Thanks everyone. One corner of the tuner was right on the edge - not enough to stop it working or really be seen from the front (so not worth putting in dowel and re-drilling) but it would annoy me ev...

Remember my total balls up carving a neck few weeks ago? Well "take two" turned out a bit better (though not 100%) Attachment : IMG_20210216_134852.jpg Attachment : IMG_20210216_134727.jpg ...

Has she had it long? @mattbeels She has had MS for many years. She has been very lucky, it’s been remit and relapse for a long time and she has worked constantly in our wonderful NHS Service as a sen...

I always sit and look at the amount of waste created by cutting the perfect neck blank from a big lump of timber and reflect on the fact that the prices charged by Mark and other suppliers really isn’...

The question is where you stop! A huge great big chain saw is great for cutting down trees but then you need a lorry, a forklift, a resale, a drying kiln of an acre of outdoor space etc. A planer thic...

Wow @rocknroller912 - interesting stuff! Do you make many violins?

. I have to say also that it wouldn't look correct as carved arch type instrument never have a centre strip as far as I know. Correct is in the eye of the beholder. 😉 Could you use a similar ...

Try these. They took a while to arrive but for 10 solid carbide burrs for less than a tenner its difficult to be anything other than happy. I’ve bought other cutters and drill bits from Ya Tools and a...

Do you have any experience of spraying paint that changes colour as it moves around the light eg green to bronze. I think it's called transitional paint. @rocknroller912 The nearest I’ve come to Cham...

Attachment : IMG_2127.jpeg Attachment : IMG_2133.jpeg This is my latest build. It's based on an Orchestra Model in terms of body dimensions. The top is spruce, the back and sides are syc...

Will do TV. I have just sent the drawing of the shaft over to my favourite engineering company in Sandy so I'll see what cost they come back with. I'm going to use a 750w (1HP) servo motor, designed f...

You could get bombarded with requests to do custom spray jobs now that you have shown your skills. @rocknroller912 I’m happy to do anyone custom paintwork, just shout up.

Hi Bill, I don't blame you. I think big disks are so dear because of the amount of waste form the main abrasive rolls that they are cut from, which I think come in at about 1300mm wide. Even staggerin...

What you really need next is some kind of single headed, adustable speed, servo motor driven polishing machine! If only there were such a thing! Yes one day I would love to upgrade to a guitar polish...

I don't have any exposed corners on my bench due to it being built in with shelves. So I've bolted a beam where my big engineering vice used to be, perfect for clamping to. Attachment : 20210216_1...

Awesome paint job Boo! Talk about making it shiny!! Are the flakes applied with static attraction? I'm just trying to work out how you spray a solid! @darrenking Here you go Darren, just for you. Obv...

@boo The metal flake looks really good. As well as looking good, will it have a bonus of acting as shielding too, just a thought.

Awesome paint job Boo! Talk about making it shiny!! Are the flakes applied with static attraction? I'm just trying to work out how you spray a solid! @darrenking I’ve just made a short video on how I...

Looking good are you trained as a spray painter @rocknroller912 Thanks man. Yeah I went to college to learn the basics, then worked as an apprentice paint sprayer in auto body industry before setting...

Hi Rocknroller, I have been thinking about the best way to machine this dish for you and from a cost point of view the most economical would be to make it 600mm square but for the dish machining to be...