I don't seem to have posted a pic of my Maccaferri Concert with strings on so here it is, hanging in a small Scottish cottage that may be known to some of you! I do need to unstring it again and have ...

Hi Bill, This is all looking great, love the Rickenbacker style sound hole. I had one of the Axminster drum sanders for many years and it was a great bit of kit. The two things that I did to mine wer...

Hi Cardiff, Oh, essential - you just have to get a laser cutter! The problem is that there are just too many things that you can do with them that it’s almost impossible to know where to start! Now th...

Hello folks! It's been a while since I've had any time to play with my guitar making but things have eased a little at work now so it's back to having fun again! Any one tried making a composite or do...

I now have all the externally sourced bits for the fret slot saw other than the main shaft which I am having made in the next week or two. In the past I have always sent the relevant components to my ...

Getting a bit ‘off piste’ (pun intended!) but aren’t these always the best conversations? Essential topical listening, as is pretty much everything by David Sedaris!

I'm with you. It's always important to conduct a thorough top of the packet/bottom of the packet comparison test for QA purposes. I know this isn't for everyone but I find that cream centre biscuits s...

My only comment would be that I don't think Bill has made enough of an allowance for tea. All of that watching videos and double and treble checking sounds like very thirsty work to me! Ideally make a...

I think I would have to say that it depends on the material the decal is made of and how it has been printed. Ideally you would make an inlaid logo from contrasting veneer as this is likely to take th...

Hi Mark, Thanks for the feedback and that makes everything a lot simpler. If I ever make a uke I can just take a bit more off the fretboard when I machine the radius to get the slot depth correct. Of ...

The question is how adjustable does it need to be for depth of cut? How often do you need to cut different depths of fret slot or can it pretty much be set up permanently with a fixed cut depth? The f...

Having been inspired by seeing Mark's modified fret slot cutting table saw I am going to have a go at building my own. Miguel at my favorite saw blade supplier (NLS - North London Saw) has found me a ...

Ok. It certainly made it easier to bend the bindings having been pre-soaked and the non-vacuum test absorbed 4g of water into 66cc of wood so pretty much the same albeit left submerged for quite a lot...

Hi there, I have used Osmo oils for about 15 years and they are far superior to the old Danish oil primarily because they don’t get sticky anywhere near as quickly and so you don’t get all of those fi...

It's time to get on with finishing one of the original batch of guitars that I started making from the Georgia Luthier plans. The bodies were assembled months ago and the binding channels cut when I h...

Just a few notes on bandsaw set up. One thing that is often overlooked when setting up a bandsaw is to ensure that the blade is properly tensioned and running in the centre of the tyre and then check ...

@mateyboy Hi, when you say that the cut wanders do you mean when feeding material through against a fence? If so the the problem may well be the alignment of the fence with the blade. Unless they are...

How about "I've only ever been wrong once.......and that was when I'd thought that I was wrong, but I wasn't!"

The pump was an old Becker pump although I can't recall exactly when I obtained it. I think it runs at about 6m3 per hour, which is way more than is needed for laminating backs and sides in a (near) p...

As someone equally consumed with establishing the perfect bridge position this resource is fantastic Work backwards from the actual strings/tension you intend to use and then you can establish a brid...