@tej Cheap screws and bolts made of soft metal are a common problem. If you’re getting into building a lot it’s worth buying bags of spare machine head screws and pick up bolts. They’re not expensive ...

@tej Are the pick ups a matched set or did you buy them separate from different brands. It might be that the impedance on both is different.

@tej Wise move, good work can’t be rushed.

@tej Dont leave it anywhere it can fall over

@tej It looks good in the photos I hope it plays well

@koendb Thats the one make sure you have the blade securely held

@koendb You have the same block plane as me with adjustable mouth which is great for avoiding tear out. A sharpening roller guide for holding the blade and getting the angle correct is essential in my...

@koendb You need good quality to start with. It’s impossible to get an edge on soft metal. Do you have any particular brand names or a collection of older ones.

@koendb You won’t be surprised if I say that Mark has a video on it

@darrenking Oops you can tell I didn’t do metalwork at school. I should know the difference though and you were correct. Learning the correct way to sharpen the blade was a game changer.

@koendb This is a photo of the scraper plane I use. It’s an expensive model as I chose an all brass construction to avoid rust problems due to not having any heating in my work area.I struggled with g...

@koendb I hope your build goes well. Planing by hand is tricky as one deep tear out can ruin a piece. I mostly use a scraper plane for thicknessing which takes longer but doesn’t tear.

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@robin That gouge looks like it was used by an Egyptian brain surgeon

@warmvalves Welcome to the forum. There have been instrument making courses in Glasgow for many years but the college names change all the time. This may be the one you are thinking of. There are als...

@robin Some factory instruments from 30 years or longer ago have this type of swirl from circular sanding or polishing that can be seen by moving around under a light. You could think of it as stage 1...

@whyte Welcome to the group. I’m a London exile living in Scotland

@jamesbissett Very true there are not many places that will allow acoustic music these days, it’s all got to be amplified or plugged in. I can’t wait for the Dumfries session in the Coach & Horses...

@cheesewhisk Acoustic Bliss seems to have been one of those guitar secrets, you know the ones that don’t exist cause we all share everything.

tv101 I remember those days of recording on cassette players. About 40 years ago, gosh was it that long ago, I played in a Bluegrass band and we recorded in a living room with a decent quality stereo...