It's the 'Gnat's Knackers'

As promised - this is how we make our Guitar Maker's Knife - AKA: Skew Knife, Skew Chisel and 'Violin Maker's Knife' but we try not to talk about that...as usual the delightful Carol will be on hand t...

@russ Glad you are enjoying the courses - We'll find a balance between the live and edited stuff...but it is all good fun - thanks to your support and the others hopefully much more to come!!

@robin To sharpen an 'incannel' gouge (internal bevel): You can use a section broomstick to make a round sharpening stone by sticking wet and dry to it - if it is really bad I use a dremel with round ...

Bump! This is a great Q... I too would love to know What clear coat finishes are people in the UK using? We use our CureUV system but realise it is prohibitively expensive...

A fretboard should be Quartersawn - aside from that if you like it - try it...for those who missed it here is the recommended advice from the course where I answer the basics: and more in depth: Hap...

You know what I'm going to say... ...KISS More knobs = more potential for trouble and added weight... just like life really: Always aim for the least number of knobs to get the job done. interpret tha...

Let us have your best Fretting Q's pls - Don't fret - puns also welcome...

GREAT IDEA! Leave it with us...we do have several sections 'unpublished' so I'll look into it...

If you bought a chisel from us THANKS!! This is how we made it...

Hey Steve - the slots are cut with a .024" (.62mm) kerf but don't get too hung on that - any standard fretwire should fit OK - 7mm sounds more like railway bridge construction material to me 🙂 I would...

Clamping and Holding can be a fun and interesting way to spend time with friends - see you at 1pm!!

GREAT! Thanks for sharing that @petersoyanov I'll be demoing a super simple version of this on Sat - Guitar Making Tech - Clamping and Holding

Is it Workshop Wedsnesday again already? It is! Huzzah! New Guitar Makers Knife to show you and a lot more besides...

Great story - and the end result is well worth the effort you went through to fix it! FYI: Image uploads now fixed but we too are looking at using Imgur in the future

Let's test our new POLL feature! I want to be sure I am giving you guys what you want so I'd appreciate your opinion: Quantity = More Live streams Recently I have been Livestreaming twice a week for a...

That is pretty clever - Thanks!

Great series of pics! Thanks for sharing...

I was feeling quite chuffed with myself at this point. Yes - For me that is often the point at which things go pear shaped - I've learned to recognise this as a red flag (usually 10 secs too late)......

Why not try everything? I'm sure I'll be assembling a kit at some point for a bit of fun... But normally I would buy rough sawn timber and go from there - but only because i have the machinery to deal...