@tv101 Just so you know, I really tried stalling for your lawn mowing. I actually screw down the ends of the chunk of wood on scrap and I screw side walls for the router base when I surface route the ...

Attachment : 20201018_021209.jpg Attachment : 20201018_021227.jpg Will never use 'Safety Planer' again! Relatively slow speed of Pillar drill caused cutter to grab the neck (thicknessing he...

Sorry I had to leave the live stream early today but have just caught up now. Another very good session. What a resourceful machine a router is. Thank you again Mark&Carol. Great Team. 🎸&#...

Yep! This has sparked something in me, I’m gonna try it soon. I love these sessions. 🤘

Never even considered making veneers. Another great idea I’ll have to try.

@tv101 Ridiculously, I'd never thought of making veneers with the router I had thought of it, but you talked me out of it. The postman came empty handed today, he'll be back again on Monday.

Ridiculously, I'd never thought of making veneers with the router! And given that I do most things with the router, that's - err - ridiculous ...

Good session today, very clunky and entertaining, just how we like it. Thanks to you both Mark and Carol.

If you don't have a sander thicknesser like me there are other ways to make a veneer to stick on your headstock and make it look beautiful! Usual Q and A and some well deserved shout outs today...

@jmcmi93888 TOP JOB! Looks really great John - glad to help - and thanks for the pics! I found that only a spray of water was enough Yes - especially with highly figured wood like flamed sycamore - ...

A few more pics of the archtop build for your entertainment. The side bending went well but very slowly round my exhaust pipe bending tube. Thanks for the tip of thinning the maple for the tighter ben...

Thanks Mark. Any chance of you getting my sides thicknesses so I can move along. Pleeease.

That is beautiful John! Inside and out 🙂

Progress on the archtop. After weeks of planning and scraping and sanding then repeating all the above, the back is now carved with only the refining of the thickness from centre to edges to do. Hopef...

Wow John that is looking pretty cool - unusual method but I have come to expect nothing less from you !! ?

Update on progress. I'm following the Benedetto book and have scaled down his design from 17" to 16" for my preference. Lots of drawing of the arching profiles and cutting them out of 3mm hardboard wa...

Progressing with the Thistle Archtop. Rough shaping of the back with the plane. It's flamed maple and pretty hard wood. Having to re-sharpen the plane every ten minutes or so. Attachment : IMG_201...

@jmcmi93888 hmm....maybe you were not signed in....seems to be working now ?

Don't believe this!!!!!!!!!!! As soon as I posted my reply, the attach file thing appears!!!!!! Attachment : IMG_20190609_135235[267].jpg Hope this attempt works.

Hi Mark. Thanks for the reply. I had seen the "how to" post but still can't get the wee red paperclip thing at the bottom. All I have is a tick box with "Subscribe to this topic" beside it. Tried tick...