@robin My town has a whisky distillery also opened a few years ago and it does tours. Cafe as well.

@bpower The Bailey workshop is located in a good area on the west coast and not too far from Glasgow airport so it’s a good place to start from, just don’t go in July or August the west is full of mid...

@bpower Its cold wet and miserable most of the year but probably still warmer than Canada

@koendb Carved solid top is actually easier than an acoustic flat top because there’s no radius dish or thickness sanding involved. The gluing surface between the front/back and ribs is flat, which ca...

@boo Looks like a guitar makers convention somewhere in Scotland, hopefully not too far in the future. My local pub does real ale and has a micro brewery in the cellar.

@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 ...

@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 stripper by...

@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...

@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 ...

@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 transf...

@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 before you posted it, must be telepathy

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

@frocesterbill Welcome back I was wondering if you had fallen off the planet

@tyreman Whats your first build going to be

@robin I bought one during the summer to replace an old worn bit that I’ve had for years. I used it for the body on my practice electric build. It was good enough for the job, Tungsten Carbide is hard...

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