@Koen Do you mean an arch top carved from solid wood or a semi acoustic from laminates. Solid wood carving is more like a violin type of instrument which is my particular interest. If that’s what you want to do…   Read more»

@koendb
Im pretty sure that if you were travelling from Belgium to the Bailey workshop you would have to pass close to my place, so welcome to call in with some beers and discuss guitar stuff.

@steveh
Have to admit that I don’t do much power sanding these days after finding out what a mess it makes. I use mostly hand planes and scrapers. If I have to power sand I do it outside.

@boo I agree with you on that as all this stuff does the same to bike paintwork so I don’t use any of it. Washing up liquid is about the strongest thing I use. Brake fluid is a great paint…   Read more»

@boo @steveh Ive had a bike in my garage for 25 years and never found it to be a problem with woodwork. Bike gets cleaned in the driveway and only sits there, so why solve a problem that doesn’t exist….   Read more»

@steveh
Welcome to the group. I also build in my garage with a motorbike in the space and it’s not too hard, just throw a big dust sheet over the whole bike including the chain. Sawdust will stick to it badly. 

@jamesbisset
We have some common ground there. I also have a musician friend who did recording and is now struggling with Parkinsons. Recordings we did on stereo cassette 40 years ago and later transferred to digital still sound ok 

@jamesbisset
Very skilfully done I’m sure most people wouldn’t have noticed if you hadn’t owned up.

@mattbeels
Maybe it was me who was hallucinating, but to put the story in perspective it was in a newspaper so probably none of it was true.

@frocesterbill 
I was watching this on utube fore you posted it, must be telepathy 

@frocesterbill 
Southern States hmmmm might he be what is called a “good old boy”