Happy birthday wide screen! 🤣 

Got a couple of bits done today, body sort of shaped, fretboard slotted, neck blank sorted and trussrod fitted. It’s a spoke wheel trussrod though so I need to sort out the heel end for access.
 

Anyway, today I stopped by a friends joinery shop, he handed me some yew wood which looked interesting  

  I took the piece on the left and trimmed it down, then I was able to fit it through…   Read more»

@russ restless idiot for punishment you say? 🤣 🤣

Well that’s that one sorted, plays nice, sounds great.
 

 
Final build vid is up on youtube if anyone wants to hear how it sounds and get a better look.
 
https://youtu.be/uN5EJDLRSGI
 
 

@robin I put mine in for crunchy stuff and take them out for chocolate, ice cream etc 🤣

@boo You could hollow it out a bit then add some sort of top. Between gym sessions of course lol

@robin should’ve got him to take them all out! I had endless grief from mine since I was 5 or so lol

Perfect to stick oak on and carve! 🤣 

Always a relief when it all lines up
 

Bunch of thin coats of thinned down oil based polyurethane with sanding between various coats then onto microcystalline wax. I use a foam pad on the drill to buff.
 

@jamesbisset if a replacement fretboard isn’t a problem then yeh, I’d go with getting it off even if it got ruined.
 
With factory fretboards I’ve managed to remove a couple but titebond seems proper tight! Lol

[quote data-userid=”14148″ data-postid=”23852″] I glued and clamped the fingerboard to the neck yesterday. This morning, after taking the clamps and caul off, I find the fingerboard has twisted off axis by about 1.5mm.  I reckon it happened like this: I…   Read more»