Posted by: @tej One thing worth doing is to figure out which tools you use often and mount them to a board on the wall. Cheers @tej. I think I'll do just that. 🙂🙏🎸🎶

Posted by: @rocknroller912 The part most likely to rust is the Chuck, so you can rub some candle wax on the outside and into any screw heads. Thanks again @rocknroller912. Another great tip. dz...

Boo had to invoke the curse of the CNC machinist, too. "if you are going to make one, might as well make two, right?" Started with the rock maple board, tonight. it was almost perfectly flatsawn, so I...

@rocknroller912 Yes they were a set of Hot Slags from Iron Gear, classy!

@wayne_f glad you sorted the fret problem, I was looking at making a fret bender so clearly something to keep in mind. It’s looking really clean though, good work!

Also, if you watch closely, you might catch a slight mechanical mishap with a piece of equipment (which I forgot to edit out. oops)

To clarify, I bought (from StewMac) medium/high fret wire as opposed to medium/medium. This means that not only is the crown higher but also the tang is longer.

@wolframmalukker Welcome to the forum! Sounds like you're very well-equipped. Have fun with your build!

Posted by: @wolframmalukker I have hunted up a flatsawn hard maple board, 2+ inches thick, 5" wide, and 7feet long. What I don't use for a neck, I'll glue up into a second body blank. Once the templa...

The quartersawn board turned out to be extremely soft and powdery. Pretty as that is, it's not useful so back in the student bin and I have hunted up a flatsawn hard maple board, 2+ inches thick, 5" w...

After scaling the drawing to produce a 17" scale, the body can be cut from a 15"x12" blank with a little room to maneuver. The piece I have is 18"x18", so I have room to adjust where I need to to get ...

Got a 18X18X2"(450mmx450mmx50mm) block of what I suspect is sapele, it's possibly sipo or khaya but looks like sapele to me. It'll do fine. I need to work on scaling the Explorer drawing that I have, ...

Very nice work on the logo, it’s good to see work like that being done by hand and not using CNC. Also like the fretboard as it’s the way I started many years ago before it got fret templates and a fa...

I do like the look of that @jmcmi93888. 👍 🎸🙏🎶🙂

@jmcmi93888 And now.The headstock logo. That's great work, I do like that. That's a skill that I'm going to have learn.

And now.The headstock logo. Attachment : template.jpg My "Thistle" logo was adapted to suit the narrower head and transferred onto 1/64th plywood then taped onto the headstock. careful scribing...

Congratulations @russ! Sounds like you’re getting a handle on the storage, now get to building! Looking forward to seeing it come together…

Posted by: @russ It's well insulated and will soon be properly ventilated. If that’s the case you shouldn’t need a dehumidifier should you?

Posted by: @russ if I manage to keep it tidy One thing worth doing is to figure out which tools you use often and mount them to a board on the wall. I’m very limited on space here and can’t do that ...

Posted by: @rocknroller912 Autocorrect is beating me again it was supposed to read un heated @rocknroller912 🤣 I know, I’m just being silly. 😉👍