@seth Looking good. Working on the dining room table, excellent.

so im making two at the same time @seth I'm looking forward to seeing photos of your first build, I don't think I could cope with two at the same time. Iv'e got my body partly made, its a semi hollo...

@tv1010101 Most of my mistakes involve the router. I haven't made a headstock template yet, just a paper pattern, I'm thinking about using my new found chisel skills to shape the headstock rather than...

@tv1010101 Another mishap with the router today and split an edge of the heel. I wedged the split open and doused it with superglue. I think most of the split will be cut off later anyway. Attachm...

Hi Seth I'm also on my first build and following Mark's course, looks like I'm at much the same stage as you. I'm doing a mahogany set neck for my first build. Attachment : 20200924_153003.jpg

Have you got a jigsaw? @johnnierox-boo I do have a jigsaw but iv'e bought the wrong type of blades (I hadn't realised there were different types of shank). So Iv'e only got one blade, and I think i...

I'm never quite sure what day of the week it is, I'm going to be lost without my Wednesday and Saturday reminders.

It sounds quite idyllic where you are with all the wildlife, I’m quite envious @johnnierox-boo Iv'e got all the wildlife but iv'e not got access to a bandsaw here. I not sure yet how I'm going cut t...

@tv1010101 There's no shortage of wildlife here. We see the eagles regularly, not so many buzzards as there used to be, I think the eagĺes have chased them off. There are red dear that stroll through...

I didn’t know we could upload video content on here. @johnnierox-boo I didn't know we could either, but thought I'd give it a try. Can you view it okay, if try to play it on here it's very stop/sta...

That's my truss rod slit routing jig tried and tested, no more wiggley slots now. Attachment : 20200923_122420.mp4

That's a very blue sky for Scotland ... Photoshop??? @tv1010101 No, not photoshopped, the sun does shine sometimes. There was also a golden eagle high up above us 5 minutes ago, but I would have bl...

How big should your workshop be? Just a little bigger @tv1010101 I'm a bit limited to what I can have on the caravan site, iv'e got two 8'x6' huts, one has a washing machine and clean stuff and ...

All those jigs take up a lot of room though! My rainy days working space is getting smaller and smaller.

Didn't get a lot done today due to the horizontal rain. But I did manage to knock up a headstock angle jig. Attachment : 20200922_184002.jpg I also repaired my truss rod slot ready for routing...

I think the risk with a loose truss rod is the “truss rod rattle” effect. I thought that would be the case, the little quality inspector sitting on my shoulder wouldn't let me just hide it under the ...

The truss rod slot didn't go well. I had a practice on a bit of scrap and although my router edge guide is a bit shoogley, it turned out ok. Not so good on the actual neck, the slot got a bit wide in ...

I got a bigger see through base made for my router now from 6mm makralon. Also glued two cheeks on to the neck to make it wide enough for the headstock. This turned out not to be a good idea as I now...

I've got a 6 foot long strip of 12V LEDs pinned to the underside of a shelf above my workbench. Also an old angle poise lamp attached to the same shelf that I can pull down closer to the bench.

Iv'e got started on the neck at last. Attachment : 20200919_155816.jpg I drilled and screwed the base plate my power saw to the underside of my ancient black & decker workmate. So now I'v...