Having spent an hour today looking for suitable lumps of wood with the grain running in the right direction for neck blocks I had a thought. Is there any reason why I can't laminate a couple of pieces...

It lives!! I didn’t have time to machine the sanding dish itself today but the rest of the machine is fully assembled, wired up and ready to go! I have mounted the speed controller knob on the undersi...

Just a quick question. Is Brazilian mahogany as big a problem as Brazilian rosewood when it come to moving guitars across international borders? Darren

I‘ve had a busy day! All the parts are machined and mostly assembled, with the exception of the spacers that will form the sides of main turntable assembly. Tomorrow I will machine a new MDF dish with...

Hi Oliver, Don’t underestimate how much bandsaw capable of accurately cutting material for tops will cost as cutting wood 8-9” thick is ‘resaw’ territory really. The issue with the scroll saw is unlik...

I’ve been building up to this for a while and have had some preliminary sketches kicking around since pre-Covid-19, yes, as long ago as that!! The fact that I have now got 6 or 7 sets of sides that w...

Hi Hogan, You're going to have a great time in here! You'll be amazed at the support you get from everyone. Darren

And what you are experiencing with the tear out is due to the timber having what is know as interlocking grain ie it changes direction throughout the thickness of the timber. You can reduce the degree...

Hi M, Welcome to the clubhouse! If you can private message me the shape of the sides as a PDF then I'll have a go at laminating one from veneers. Let me know how thick you are finishing at if differen...

Hi Mark, You pick up a (dusty) lacquered body at 1:14:53 in the live stream and this has a completely lacquered soundboard with no bridge and no bridge masking. I just wondered what the next step of t...

Good afternoon, I've found a great supplier of very reasonably priced (about £3 each for the M8 version) stainless steel turnbuckles which can be ordered with an eye at both ends. Go to www. westfield...

Hi Mike, Thank you for your comments and I'm pleased that you seem to understand some of the advantages that this construction offers. I would never claim that it is better than using solid, but it is...

I have now made the external mould for the guitars and, this will make you laugh (!) I realised that I had pressed all the sides at -4mm all round! Not to worry, the width was pretty much adjusted for...

It gives you a much longer open time and so there is no danger of it starting to dry out before you get all the layers glued and under pressure, which may be what caused the initial problem.

Hi Bill, I don't think there is anything in the choice of materials that could have caused the problem. If you PM me with your address I can send you a small pot of the UF resin and hardener that I us...

Holy shit John! I can't tell you how much better your 'before' pictures have made me feel!! lol

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 finish...

Hi Bill I love a good 'Misc' box!!

Good afternoon. Does anybody recognise this scenario? (Please tell me it not just me!!) It's time to have a really good tidy up. There's bits and pieces everywhere you look and it's starting to get yo...