@somethingnicer I used that on an oak fretboard, seems fine but it's also super easy to re apply later if need be.

Failure 2, somehow when I was trying to route the deeper part of the neck sides (longer than my cutter so I had to take the template off) I managed to set things so the collet wound up rubbing. I knew...

Not one, but two failures today. The first I can put down mostly to bad luck, though maybe better router technique would have avoided it, the second was 100% facepalm when I realised what had happened...

So now we get to the night I'm starting these posts, I went in to the hackspace thinking I would have a whole evening to myself to work on the guitar, no shop projects, no hackspace system admin, no i...

Attachment : headstock angle.webp For a couple of reasons I took a slice off the top of the neck blank, then flattened it again using the planer. When it came to routing the headstock angle Mark's...

Attachment : Fretslots.webp I think you may recognize the jig. This was the first day of the London Craft Festival, and I had spent the whole day talking to people trying to convince them to join ...

So having joined the London Hackspace in the hope of using the faciities to build guitars and other cool things I somehow wound up first as a maintainer organizing the woodshop and then as a Trustee (...

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@russ many thx

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Hello, you are doing a great job, I think you covered all the steps. Share the picture of your guitar after completing it. I'm excited to see your attempt!

@russ So I finally discovered the secret to inlays on a maple board. The secret is...... buy a CNC! Attachment : IMG_8244.jpeg

@somethingnicer I've seen a couple of guys using this...... not just on the neck but on the whole guitar. Attachment : big--675c3fbd.webp 🙏🎸🙂🎵

working on my first maple neck and fretboard. I decided to do a separate fretboard for a couple reasons. I’m really happy with how it’s coming along so far. My inlay blocks are poured epoxy. So since ...

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@scotty Glenisla direction, about 20 miles from Dungdee heading into the hills

@nsj Wonderful build that Neil. I’ve always loved that shape, it’s so rock! 🤘😜🤘

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