What's the reason for the pallets having to be Heat Treated. Is that so they don't burst into flames when you blowtorch them, or some other reason? @tv101 The HT pallets haven’t had any chemical pre...

Just catching up on this - and lots more besides. Interesting work as always Mr Boo. What's the reason for the pallets having to be Heat Treated. Is that so they don't burst into flames when you blow...

that looks amazing! Awesome job @koendb Thanks very much, I’m still building up the coats of oil. 👍

@Boo that looks amazing! Awesome job

Almost makes me want to make an electric guitar...... almost. @bpower Thanks. They are a lot of fun to make, have a go. 👍

Wow. That is looking fantastic. Almost makes me want to make an electric guitar...... almost. 🙂

A few more pics of the first coat of Tru Oil. Attachment : 162C8A89-6E32-4705-A189-D0CAA391B9FD.jpeg Attachment : 2100BAF1-C13B-408B-8FEE-A553490AF2CA.jpeg Attachment : 5F4E1ACB-B6E...

Now for the first coat of Tru Oil. It’s starting to come alive. Attachment : CC468FE3-846A-4DE5-9B8D-CD7675EBCF1C.jpeg Attachment : D1982524-0321-4E6A-A428-615B28F15A88.jpeg Attachme...

It gets better, I promise. More sanding and dying before oil. Pre oil. Attachment : D875B56A-8494-40E7-AABF-BCB425632B13.jpeg Attachment : 7FB96AB9-DC40-4258-966C-21C67585455A.jpeg ...

I’ve been playing around with dyes and sanded back in between coats. I’ve blended the colours, black, orange and yellow and I’m now happy with it. The first coat of dye always looks really bad to me, ...

Very inspired design @russ Thanks, I love doing these Barncasters, I add something new every time, they evolve. I’ve stained it now and I can’t wait to sand it back tomorrow.

Very inspired design @boo. 🙂🎶🙏🎸

Here are the countersinks in the edges. Attachment : AFDA046D-DB99-4079-8C54-49C65268C773.jpeg Attachment : C3E82B27-1EEE-490F-B828-0B06FE59BC76.jpeg Attachment : 60F6ECE2-67DE-453B...

Time for some decorative screws, stainless steel. I used pan head on the top and countersink on the edges. I’ve now removed them all whilst I stain the body. Attachment : 281A60B3-B49D-4C27-B532-...

Belly carve. Attachment : 50B615DD-249C-4AB8-BEFC-4C6AA0951A89.jpeg Attachment : C262E991-4962-412C-BD95-FB3F21A74CCF.jpeg Attachment : E47FB607-68C2-4EE7-935E-7DD37B87ADBB.jpeg ...

Loving watching this come to life @boo. 👍 🙂🎶🙏🎸

Drilling day. Jack input socket and pickup wiring holes. Carving day tomorrow. Attachment : 8DC0E125-AB68-4B08-A320-2FD55275149E.jpeg Attachment : 86C60892-3222-47BF-97B5-4D4A27D91F48.jpeg...

I cleaned it all off with some spirit wipe, it looks pretty nice. Next I’ll add a little dye and sand it back. Attachment : 9D833517-C0B5-4678-9DC2-1002A42D63D8.jpeg Attachment : D23A4E2A-1...

I forgot to take pictures of applying templates and routing cavities etc but that is all done as normal. This guitar is having a P90 pickup in the bridge and a humbucker in the neck, oh and a short Wi...

A bit of belt sanding to remove the excess epoxy. Attachment : 2F523059-67A1-4900-827F-E072E52D923B.jpeg Attachment : 3449F23B-A84D-4478-B0A3-32628F85678B.jpeg Attachment : E31CE505...