@tv101 I put mine through the planer thicknesser but obviously sanding is even smoother.
 
But yeh, lots of people use that set up on various small pieces with good success, me, think I’ll just use the no7 handplane lol

@tv101 the thing that gets me is a compound radius, they’re often 12 to 16 but there’s so little in it it seems a bit pointless. I think between a 7.5 or 9 and a 16 you’d notice it more…   Read more»

@robin a tighter radius is meant to be more comfortable for chords but if bending a string doing solos the string can choke out because you’re pushing up hill so to speak. With a flatter radius you can have the…   Read more»

@tv101 Using it or a router table your fingers are going to get reasonably close, you have to use a bit of common sense so if the wood catches your fingers don’t get pulled into the cutter. But that was…   Read more»

@tv101 I’ve got a bosch, some makita clone and a ferrex from aldi, the ferrex thing is a sweet tool. so smooth and fairly quiet. Bosch is great with the fence for doing the trussrod and for bigger jobs. Makita…   Read more»

@tv101 That looks like a cracker of a tool, if I didn’t have 3 already I’d consider it but I’m routered out my nut lol

@tv101 here’s a free les paul template, very easy to print off. Just select the body then you can check it against yours for size.   I think the carve I did on this one is only 5 or 6mm,…   Read more»

@tv101 all the bits were in bags in a box but at some point I’d taken the trem out to check alignment with the new neck and that’s when it must’ve fallen out. I pulled the pickups incase it was…   Read more»

@koendb ordered last night as soon as I knew it was lost! Still curious as to where exactly the missing one is lol

Carve through the top and let the body wood show? Could almost make it look a bit like a binding maybe.   But yeh, I was going over my early builds, it’s great. Taking the experience and what I’d learnt…   Read more»

Was reassebling this fella with it’s lovely new neck
 

 
Then I noticed this!
 

 
I know it’s in my little room somewhere but the place is a tip! FFS! 🤣 

Today I got on with the neck carve and headsatock refining and of course the volute. Followed Marks method this time, soooo much easier. I’ve always used a facet method but one that involved a fair bit of measuring and…   Read more»

Spot of radiusing this afternoon, only took 20 – 30 minutes with the lovely long beam and 80 grit.
 

@tv101 bet his cakes are awful 🤣