Any day now my Bailey acoustic kit will arrive....am v excited... I'm going to be very interested to see how you get on with that. Did you get the sides pre-bent, or are you tackling that yourself? ...

Hey TV Any day now my Bailey acoustic kit will arrive....am v excited... My friend has a laser cutter and we did some tests, it cuts and burns the wood very slightly, the black of the letters is from ...

first set neck, first of many I hope Once you've started, it's difficult to stop ... I mean, you've got the tools now, and the skills, and the ideas for the next one, and the one after that, and the...

Hey Rocknroller I used the fides oila s reccommended by Darren on the forum..went on so well..am pleased cheers Steve

Thank Peebee first set neck, first of many I hope cheers Steve

@steveadms Looks very good what did you use to finish the body

Great guitar, well done!

hear your thoughts.. @steveadams Hey, I’m impressed man, that is great. I really love the shape and all the carving you’ve done on the body. Are you going to build any more guitars? Have you caught t...

Hi Guys Here a few pics of my first Bailey Guitar...All supplied from Mark except the Waalnut knobs I made. It was a present for my Dad, hence the RAY on the headstock... Lo Attachment : 20201122_...

his drum sander is an example of a beltless design Ahh, I guess I didn’t catch that. I’ll have to go watch it properly... @jonhodgson

I have access to a pillar drill at work but I'm on leave this week so I used a step drill bit in a hand held drill. This worked pretty well for preventing tear out and the other 5 holes are right wher...

My drill bit decided not to properly follow the brad mark Are you using a pillar drill for the holes @rockpile99, or a standard handheld? To avoid risk of recurrence, you can make a complete headstoc...

Thanks everyone. One corner of the tuner was right on the edge - not enough to stop it working or really be seen from the front (so not worth putting in dowel and re-drilling) but it would annoy me ev...

I often build in ‘features’ as I go along! I think you will find that all of the most innovative makers try to do this as a matter of course!! 🤣 🤣 🤣

@rockpile99 I think it looks okay, how much material is left between the hole and the edge?

My drill bit decided not to properly follow the brad mark when I drilled for the B string tuner, so it's a little close to the edge. @rockpile99 A simple solution is to glue a dowel into the hole and...

Remember my total balls up carving a neck few weeks ago? Well "take two" turned out a bit better (though not 100%) Attachment : IMG_20210216_134852.jpg Attachment : IMG_20210216_134727.jpg ...

I’ve got a Titan TTB579PLN planer/thicknesser - £160 - it works really well - first one didn’t - it was DOA - took a little while to get it working well but I can take rough timber and get it smooth a...

Hey TV! I thought Safe-T-Planer hate speak was my speciality!! It's a handy gadget - I object more to the name which implies it's something that it really isn't. If it were called danger-planer, I'd ...

No, no, no!! If that’s the choice buy the Triton! Shit! I forgot you had one of those finger trimmers already!! Cheers Darren