@tv101 if only I could buy them sharp! No such luck lol

@tv101 hindsight is fantastic though isn’t it? So useful! NOT! Lol

@tv101 I do that for a lot of marking out, belly carves etc lol

@koendb love nice old hand planes, last year I started with none but by the end of the year I had over 10 lol

@tv101 diseased is best, the more the better! That’s where you get all the cool stuff.
 
Another is a burl, they look amazing! This is an elm burl with just thinned down oil based polyurethane. How insane does that look?!!
 

@russ cheers but no buddy, I couldn’t draw that. I downloaded a free template from the electric herald templates   Then printed using adobe reader, select poster mode and tick the cut lines check box, then it puts little marks…   Read more»

Nice work on the build @Clinton, I need to find out how to open the vids in youtube though, I just can’t get them to play nicely on the site for some reason.

@russ I’ve got a grany tooth plane, just need the blades lol

I use a handplane to sort the edges of the board, need one good side then work from it. Centre doesn’t have to be exact centre of the board as there’s usually room to have the fretboard off to one…   Read more»

I add it towards the end, sometimes thin the headstock and sometimes don’t, depends on the tuners and how long the posts are. Often I’ll add it and leave a slot for the nut between it and the end of…   Read more»