Have you started the build yet?  When thicknessing a neck blank I always leave an extra 1mm, so if aiming for 21mm at the 1st I’ll take it down to 22mm. You can lose 1mm easily by the time you’ve…   Read more»

@brie I’ve got the wood but been sorting out car stuff and now got lurgy but I’ll be back at it soon. Cheers

@liebe not so much sacrilegious as just plain weird! 🤣

@liebe spalted is good, un spalted can be quite heavy but good for a semi hollow like a thinline tele or that

@drewbag Living for the challenge! Lol

With osmo I finish the neck first then oil, that’s what I did on the copper tele with oak board. Worked great. 

@drewbag Not magnets but I generally do about 5 or 6mm with wood covers. I just screw them down though which helps if they curve a bit. You could try gluing a veneer of wood to say 2mm aluminium. That…   Read more»