@boo Attachment : 20211102_123509.mp4 When it stops losing weight, there's no need to wait!

Posted by: @rocknroller912 i’m not sure how moisture meters work but I have relative who is a tree surgeon and he assures me that they do. @tej @rocknroller912 We have a resident tree surgeon here ...

Posted by: @rocknroller912 Moisture meters I’ll have a look at some of those, concern from the 5 seconds I looked at them for is that they’re only measuring things from the surface as opposed to th...

@tej Commercial wood producers have a tub of hot melted wax which they dip the ends of the wood in but really anything to seal it is better than nothing. I’ve even used varnish or paint in the past wh...

@tv101 @rocknroller912 thanks guys, my answers are mostly “I don’t know” will be visiting in a few weeks so will know what I’m dealing with then. As for what I’m planning to do with it when I mentione...

@tej Moisture meters on the web

@tej If the wood has been air dried then it needs to have been kept for at least 5 years in a dry place with sticks in between the boards to allow all round air circulation. It should be cut to roughl...

What state is the timber currently in? Has it just been felled, or its already in plank form, or? You can get a moisture meter to check whether it’s dried out enough, or, if it’s already been planked...

Posted by: @tej not sure if I need to do anything with the wood before hand. @tej I’m not qualified to answer that question, sorry man. I’ll let @markbailey or another expert on wood answer this one...

Hi, so I’ve a friend who has some ash timber that I can buy, if I want to use it to make body blanks from what do I need to do to ensure it’s ready in terms of being dry enough etc, how would I test t...

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Getting there @boo 👍

Finally I got all the paint defects sorted out and it’s back in black. Nitro goes on differently than other paints I am used to and as it dries, it becomes flatter, less orange peal. I may sand it a l...

@tv101 We should start a new thread - The Battle of the Builds

Posted by: @boo Yeah I think if I just do a simple oil finish, I could do one in a week. That’d be something interesting to try. Perhaps we could have some sort of challenge amongst ourselves; “what...

@boo Thanks I would like some help sourcing a decent gun so I will check the spec on my compressor and see what it’s output is. I don’t need a large one, smaller the better. Price is not a problem. Al...

Posted by: @tv101 It depends on what you intend the finished guitar to look like. You certainly can build a guitar, start to finish, in a week. Mark has taught complete numpties (I’m looking at myse...

Posted by: @boo At some point in the near future, I want to make a guitar from start to finish as fast as I can and see what happens (staying safe too though). I’ll start with a baseline of 1 week; ...

@rocknroller912 And, it will give me a chance to practice and improve my own burst painting on guitars. A gravity fed gun is a must I would say. Buy the best you can afford (to use Mark’s ethos) and ...