Superglue + fretboard = sadness

@tej Dent, what dent Dent gone, as if by magic. Well done.

Nice easy fix on the dent @tej. 👍😁 🎸🎶🙂🙏

@tej Your build is looking good and fixing the dent worked well

Frets cut and ready to seat Attachment : F4D9AD62-8BD9-4183-81AF-DD9257A2E96C.jpeg Attachment : D515E378-C66C-44E4-BAE2-BE9F23BFE2BB.jpeg

Dent, what dent 🙂 Attachment : 714D288F-AD17-4BC1-A7D0-1417DAC94D50.jpeg

Neck looks beautiful BTW! 😲 👍 Thanks, appreciate the comment! I’ve got a droplet sat on it now, presuming as the grain is pretty tight it’ll take a fair while to absorb. Next job is t...

Neck looks beautiful BTW! 😲 👍

Fingers x'd 🤞 The dent will raise as the water dries - sometimes it takes a few goes... I'm sure whatever is left will easily sand out or come out when you round over the end.

@markbailey This is the dent (bottom left) I was talking about. I’ll opt for the drop off water first and see if that helps before trying anything more severe! Attachment : BE026BE3-48B5-4C35-B542...

…not abalone, mother of Pearl! Oh for an edit function that works!?!?!?! I’ve MOP for the side dots too but they’re very thin so need to make sure they’re only very marginally proud when glued in so I...

Coming along nicely @tej. 👍😁 🎶🎸🙏🙂

@koendb thank you 🙏

@Tej Looking good man!

Dots are in, 5mm abalone. I used a depth stop on the drill bit to keep everything consistent as opposed to eyeing it in which worked a treat. For the super glue I let a small drip run down a cocktail ...

Progress very much ground to a halt again after life got in the way! I’ve modified the neck workboard now so it has a 4 threaded inserts in that I can screw a support into. The support I made from an ...

Thanks for the ideas guys, as it happened I stumbled across a bottle of deep penetrating oil today which I’m going to test out over my dyed scrap. I think it’ll give a similar result to those posted. ...

I actually just finish a lot of my builds with only shellac. I really like how my (shellac) finishes look and , more important, feel.Now I am not doing a french polish or anything like that, I just pu...

Hi Tej, Autocorrection kicked in, it is Hardwax oil. A mixture of oil and wax, normally used on floors. After staining I used another oil to get the intense yellow off a bit and also enhance the grai...

@bart-van-der-kemp Thanks, the finish looks good, not familiar with “hardware oil” have you got a link to the product please? Also did the oil alter the colour from when you stained it at all?