@boo Good call on the side dots, it’s usually a plastic rod so it should work. I’ve been saving ebony off cuts from violin pegs for years thinking they will be good for maple fretboard dots but don’t ...

@boo The yellow dots look good

I know Brexit sucks but I’m getting violin supplies from Germany VAT free cause the system is such a mess

Just found this on utube

@boo Ive heard of people being attached to their instruments but that’s real dedication

@irishwhiskeycoke Chris here’s a link to the videos series on acoustic making on utube. If you watch one and subscribe to the channel you will get the whole lot.

@irishwhiskeycoke No it’s nothing to do with Porsche, I don’t even drive a car. I was watching a tv gangster film one night while looking for a web handle and thought I would pick something totally op...

@irishwhiskeycoke Welcome to the forum Chris. I’m sure you will be building in no time and Mark will guide you through the process. What style are you most interested in making.

@boo I think I posted a link to a video of making oil varnish at home a while ago, not for the faint hearted and colours are limited as it’s the heating process which creates it. I’m not sure how well...

@boo I agree with you about nitro and it’s hard to source in the UK anyway.. Oil finishes which dry without UV are available for brushing but are very expensive. I think we are all learning from the w...

@clinton Great work I would leave it natural

Interesting comments about humidity. When I visited the Martin factory in 2013 they spray in 30 to 40 % humidity and 60 to 70 deg F which surprised me, however Nitro is highly explosive and that’s rig...

@stephen Welcome to the forum. I’m going to swim against the tide and say that building kits is harder than starting with blank pieces of wood and templates. Seriously though kits, particularly acoust...

Just got think link from a friend who is an industrial chemist

@boo Thanks again it’s good to get tips from someone who has done it.

@boo Thanks for the info very useful. The scaffold plank I have has bad warping across its width so I’m planning to cut it down the middle and join the outside edges together. I will need to add somet...

@ boo Thanks I found the other Barncaster builds ok. I looked at the photos first and was really impressed that you had made a skunk stripe neck, then read that you had bought it on eBay ! Is soft woo...

@boo Ive been asked to make something similar from an old scaffold plank and am not sure how to start, so I will watch yours first and see how it goes.

@russ Ive just read the sad news. She was one of my favourite writers/players who I only discovered about 10 years ago.

@jmcmi93888 I would say it’s worked very well. I started like that with no fancy tools and violin callipers which are not long enough to reach the middle, so it was a guess on thickness.