Rather happy to have received a (bona fide) text from my GP surgery a couple of hours ago, inviting me to make a vaccination appointment. 😊 Jab #1 next Tuesday. 👍 👍 👍 ...

So, what, @Boo - are you suggesting that Carol takes *all* the blame herself? Not very gentlemanly ... hope she doesn't see this thread ...

Though, perhaps @Boo should take half the blame??? @tv101 @mattbeels #FaileyGuitars It’s not my fault. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

#faileyguitars (and @boo got the credit, wtf!) to be fair, that was more due to Carol's "speed reading" than Boo's fault 😉 Though, perhaps @Boo should take half the blame??? 😆

"But somehow, I never have the right parts for the next build." When you could have sworn you had two of something but can only find one of it ...

There was a tiny flaw in the body blank and I'd positioned the body shape on the blank so that I would remove this little blemish with the belly carve, or so I thought. The deeper I carved, the bigger...

. Gets top marks from me. Anyone who takes the time and trouble to make the back look good like that gets my vote. I *hate* using cheap bits of black plastic as cavity covers!!

I have access to a pillar drill at work but I'm on leave this week so I used a step drill bit in a hand held drill. This worked pretty well for preventing tear out and the other 5 holes are right wher...

My drill bit decided not to properly follow the brad mark Are you using a pillar drill for the holes @rockpile99, or a standard handheld? To avoid risk of recurrence, you can make a complete headstoc...

I'm going to have to send you a body or two to "practice" on though . @tv101 Thanks man. Yeah any time, send me whatever you want painting. I’m slowly coming back to painting and I’m not limiting mys...

I've also got a set of reamers on order for my dremel. @Robin - have you got a link to that? (Sorry for all the individual posts btw - I'm catching up on your thread, and posting replies as I get to ...

Simple temporary jig but effective. It will wear out eventually. Just simply make another. Just make scraps are square to start. Ingenuity 👍

I had to take off a bit more than I had intended, due to my first saw cut going a tad too deep. Rubbish @Robin - you've carved an easy-access neck joint heel there - great design improvement ...

Once the nuts, washers and especially the knobs are on, no one will ever see it. Exactly as @mattbeels and @frocesterbill have said earlier. A 1mm difference in diameter is just 0.5mm either side of...

This all seems to be taking shape really quickly - although I guess Ricky thinks it's taking forever!!

That looks great @chrisot , can you tell me how deep your body is?

They say you learn from your mistakes Every build always presents many learning opportunities - wood is not a predictable material, every piece is different! If the instrument is playable, then the ...

It looks great to me @chrisot. 🙂🙏🎸🎶

Attachment : IMG_2127.jpeg Attachment : IMG_2133.jpeg This is my latest build. It's based on an Orchestra Model in terms of body dimensions. The top is spruce, the back and sides are syc...

Just watched through the videos @Boo - thanks for taking the time to make and post those. Really interesting to see the detail of how its done, and the kit that you use. Not sure that I'll be heading...