@swepri it’s a bit nervy but I just followed Marks vid and it came out great! Gave me a right buzz!
I’ve got a stack of ebony boards, takes a right bloody whack to get the frets seated sometimes lol

@robin definitely buddy, I don’t freak out as much now, just think of a possible solution and get on with it

Well today was different, I was doing my recessed controls but tried to be a bit clever and paid the price lol   The bit caught the wood and had a munch  

  But after a bit…   Read more»

Ooh nice, when watching Mark doing the carve he only marked about a 1/4 inch, 6mm or so so don’t need it to thick. I’d imagine walnut would be nice to carve too. Also I can say that it’s very…   Read more»

@tv101 mate used to work for carpenter oak in Scotland doing that very job, he travelled all over.

Well today was carve day, oak is really really hard!
 
Anyway I got there in the end and also did the access carve, did it on the bobbin sander and it worked lol
 

Well I used the superglue and masking tape method again, this time to hold the neck into the body while I routered the neck pickup cavity. Done the bridge one too aswell as a nice belly carve and a small…   Read more»

@russ hehe I’ve seen Mark on about it in his lives and the look on hios face at the mention of superglue and masking tape!   I might get some eventually but my shed is very windy inside so not…   Read more»

@timc Tbh I don’t see why not, you’re not needing to self tap, using it more like a bolt as it were.

And yeh, comfort carve for sure. I do it to all my bolt ons.

Got sorting the neck more or less done today, fretboard radiused, neck carved including volute, headstock shaped and tuner holes drilled.
 

@timc You can buy different length screws, personally I use the 38mm ones with the ferrules. I get mine from axesrus in the UK but I think you should find them on ebay or allparts maybe. I drill my holes,…   Read more»

Neck kinda thicknessed and gluing on wings for the headstock. Maybe tomorrow I’ll get the neck carved