@russ I work in my garage and don’t have any heating. Sometimes I plug in a dehumidifier to clear the damp.

Posted by: @rocknroller912 @russ Your work space is looking good but you have picked the hardest time of year to start. Your right @rocknroller912. Timing hasn't been kind. I'm hoping for some nice ...

@russ Your work space is looking good but you have picked the hardest time of year to start.

Posted by: @russ My first build will be Mark's Bandsman design following his course step by step @russ you won’t be disappointed, I think as well if you’re using the kit from Mark you’ll avoid some ...

Posted by: @tej @russ one other thing please make sure there is ventilation in the shed so you don’t get trouble with damp and mould? I'm glad you've mentioned that @tej. I've been reading all about...

Posted by: @boo @russ Wow! Big news and a big step forward. You’re getting closer Russ, it looks great. 👍 Cheers @boo. It's been a long time coming. Thanks for all the support and encouragem...

Posted by: @tej @russ Love it, are you tooled up so to speak or do you need to go shopping before you can start the build? Have you designed what you plan to make, I don’t recall seeing any plans? T...

@russ Wow! Big news and a big step forward. You’re getting closer Russ, it looks great. 👍

@russ one other thing please make sure there is ventilation in the shed so you don’t get trouble with damp and mould?

@russ Love it, are you tooled up so to speak or do you need to go shopping before you can start the build? Have you designed what you plan to make, I don’t recall seeing any plans?

Hello Peeps, It's been a long slow journey with many hurdles to get over........one of them being no space to build in. I've been on this Forum for over a year now..... still no guitar wood cut. The ...

@tej I like to make the truss rod cover from wood to match the headstock. If you're going to have a scaled down headstock shape, maybe it would look good in a contrasting wood.

Posted by: @boo They don’t always have to be symmetrical. @boo those were just the ones I’d picked up, for the wooden one I was contemplating a miniature version of the whole headstock, can’t decide...

Posted by: @tej Right, so I’ve fixed the screw and the electrics, turns out it was down to a bad earth connection where I had a glut of wires coming together. Decided to take everything out and rewir...

Right, so I’ve fixed the screw and the electrics, turns out it was down to a bad earth connection where I had a glut of wires coming together. Decided to take everything out and rewire outside the gui...

Posted by: @tej that’s a good system, annoyingly one that never occurred to me before! @tej Yeah it took me a while to figure it out. Ask me how I know. 🤣👍

@tej Also, like I said earlier, put a small amount of bees wax on the thread of each screw. Doing this lubricates and eases the action of putting the screw in, it helps take strain off the screw. If t...

@boo that’s a good system, annoyingly one that never occurred to me before!

Posted by: @tej Didn’t use power tools, just not used to hard woods and used an incompetently small pilot, clearly not the strongest of screws either mind 🙂 @tej My rule of thumb: whatever s...

Posted by: @rocknroller912 Looks like you’ve had a life time supply of bad luck all in one build @rocknroller912 I can honestly say I every mistake has been down to trying to rush something when I s...