@tej It's neat isn't it? That guy builds a lot of very cool things, including most of his workshop, and always to a really high level of precision.

@jonhodgson that looks fun, I think if I used a lot of dowel pins it’d be worth knocking together. Certainly quicker thank my little lathe!

So the dowel cutters I have are utterly useless @tej, I saw this video just recently.

So the dowel cutters I have are utterly useless, at least two of you can guess where hey came from? 😉 Had to turn some on the trusty toy lathe. Have some ebony and Indian rosewood veneers on t...

I think I’d rather laminate it than paint it for this build, I’ll have to find some nice wood to do that with as I’ve nothing I can use. I’m presuming this is “simply” a case of roughly cutting the la...

well.... you could make some dowels out of the off cuts when you cut the head stock out (so the color is the same) and glue them in to fill the holes. Then cut new holes. And then, if it was mine, I'd...

Well it looks like I didn’t learn the lesson about not working on this when tired and I’ve managed to to not only mark out but then drill 2 tuner holes a whole 10mm out 🤬 short of laminating t...

Well it looks like I didn’t learn the lesson about not working on this when tired and I’ve managed to to not only mark out but then drill 2 tuner holes a whole 10mm out 🤬 short of laminating t...

@tej I have one of these hammers too, they do the job nicely.

Still need a fret hammer and fret end nippers and can’t find a shop with them both at a sensible price and also in stock! There are a few places people have suggested at various points for me to check...

@boo will have to check the design and get back to you. A lot shorter that you see on the picture. Need to make a template for that too actually. Progress stalled slightly as I realised I’d not made a...

I’ve made a bit more progress now, fixed the sloping truss rod channel by routing to the lowest depth and glueing in a strip to the base of the slot. Angled the headstock, thicknesses it and rough cut...

I’ve made a bit more progress now, fixed the sloping truss rod channel by routing to the lowest depth and glueing in a strip to the base of the slot. Angled the headstock, thicknesses it and rough cut...

@russ No personal experience, but having watched this I won't be buying one.

I know @tej. I could spend a fortune.....if I had one. 😂🤣 🙏🙂🎶🎸

@russ I dare not look, too many web sites trying to part me with money at the moment!!

Has anyone had any experience of the "Rider" planes from Axminster? How do you rate them? 🤔 🎸🎶🙂🙏

@jonhodgson thanks, I’ll have a look around the local glass suppliers and see what’s available. Scary sharp or similar is looking like the sensible way forward right now for what I need. Workshop Heav...

@tejWorkshop heaven sell 10mm float glass for the scary sharp method. I'm happy to recommend them, everything they sell seems to be quality (they've taken quite a bit of my money). But saying that, I ...

@tej I found these diamond stones in my local diy shop a few years ago. They are ok for the price and I use them for all my chisel and plane sharpening, held in a vice, to set the micro bevel. Instead...