@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 🤣

Got a bit more done today, headstock all shaped
 

 
And a lot of the neck shape roughed out, carving the back and radiusing the board next I think
 

Meant to say too that my new file arrived, I have a couple of iwasaki, shinto etc but liked the look of the Mark Bailey special! I’ll be trying it out on the neck carve.
 

Got the pieces all planed so they line up nice

And got a lot of the excess chopped off the neck section, glued a couple of extra bits on to fit the headstoack shape, should get that all shaped…   Read more»