my fingers were f f freezing out in my garage today

@robin It was for me too in my garage today. Painting doesn’t go that well in these cold temperatures. 

And now it’s finished.

@robin Excellent! It looks great Robin, I can’t wait to see what you do with the kit. 

@robin Well done Robin. Very Good for a Practice Build. 
 
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@robin thanks plenty of mistakes but learning every time
 

@robin Walked away. My brain got tired and should have not pushed through accomplishing too much. Tomorrow is another day. What is in Blackpool? Gotta go now and see for myself. Maybe I will do a side trip when I…   Read more»

Haha! Unreal! I was inlaying fret dots markers today.  24 frets, decided to fret mark the 24th. I fret marked the end of the fretboard. Twice now this happens. I am laughing out loud in pure stupidity. @robin

How do I fix that one when it happens. @robin I think the best thing for anyone to do when a mistake is made is laugh and walk away. We have to laugh and learn. Like @markbailey has said, walk…   Read more»

We’ve just had our first snow of the winter last night, not so good for the swimming. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@robin I’ve seen some great pictures this morning of Scotland in snow. So beautiful 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Wish I was up there. 

@robin That is nothing, minor. I spaced out and inlayed wrong fret spots of fret markers after the 12th fret. I didnt even catch til days after I finished the build. Wondering why when I play up the fretboard I…   Read more»

@robin I’m sorry but momentarily forgetting the you’re not ambidextrous automatically disqualifies you!

I can’t believe that anyone else has drilled the bottom horn for the strap button. @robin 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 That really has made me chuckle Robin! I’m sorry to laugh but that has tickled me! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I’m sure I will do many…   Read mor…

It’s not for me either, I’ve never felt the need to go to Blackpool. In my younger days, it was as annual pilgrimage for a lot of my contemporaries, throwing up on bus trip never really appealed to me. @robin…   Read more»

I’ve got a Bailey kit for my next build, but I’m thinking about searching the charity furniture shops for real old solid wood for my third, once it’s safe to go out. @robin Yeah I’ve got a mate who found…   Read more»

I’m very happy with my pine body with mahogany cap, so why not? @robin Of course, I forgot about the woods you used. I’ll definitely have a go. I’m just wondering whether to plain down the sapele (@darrenking) board a…   Read more»

@robin Nice work!

@robin They are easy to find on Amazon and you’ll need M8 bolts with washers and nuts. 

I made this a while ago @robin it works well and I agree with @darrenking that so long as the radius is slightly more acute than the fretboard, you don’t need to know the an exact radius. I just used…   Read more»

I must have missed that too. I think everyone will have missed it @Robin – because I just watched the livestream again, and Mark specifically said that they’d be there every Weds/Sat in the run up to Christmas and then…   Read more»

On Mark’s video, the 1.5mm/4.5mm line that he’s drawn is the intonation line. The Wilkinson bridge cleverly aligns that for you with the posts centred on the 6mm line. This is the bit I was missing, cheers @robin My question…   Read more»

It does look stunning Tony, I’m guessing it was your first Bailey build.

Sort of @robin, but not in the way you meant.  Only one man can put this logo on a headstock ..
 
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