@tv101  With poor state of my fingers at the moment, calling anything after them is sure to end in failure. For your carve top I would rough out the carving with a cnc but do the final finishing with hand…   Read more»

@jamesbisset  Pleased you are getting somewhere at last, however you still need a foolproof method that works for teaching beginners.Ive thought about this since we chatted last week. I would be inclined to start from the inside veneer, build up…   Read more»

@robin  Ive found that it’s hard to get moisture into wood unless you soak it totally for a while, and even then some oily woods are impervious to moisture. Wood turners use Poly Ethylene Glycol PEG to work with green…   Read more»

@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 to have…   Read more»

@poco7  Thanks I was concerned about how much the cone will drop and I’ve read there are variations in quality. Did you buy your cone in America ? I’m looking for a high action for lap steel and don’t want…   Read more»

@nsj  Staining often doesn’t always look good on the first coat. Sometimes you have to rub down and apply more. Repeat until you get an even stain. One trick is to make a solution of gelatine and warm water in…   Read more»

@poco7  Thanks for posting this. I’ve been asked to make a lap steel acoustic and am thinking of doing a conversion similar to yours, only fitting a new top to an existing body and not have the old sound hole…   Read more»

@jamesbisset  I thought one of the comments was about wrinkling cased by the bag pressing, so I thought a solid outer mold would stop this. I haven’t read any books on this it was just an idea I had. Hand…   Read more»

@jamesbisset  Ive been following your build with interest and trying to get my aging brain cells around the problem. Once you have a concave mold made for the front and back would it be possible to make a convex one…   Read more»

@tv101 
When I’ve glued veneer I dampen the non gluing side to even out the effect of moisture in the glue. Don’t know if this is usual or not but I always think out of the box.

@koendb 
I always make the radius before I cut the fret slots as I find using a plane can chip at the slots. 

@tv101 
You are correct I think. I did a new fretboard for a professional jazz player two years ago and this is what he said.

@jamesbisset 
I thought epoxy was developed for gluing wood veneer during WW2.