The bandsaw you have there looks great! That will do nicely... I use a 6 skip 3/8" blade for almost everything.

Just want to say hey and ask a question. What size of band saw blade should I use!?! I have a 14” porter cable saw. Would like to mention I work from the kitchen! lol Attachment : 91CA7E7E-9840-...

I'm the same @swepri. I just borrow other people's ideas. 🤣 🎸🎶🙏🙂

@peter-c-f Keep us posted Peter. I'm keen to have a go at this. 🙂🙏🎶🎸

@peter-c-f There is nothing wrong with slow builds. Hopefully one can avoid some mistakes if there is time to think things through before doing the steps. Good luck with the first build!

Hi All, this will be a sloooow build as I can only work on the guitar a couple of hours a week. Nevertheless here we go. After some research I decided on a Benedetto Archtop for several reasons: 1) p...

@russ I actually started this one while waiting on stuff arriving for the last one, got all the scarf joint done, trussrod in, fretboard slotted and glued on etc. I try to procrastinate but my brains ...

Your putting us procrastinators to shame @nsj. 🤣😂 🎸🙏🎶🙂

@russ Thank you! No need for more measurements or pictures, you explained the process very well. With the pictures you posted earlier it is clear how it works. The world is full of clever ideas. Why c...

Cheers @swepri The shooting board has a series of holes at even intervals along the length of the board. I think mine were set at 8cm apart and about 3cm back from the edge (it's hiding in the back of...

@russ Amazing work! Could you please explain your shooting board? I don't think I've seen one with the holes and dowels before and can't figure out how to use that feature.

......then glued it onto the inside of the back Attachment : PXL_20230202_133942215.jpg 🙏🎶🙂🎸

Attachment : PXL_20230202_112347273.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230202_115436639.jpg I used an off cut from the soundboard to make the centre strip for the back 🎸🙂🎶Ƕ...

Attachment : PXL_20221222_095417182.jpg Attachment : PXL_20221222_095111426.jpg Then I cut out the shape of the back 🙏🎶🙂🎸

Then I plane on the radius of 20 foot using the shooting board. Attachment : PXL_20221222_111323781.jpg Attachment : PXL_20221222_111206068.jpg 🎸🙂🎶🙏

Attachment : PXL_20221221_132129470.jpg Planing down the back braces flat and square. They are all 7mm thick and will eventually be 14mm high but I'm leaving them 20mm high for now. 🙏
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Attachment : PXL_20221007_142852305.jpg Attachment : PXL_20221007_083132331.jpg .....then planing and scraping down to 2.8mm thickness. 🎸🙂🎶🙏

Attachment : PXL_20220929_152744833.jpg Joining the back. I'm using cherry for this one. 🙏🎶🙂🎸

Cheers @clinton. 🎸🙂🎶🙏

Building my own version of a strat this time, 3 single coils, 5 way blade etc. So far I've been working on the neck, today I got the fret markers done. Next will either be frets in or carve, haven't d...