Yikes John, a whole 2mm? Whoa! Firstly, I think you need to reconsider your use of the word disaster! Lol! What you have here is a slightly sub-optimal tolerance occurance! I define this as something ...

Right ok, thanks for that Mark. I’ll get my sanding beam out. It will give me something to do whilst I’m waiting for my next lot of wood for the next build. I’ll let you know how I get on. Thanks.

Here are some pics of two brace sanding jigs made to allow the glued surface of the braces to be sanded to the correct spherical for to match the contour of the back. The same sanding jig is used as f...

The first pliage has been pliaged! I only had time for one very quick test before I left work today but it looks VERY promising. Given that I didn’t time anything or do anything more scientific that c...

Hi Herb, I think you will find that this still darkens the surface. Smear a bit on an offcut to check. In any case, I am not sure that something that hardens to such a brittle compound would stand up ...

Oooooo - nice cabinet! Actually all your work looks amazing! If you look carefully at the back of my build you should discern the sweep of a cover plate along with its 4 screws - kinda influenced by s...

Looks fantastic Herb, I hope you enjoy it, How have you hidden the electronics? I can’t see any cover plates. I have always loved wenge (apart from the splinters) as proved by my bedside cabinet. Chee...

I'm checking the community daily, but my activities are at a low point at this moment....... So, nothing much to share..... Sorry..... I will be spraying a neck anytime soon and I got plans for a Musi...

Hi Mark, long time no post but here you go. A Baily inspired guitar build being played for the forum. I just hope the file sizes aren’t too large. Cheers Darren Attachment : 0F375FA0-588E-4D60-B95...

Well - I finally got round to this and here are the photos requested by Mark. I removed the frets and sanded a mm or so off the fingerboard. I re-fretted and quite heavily "rolled" the edges of the 'b...

Mark I would like to see you do an archtop guitar. I am looking at the Benedetto book and collecting tools and jigs in anticipation. Regards Mike Walker

Anyway, sod the boring posts about glue - it lives!! In fact, more than that, it sings - beautifully! Bubbly has been consumed and guitar well picked and strummed. It has great bass resonance and lo...

Congrats with your newest offspring! Really great and that bridge is really something else..... Appropriate glass of bubbly, you deserved it!!

Hey, I'd have a plan for that. A vacuum jig that I could position over the bridge to allow me to machine it off in layers until I got down to the bare sound board again. This would be far less damagin...

Another important step this evening- I glued the bridge on to the ziracote guitar. I don’t have any clamps suitable for this so I decided to make up a pair of thick laminate plates that could be screw...

? ? I suspected it wasn't lacquer thinner, but Armagnac? I wouldn't have guessed.............. You'd better take a trip to the wine cellar, because this guitar is already absolutely stunning.............

Hi Edwin, I’m astonished that you couldn’t tell that the glass contained Armagnac rather than brandy! ? It will be a champagne glass in the photo when the guitar has strings attached! Possibly as soon...

Looks fantastic! I have used Aquacoat and it works a treat... Sands easy and is absolutely transparent. But I'm curious.... what's with the brandy snifter?

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Whoa! Ignoring the things like the birth of my children, I will remember today as being one of the key milestones in my life on a par with the occasion on which I first sucked air out of an dust extra...