Hi John,All blanks will come oversize in all dimensions. Get yourself a bit of MDF, stick some 120g or 150g abrasive down on to it and start rubbing! You just can’t beat the smell of hot bone dust!!Darren

Hi John,I thought I had posted this ealier but it isn’t;t showing in the thread.No, I am in Hertfordshire. Email me at darren.king@bagpress.com and I’ll send you my address.RegardsDarren

Having said all that, in the past I have made perfectly good nuts using just a single good quality knife profile needle file such as:https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/needle-files/5416977/You could certainly make a functional blank with the correct slot depths for me to copy.RegardsDarren

Yikes John, a whole 2mm? Whoa! Firstly, I think you need to reconsider your use of the word disaster! Lol! What you have here is a slightly sub-optimal tolerance occurance! I define this as something that no more than one…   Read more»

Hi Herb,I think you will find that this still darkens the surface. Smear a bit on an offcut to check. In any case, I am not sure that something that hardens to such a brittle compound would stand up particularly…   Read more»

The first pliage has been pliaged! I only had time for one very quick test before I left work today but it looks VERY promising. Given that I didn’t time anything or do anything more scientific that crank up the…   Read more»

Ok, so the pliage bending machine is coming along nicely. The 1” x 1/4” aluminium tubing was spot on and the 1/2” 425 watt cartridge heater is a really good snug fit so I haven’t bothered with any heat conductive…   Read more»

Hi Herb,I have a few requirements on my shopping list so I will certainly have a good look at what Ben’s got available. It’s mainly the vacuum press equipment that I will be demonstrating at Makers Central but this year…   Read more»

Hi Herb,That’s a neat job! What about small black hex socketed countersunk machine screws? And you could fit expanding threaded inserts into the body like these if you haven’t already done so.

I have a stand opposite Crimson at Makers Central…   Read more»

Looks fantastic Herb,I hope you enjoy it, How have you hidden the electronics? I can’t see any cover plates.I have always loved wenge (apart from the splinters) as proved by my bedside cabinet.CheersDarren

Hi Mark,I can’t see a side elevation or longitudinal section for the guitar. Am I just being blind?regardsDarren

Anyway, sod the boring posts about glue – it lives!! In fact, more than that, it sings – beautifully!  Bubbly has been consumed and guitar well picked and strummed. It has great bass  resonance and lovely crisp treble response and…   Read more»

You wouldn’t believe how many different physical properties can be engineered into a PVA adhesive these days. You really can’t assume that all white PVAs are identical. Different degrees of waterproofness, hardness of cure, temperature resistance, cure time, grab time…   Read more»

Ok, so I have now glued my first neck on with WHITE glue! BTW, you do all know that Titebond is just very good PVA with a yellow/brown dye added right? I’m not knocking it, it is a fantastic glue,…   Read more»

Hey, I’d have a plan for that. A vacuum jig that I could position over the bridge to allow me to machine it off in layers until I got down to the bare sound board again. This would be far…   Read more»

Hi Mark and thanks for the feedback.Yes, I used yellow glue, but I turned all the screws back and forth after about an hour to make sure that they were reasonably free and this ended up not be much of…   Read more»