@boo It’s fair enough using Aldi sanders or similar, crack on. I use a cheap Draper random orbital sander that I bought a few years ago when I was painting my boat. I can attach my henry hoover to ...

@nsj Yes, it's oak and mahogany. The oak was a whisky barrel top, horrible to work with, I'll not be doing again. I think the sunken bridge looks not too bad, what would you suggest to make it look i...

Fast forward to now. Something went wrong when I was fitting the neck/body joint. I got a good clean joint but I must have altered the neck angle and height while I was doing it. So I've had to sink t...

Have accidentally deleted my entire "Robin's build #003" post, I thought I just resume from where I was. Maybe a short recap first. This is where it started. Attachment : 20210630_195020.jpg ...

@jamesbisset Thinking out loud here: In 3D modelling, you usually build the shape and then wrap it in a texture - often a high res tiled photo of wood or bricks or whatever. You could probably use a...

I seem to have lost my entire thread "Robin's build #003" I thought I was deleting a bit of text in a reply I was composing, but looks like I've deleted the entire thread. @markbailey , can you help, ...

What's the an advantage to having a flatter fretboard, I'm not a player, still learning?

@jamesbisset Is it the speed with which the wood is being forced that causes the stress? I really do think that you might be onto something there and worth a try. Edit, I've just read TV's concerns...

@jamesbisset And this time the lamination crumpled up like a hankie. You're certainly having challenges there. Do you think that wetting it is the problem there. I think I remember Darren using n...

@wolframmalukker The consensus may have been 10mm a few days ago, I reduced my current build to 7mm yesterday, it still looks thick enough though, thats in mahogany. I was wrong, best stick with yo...

@tv101 My thinking is that, as you cut out the body, you've cut across the fibres of the wood, so there are lots of shorter lengths rather than long, bent, lengths, so the sides need to be thicker t...

@jamesbisset Your lamination will wrap roundeverything, not just the bits you want it to. Looks like more learning curves.

@wolframmalukker @koendb tv101 was asking the same thing a few days ago[ here ]. The consensus was 10 mm thickness The consensus may have been 10mm a few days ago, I reduced my current build to 7mm ...

@koendb The headstock was originally made separately and wedged in with the neck. Since this requires quite some skill to do properly, I suspect that you already have the skills to do it "properly"...

@swepri @robinMaybe I worry too much, but is the middle part wide enough to fit the studs for the bridge/tailpiece? If a tune 'o matic bridge is used, that is. I've taken more out of the middle sin...

@tv101 When you make an electric, but hollow out some/all of the body, how thick do you need to leave the side walls to retain sufficient strength in the wood? I've left about 10mm on this one, I'l...

I think its probably best to just stick with the guitar and keep clear of these wind instruments. Attachment : FB_IMG_1674234213659.jpg

@nsj Maybe sandpaper on a brush handle Thats exactly how to do it. You just need different diameter brush handles to match the radius of the your many gouges.

@nsj That burl guitar looks amazing. @tv101hindsight is fantastic though isn't it? So useful! NOT! Lol I once told an old managing director that my ambition was to develop my foresight to be as goo...

Another great build @clinton , it looks stunning.