Hi Bill,
Mmmm. At least it’s better that this happened now rather than later! What did you glue it with?
Darren

Yeah, yeah, all these theories!!! I am really hoping to come across the large bag of pearl fret board inlays that I haven’t seen since October! Anyway, this is what they look like when they are finished. Easily configurable to…   Read more»

Hi Bill
I love a good ‘Misc’ box!!
 

Hi Mark, I noticed that the lacquered body and neck that you picked up at one point when discussing intonation didn’t have the bridge area masked off. Do you glue the bridge on top of the lacquer (if so, using…   Read more»

Good morning, I am part way through watching Mark’s latest (notso) live stream from the workshop and it great to see the guitar we started making together taking shape. I have now got my heated side moulds up and running…   Read more»

Hi Bill, try looking up Milliput. It’s a two part epoxy putty that cures very hard and is often used for exactly what you are trying to do. Available in a limited number of colours black/white/terracotta and something else I…   Read more»

HI folks, Well, what an extraordinarily strange and screwed up world we are all now living in! Firstly, I hope that nobody on here is facing the worst that this crisis has to offer and that we can all, somehow,…   Read more»

Hi Bill, Naptha seems to be the fraction of crude oil that distills immediately prior to petroleum. There seem to be multiple sources on eBay and Fiddes do a naptha thinners which may be of interest. In the case of…   Read more»

Hi Bill, I think you would need to check with Mark on that and I’m not sure whether he has had a chance to press a front or back yet. I do know that Mark is very keen to get…   Read more»

Hi Bill,
Have you got links to the YouTube videos and pics of the parts you are using?
Cheers
Darren

@md54 Birdseye veneer is mostly rotary cut and occasionally crown of or flat cut I believe. Cutting it on the quarter would result in much narrower leaves, which would reduce the value, and so it is rare to find birdseye…   Read more»

Ok, I picked up the veneers yesterday and have trimmed them and edge glued them into oversize sheets with the maple being long grain and the poplar cross grain. I have also put them through the wide belt sander, taped…   Read more»

Hi there, It has been a while since I made any further progress with this one but here are some photos of the birds eye maple Maccaferri Concert model. It has had a couple of coats of lacquer but it…   Read more»

Hi md54, Quarter cut is as per an acoustic guitar sound board ie the grain runs at close to 90° to the surface. This cut typically displays lots of straight, closely spaced growth rings on the face. For clarity (hopefully!)…   Read more»

Hi,  Ok, so I can get quarter cut 1.5mm tulipwood (poplar by any other name) and 1.5mm maple in either crown cut or quarter cut. Most of the images online suggest that the face veneer is crown cut, which is…   Read more»

Hi MD54 (Snappy name, I like it!) and welcome to the club! I love the Sorrento, there is some beautifully elegant about the simplicity of it design and lines especially the single pick-up without the pick guard. Which version are…   Read more»

Hi James, Your options with an 80mm diameter blade are going to be very limited and you are unlikely to find any commercially available table saw that will take this blade and give you a sufficient depth of cut. 80mm-30mm=50mm/2…   Read more»