@boo @darrenking Having another look at the video and maybe I’m missing something but I’ve always done polishing with the wheel running away from me as when it running towards you it tends to pull the work piece into the…   Read more»

@mattbeels
Thanks it sucks they think it’s septic arthritis. Can destroy the joint.

@tv101 Thanks I think I posted photos of some of my builds before but here’s a Strat in bubinga from about 2000 and my fiddle started at the Cambridge Violin School,

finished mostly at work. Interested that you’ve…   Read mor…

Looks like a good test run

@bonnywood
I have the LP plans and am going to make paper templates for peebee, so I can make a second set if you like. It’s a hard build I think.

@boo I wouldn’t call myself a Scot even though I’ve live here since I was at school. Still a posh cockney from West London at heart. In fact the longer I live here the less I like it. Thank goodness…   Read more»

@bonnywood Ive been building and repairing for nearly 40 years but mostly do repairs to violins and bows, with some long breaks for different reasons. I’m hoping to build a Stratocaster type, for which Mark has supplied some parts, and…   Read more»

@bonnywood
Hi have you done any builds yet

@bpower
Looks great I think any experienced builder would be happy with it.
 

@usadave
I can’t see anything wrong, which tuner is it.

@boo I had lots of different hats to wear. I did purchasing with a company credit card, sourcing parts for the workshop, occupational health & safety, writing computer scripts using commercial software, trade union rep. I even made my fiddle…   Read more»

@boo
Ive also got a clever friend who is an industrial chemist, 3 degrees I think he’s forming a band soon.

@boo  Not exactly I worked in a place where explosive hazards were present so you had to know all the stuff that was dangerous. What is liable to cause a hazard and what can set it off. Work could be…   Read more»