@boo
Stunning paint job it’s as good as anything I’ve seen from a factory. You commented that you’re not fitting the scratch plate, so just a thought would a faux painted scratch plate in a contrasting colour look good.

@mattbeels Getting volume from an acoustic arch top is tricky it’s all in the arching and tone bars, as Marks says it’s a totally different construction method to flat tops. I like gypsy jazz but not experimental 60s 70s it doesn’t…   Read more»

Chrome is prohibitively expensive and I think engraving would have to be quite deep to show through three layers of plating – copper, nickel, chrome

tv101
Thanks I’ve added the site to my favourites list. Also have to say this forum is the most useful thing I’ve ever found in, 39 years,  apart from practical courses.

Louis Think we would need a photo to be able to comment, but filling in the holes with dowel to get a new centre and drilling again bigger is a plan. Mark did a tube live recently on finding the…   Read more»

@boo 
Getting there I did some touch up varnishing last night it’s a complicated job trying to blend in something that’s old and battered

After thought – Mark’s design course would be great for adapting a design to give wider string spacing.

@peebee Thanks for posting the link. Second arch top is on my list of jobs (the list of 1000 jobs). My first effort was a practice using wood from the local wood yard so planning to use some very old…   Read more»

@darrenking I’m with you on this one. The persuit of perfection is very limiting and can absolutely paralyse builders. I’ve heard of people who are so frightened of making a mistake that they won’t build anything. One year I was…   Read more»

@boo 
Ive still got lots of clearing to do, some more wall hanging space to create to clear the floor and a small stand for the bandsaw that I was gifted. Just need to get full hand use after the op.