg Attachment : 20230221_181...

Fast forward to now. Something went wrong when I was fitting the neck/body joint. I got a good clean joint but I must have altered the neck angle and height while I was doing it. So I've had to sink t...

That just looks right. Congrats on another excellent build @clinton - where's this one heading?

Beautiful craftsmanship @clinton. 🎸🙂🎶🙏

Hi Everyone, Finally got around to posting my finished build. (couldn't have done it without Mark's excellent courses) The finish believe it or not is black milk paint which is totally non-toxic and F...

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...

@nsj I had 2 planes (No4 and a 9 1/2 type of block plane ) for the last 2 years, now I suddenly have 38 😬 😎

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...

@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,...

Admirable patience 🙂