3mm is just fine as an ideal minimum but to reassure you - I have seen A LOT less 'meat' left here and the necks were just fine. I’m counting on this being true 🙂

How much wood should I aim to have between the back of the neck and the truss rod chanel after carving? It is quite difficult to measure how much wood is left so don't get too hung up on it...the o...

Hey @hursty - just to reassure you 12mm truss rod slot depth is OK...just be extra careful not to carve too thin or you will compound the error and that WILL likely be trouble!

@hursty I made a far more severe error with a bigger truss rod and didn’t fix the depth stop on the router properly so the channel at the nut end was way way too deep. Including the depth of the fretb...

Think the truss rod size changed - now a 6mm truss rod comes with the kit - not at home to check - you need to make the slot wider at the adjuster end - message Mark to check……..

I felt a bit stupid asking but better to ask than to do it wrong and screw my neck blank up. It's *never* a stupid thing to stop and ask a question. And if you don't know the answer, there's no such...

It's *never* a stupid thing to stop and ask a question Indeed, just try to avoid my system of asking all the questions about one little details of the design and the route the truss rod slot without ...

Hey Hursty - no problem ...I've been trying to get my head round this... 🙂 I don't think it makes any difference...as long as you follow the measurements I gave the angle should be the same...how much...

Please correct me if I am wrong somebody! I made mine with slightly different dimensions for the rails but cut the angle based on the measurements from the video, worked out fine. Just cut the angle ...

Its proper daft this problem with stocks of these machines. Supply issues will sort themselves out over the next few weeks/months. Don't rush to buy something almost-good-enough now, and then struggl...

@hursty Welcome, good to hear someone else challenging themselves to a build 🙂 I’m currently using an Aldi bandsaw like @cheesewhisk, it’s a compact if you’re short on space and unless you wan...

Welcome @hursty I used to live in Leeds many moons ago, my god I love Yorkshire. Anyways, I'm right there with you on the no experience, or at least nothing since GCSE CDT, of course this all shows wi...

I've no experience of wood working at all so this could be a disaster or a new love. I was there, many years ago. When you say "no" experience - I did have experience of wood working, but all of it h...

@hursty Hey Hursty, welcome to the forum and congrats on buying your first Bailey Bandsman guitar kit. You will find loads of help here in the forum so whenever you run into problems or concerns, just...

Hi @hursty Welcome to the guitar building world. I'm sure you're going to have fun trying. Here is a link to a deal at Yandles for the BS250 Cheers, Russ 🙏🎶🎸🙂

I have a cheapo Titan bandsaw from ScrewFix - added a decent blade and did a bit of surgery on the bit that adjusts the height of cut - can now do just over 90mm. Also watched a couple of YouTube vi...

3mm is just fine as an ideal minimum but to reassure you - I have seen A LOT less 'meat' left here and the necks were just fine. I’m counting on this being true 🙂

How much wood should I aim to have between the back of the neck and the truss rod chanel after carving? It is quite difficult to measure how much wood is left so don't get too hung up on it...the o...

Hey @hursty - just to reassure you 12mm truss rod slot depth is OK...just be extra careful not to carve too thin or you will compound the error and that WILL likely be trouble!

@hursty I made a far more severe error with a bigger truss rod and didn’t fix the depth stop on the router properly so the channel at the nut end was way way too deep. Including the depth of the fretb...