Posted by: @david-johnson09 Posted by: @russ Posted by: @david-johnson09 New bench made over the weekend, and found the bobbin sander... Attachment : 568986AE-3C58-4F30-85B7-2C299390F165.jp...

Posted by: @tv1010101 I'm still getting by with my hand-powered Mirka sanding block. It's the one with the dust extraction holes, so I just stick the pipe from that into the Dysan hosepipe and it se...

Posted by: @russ Posted by: @david-johnson09 New bench made over the weekend, and found the bobbin sander... Attachment : 568986AE-3C58-4F30-85B7-2C299390F165.jpeg Attachment : 23CA4D5F-...

Look what turned up this morning. ????????? Attachment : 9ED412D7-2CD8-4ED9-80FD-DDAF9B8CE4D9.jpeg Attachment : D7488A18-E3AF-4029-A4AF-61F2814B153E.jpeg

And finally A luthier once told me it was considered impolite to stare at the F hole under the G string.....

I had a customer one time who complained that his G string was rubbing on his nut. I suggested boxers.

Guitarist to the drummer “ looks like your stools level?” Drummer “how do ya know” Guitarist “you’re drooling out of both sides of your mouth”

What's the difference between a banjo and an onion? Nobody cries when you chop up a banjo!

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Hi Everyone, I’ve signed up for the course to build an electric guitar. I’ve been playing for 45 years or so on and off in various bands local to where I live. I have also maintained and set up a few ...

I watched 4 or 5 YouTube videos about building pickup winders - basically a motor with speed control driving a shaft that the bobbin is attached to and a counter attached to bits of wood.... Counter a...

Attachment : DDB2E7B7-09F1-4AFC-8F42-CC09DB5DDF58.jpeg I got the motor running at a steady speed and tried without success to wind a coil because the wire kept breaking - having watched some more ...

Would be good to get to grips making pickups with an pro....

Posted by: @david-johnson09 Posted by: @tv1010101 If anyone's interested ... Ash - who is Oil City Pickups - is planning on running some Build Your Own PickUp courses when Covid19 permits. He's...

I'm currently attempted option 4. That's like option 2, but without cutting a hole in the back to get access to the underside of the hole. Step 1 has worked (I've got a piece of wood glued in place), ...

I always like to learn something new on each build. Often the "learn something new" is preceded by me ballsing something up, to which I then need to devise a cunning fix. And here's the whoopsie on th...

New bench made over the weekend, and found the bobbin sander... Attachment : 568986AE-3C58-4F30-85B7-2C299390F165.jpeg Attachment : 23CA4D5F-CAF0-4E5A-BD92-EBDE23F7CC64.jpeg

Looks great

I’ve used fine artificial steel wool to apply oil after coat 1.

Looks lovely - good colour and shine!