Er, yeah, and this was done by hand too!! Not quite sure what happened but the central spur was not at all keen to stay on course in the mainly end grain of this part of the body. Attachment : F7C...

Thanks Russ, And I would like to point out that this bit was done by hand! 🙂 🙂

smell like WD-40 WD-40 - The smell of a real man!!

Unfortunately my mouse broke down so I had to take a break from work and fit the neck of my electric Maccaferri whilst the mouse was charging. Attachment : IMG_2111.JPG Attachment : IMG_211...

the main challenge I have is deciphering the actual colours Yes, borderline colour blindness adds a completely new level of excitement to electronics projects and crap quality red ink doesn't help, h...

Thank you Russ.

1k is denoted by brown-black-red-brown. 10k is denoted by brown-black-orange-brown. Usually the last last ring on a resistor (usually slightly distance separated) is a tolerance band (although some...

That said, once you've got the files that you know are right, just keep pressing go ... You mean like this..... Attachment : IMG_2107.JPG

I'm envious of the precision of your CNC routing Yes, some of my most accurate cock ups ever have been achieved using my CNC router!!

just because you can. Yes, pretty much Robin, I wanted to use little M3 stainless hex socket machine screws for the fixings rather than wood screws and the inserts grip pretty well once the screw is ...

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I thought it time that I actually did some guitar making, rather than just fannying around with jigs and shit, and so here is an update on my first electric build! The body and neck of my electric Mac...

Hey Boo, can we all come to your house for Christmas? 😀 😀 😀

Interesting, does it do anything other than keep doors open?😂 Seriously though, what is it? Darren

I’ve spent all my government covid grant on metal flake and candy paint. 🤣 Well at least you didn’t waste it Boo!! 🤣 🤣 🤣 Well

Hadn’t they covered the banjo thing with the first word on the sign! Actually, Deliverance is one of my favourite films and it wouldn’t be the same without that four and a half string guitar! Cheers D...

a top that is made up of lots of 3x2s all glued together so the top is really thick and planed dead flat, checked with straight edges and levelled with spirit levels. I’ve been through all of this wh...

Now THAT is going to be an expensive refret job! I would always applaud innovation and technological advances but this isn’t doing much for the planet. Have they mentioned costs anywhere? Unless they ...

Yes, making up a wider lamination and then cutting it down is something I do quite often in my main business (ie not guitars). For 335's I would probably limit it just making two sides together as thi...

And at least they find out if the headstock is going to fall off. And the answer is ....yes, it is going to fall off! 🤣 🤣