I'd be more than happy to design and build something like this for you guys if you want me to. Give me a couple of weeks and I'll see what I can do. What size do you you mostly buy your body blanks in...

Looks like your workpiece is secured in place - make sure you wedge it on the sides too, so it can't move in any direction. When I have used the CNC router to flatten big lumps of rough sawn timber, ...

Having seen his neck pocket solution I'm just crossing my fingers that @darrenking is going to need to thin some body blanks at some point so we can all benefit.

I did something far less scientific for thinning down my last neck blank; Masking tape & superglued two long pieces of equal height wood (and higher than my blank) to my workmate. Clamped the neck...

Pickups by "??" @Deej. Is that a new brand? Haha great spot @tv I designed it for the guys 50th (old school mate) so I left the choice to him. He chose the Iron gear rolling mills set with over wound...

Great video @deej and such a nice build Cheers @boo she comes back every now and again for a set up

That video is incredible @Deej Thanks @cheesewhisk, there’s a few builds on this site and on my YT channel..

I need to make one of those too! Gonna watch these vids tomorrow! thanks for the ideas guys 🙂

Listen to MSG, got it... @mattbeels Yeah, I’ll agree with that. 🤘😁🤘🎸

getting back on the horse as they say, because my blank needs a bit of work (I bought before I found Mark) I decided to have a go at making a surface routing jig and wanted to see if there’s anything ...

Great video @deej and such a nice build. 👍🎸

Pickups by "??" @Deej. Is that a new brand?

That video is incredible @Deej

It’s great @cheesewhisk and looks like something similar I built to do the same job.. Attachment : F506732D-4FEC-48EC-BE85-A0F08F4DE071.jpeg Attachment : DB8AE044-A7F8-4925-9E28-3687973A7...

@koendb Oh, I didn’t read Matt’s comment before I typed my comment, he used the same joke before me. That doesn’t happen very often. 🤣 @mattbeels

More like this? @koendb Yep, exactly like that, nice work. It’s really shaping up now. 👍

@tej Yeah, @darrenking is correct. You must use your judgment about which cutter to use, depending on which truss rod you use. If the truss rod is 11mm, use and 11mm cutter. If the truss rod is 6mm, u...

Hi Tej Welcome to the most friendly and helpful forum (for any topic) on the internet. Just to echo what others have said - keep it simple for your first one as it's certainly not as easy as the video...

@darrenking 🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🧃🤣

the list stated a 11mm straight cutter for routing the truss rod channel Hi Tej, welcome to the best and most supportive guitar making forum in the world! You will find everyone is completely on your...