ooo nice @darrenking

Ok, I have been mulling over this ‘travel stop’ thing on the flattening jig and have been drawing little adjustable plywood stops with slots and screws and threaded inserts and so on. The problem is t...

Cheers @mattbeels yeah so for the master I used straight edges and cut close to the lines with the bandsaw then sanded the curves. Then I used that to make a copy but used a straight edge instead of t...

@tej like Mat says and Mark suggests, make a master then a copy from that so if and when you hack into it you have a backup master. @mattbeels you know me and my bandsaw / router skills, it's a 'kind...

Thanks @markbailey I should have a decent amount to test on once I cut out the body. I hope you are well, we're all thinking about you.

@markbailey. Good to see you back on the forum Mark. Hope all is well with you. 🎸🙂🎶🙏

@tv101 thanks for the advice. Annoyingly none of the existing holes are reusable, they’re small too and I don’t have any small dowel. Pretty sure if I try to turn something that thin it’d just snap to...

I’m a bit worried about copy routing the pointy bits, any advice on avoiding tear out on those areas. You can 'Back Route' the corners to prevent break out: Route as normal until you are close to the...

@mattbeels 🙂 I’d just watched that in one of the videos too, I’m gonna need more MDF!

I especially appreciate the shots of the blow gun. Real subtle. 👍👍 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@cheesewhisk Looks great! I finished the body template for my less spiky bandsman. Looking forward to the finished article you create here! It looks like you’ve made a pattern from the pattern, was th...

@Tej I think the general rule for s/h kit is "older is better". More modern tools are made down to a price (apart from those brands that can charge the price for maintaining quality) because so many ...

Or keep your eyes out for something s/h? @tv101 Do you know of any particular drills worth looking out for s/h? Would like to get hold of a bigger/better one for when I get more workshop space, somet...

Tele - that makes it easier @Tej! How many screw holes fix the bridge to the body? Some are 3, some 5, some 6. I'd get the neck fixed in place, then draw lines from the outside edges of the neck over...

Might be the bridge out of position, or might be the neck pocket not cut correctly? @tv101 It’s a Tele copy, pretty sure it’s the bridge as it’s not parallel with the neck pickup which is parallel wi...

By the way, is anyone else able to use the edit function for their posts, it doesn’t seem to work for me? @Tej - don't mention the Edit non-function ... 🤐 If it's a kit guitar, then I'm guess...

@rocknroller921 this was partly why I was asking as it’d be home made it wouldn’t have any flutes unless I cut them in. I’ve tried a similar thing in the past where I’ve had to re-drill a filled hole ...

@tej Dowels should be a tight fit, but they need flutes or grooves along the side or the glue will not be able to squeeze out and it will form a vacuum

Is there any need to glue towels in or just make them tight fitting for this kind of thing? Glue them in @tej 👍

I'd use glue @tej. Then you'll know it will be strong enough and won't shift. 🙂🎸🎶🙏