I think your advice on buying a diamond stone to keep my “rubbish Japanese waterstones” (to reference @TV1010101) flat is a must. ? @johnnierox-boo - I'd never really thought about the need to kee...

When you get to the polishing stage you need to hone the flat side of the blade as well to help remove the little wire edge that forms along the blade edge when sharpening. You must always keep the bl...

@darrenking Thanks for all the info, I appreciate it. I’m new to sharpening and I bought these waterstones as they were on offer at Rutlands. I do have a honing guide so I will have to be carful when ...

Hi John, I haven't watched this video but I don't think you'd need to run through from 80g every time you sharpen something. If so then you have left it far too long between visits to your sharpening ...

@robin To sharpen an 'incannel' gouge (internal bevel): You can use a section broomstick to make a round sharpening stone by sticking wet and dry to it - if it is really bad I use a dremel with round ...

While were on the subject of sharpening iv'e got two ancient gouges that need sharpened. One of them was in a junk box in my dads workshop when I was a kid, I'm fairly sure that it belonged to my gram...

Hi John, If you are buying secondhand tools that need a degree of initial rescuing I guess these grits of paper would work but I think that 80g and 120g are a maybe little ‘agricultural’ for routine s...

@tv1010101 Thanks for that! ? Yep, I should have watched the video first. No I bet I can get some sharp chisels with these. I’ll make a homemade board with 80, 120 and 240 grits for the worst of the w...

Not watched this video yet @markbailey but I’m gonna! Just bought these. In the video, he says that those are the worst ones to buy. Sorry ?

Not watched this video yet @markbailey but I’m gonna! Just bought these. Attachment : 5CC02F0D-2E39-49F5-8559-05AC1B69DB21.jpeg Attachment : E1FE66FA-9988-436E-942A-498361596017.jpeg

Only a thought! ?

Hey Marcel, Don't you have a spare key to her house? She'll never know!! No, I don't. And my brother in law is a very big and strong guy.

And I thought you were a nice guy Darren........

Hey Marcel, Don't you have a spare key to her house? She'll never know!! ? ?

Perhaps you could talk her into it one day. Haha, no I won't. I don't make guitars and basses for a living so I don't mind too much about the money. In this case I was ok just to get the money I ha...

Had I known it would end up as a decorative piece I would have installed cheap chinese pick-ups and tuners instead of Seymour Duncan and Grovers It does look cool. Yeah you should definitely have swi...

My first (and until now last) attempt to put some color on a guitar. Stained it cherry red and spayed it with a spraying can. Attachment : image.png Attachment : image.png Attachmen...

it’s good to know how to do these things but I’m so glad I just bought one! Yup, watching that, I thought “easy”! As long as you’ve got the bench grinder And the bevelling jig And a blowtorch And a...

Nice work (again) Marcel. How many of your design guitars have you made now?

Six years ago I made a guitar for my good friend Ab (abbreviation for Albert) for his 60th birthday. Swamp ash body, figured maple top, maple neck with a ziricote fretboard. Attachment : image.png...