@robin Good luck. Repairs and restorations are about deceiving the eye, so straight lines don’t always have to be at 90 deg they can be at an angle to match grain lines.

That'll be great if you could post that to me. @robin OK, consider it done.

Thanks for the advice @Rocknroller912, I've plenty maple offcuts and it's not really in a conspicuous place so the bigger bit that I cut out will be mostly hidden inside the neck pocket.

Thanks @boo , that should do the job. That'll be great if you could post that to me.

I have an embarrassing amount of "stuff" on my workshop shelves that I've either bought with good intentions of using (but haven't), bought but decided to use something else, bought because I was buyi...

I have an embarrassing amount of "stuff" on my workshop shelves that I've either bought with good intentions of using (but haven't), bought but decided to use something else, bought because I was buyi...

Do you mind? I resemble that remark! @jonhodgson 🤣👍

@boo Do you mind? I resemble that remark!

@jonhodgson Do you normally have someone that looks after you? 😆

I think I must have started an order then stopped either because something else came up or the next item I wanted was out of stock. Then when I went back a week or more later I forgot to check that th...

Listen to MSG, got it...

MDF not msg That would have confused me!

MDF not msg

Cheers @tv101 its 18mm msg with a couple of 1x2 pine rails. Ive just got a very similar bit but it’s good to know decent places to buy from. 2mm is too much, that’s great, that’s definitely where I’ve...

That's a very handy jig. I've got something similar, and it's got me out of jail a few times. Pointers; Looks like your workpiece is secured in place - make sure you wedge it on the sides too, so it ...

Attachment : IMG_0347.MOV Attachment : 5BF8B477-A202-442F-A542-873D8032534D.jpeg getting back on the horse as they say, because my blank needs a bit of work (I bought before I found Mark) I...

What are you thinking of *making* for your first guitar? @tv101 Now that's a question, I'm truthfully not sure, ideally I'd like to make an instrument that I never want to part with but also would li...

@lemonshoes Its not the way I would do it, but you should get some more opinions on here before starting. There are some very experienced builders on here who use power tools a lot and I mostly use ha...

there is bound to be a video on the site somewhere @rocknroller912 Good one mate 😉

Sorry if I was a bit unclear about that. The fretboard would be on the neck when I route the channel. The neck would still be flat on the sides, i.e., not carved yet. So the side of the neck would be...