@tej What type of bridge do you have. If it has some intonation adjustment that should take care of any small changes after the neck is glued.

@tej Thanks for asking, I’m still working on it. I had a router malfunction of course possibly due partly to operator error but partly not. I found that the centre pin on my Dremel circle cutter was ...

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@jonhodgson I think Bailey would be a good place to get a quote from. Mark has the best finish on any guitars I’ve seen and probably the longest lasting due to it being oil based.

@tej Martin guitars do all the neck and body finishing separately before fitting the two together, which is the only hand crafted process in the factory. It includes stain, lacquer and polishing. The...

@steveadams I know this is stating the obvious but no one has said it yet. The difficulty you will have fitting another inlay if you can’t get a clean channel is that the centre has been removed so us...

@tej I found a good tip from a Canadian guitar maker on utube a while ago. He wraps abrasive paper round something soft like a sponge which preserves the original shape. I tried it and it works very w...

@steveadams I made an inlay from walnut and found it was tricky so good luck with it

@steveadams I feel your pain. I’m trying sound hole inlays with a dremel after years of using hand cutters and am not having success either.

An easy way would be to trace round the template you have using a pencil inside a metal washer. Obviously the distance from the washer edge to centre determines how much bigger the new one will be. In...

@tej Will give that a try this afternoon and let you know if it works

@tej I wouldn’t worry about 0.5mm as long as all 6 strings line up with the pick up pole pieces. To make a thin shim start with a bit longer than you need and clamp it down. Mark the size you need and...

@bpower kits are great but it’s satisfying to do basics the hard way too

First attempt at making a sound hole ring cut from a flat sheet salvaged from the off cuts of acoustic sides and joined together. After it was scraped down I decided that it needed purfling either sid...

@tej Its always difficult making a one off design because a lot of time is spent refining the process then it’s never used again.

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@koendb Yes it’s hard to find a balance that feels good and a neck that’s too thin can be hard to play I find, as well as being unstable.

@tej I get your idea now. I usually align the neck with a straight edge along each side of the neck and make a pencil mark on the body from the outside of the straight edge. Then I measure the distanc...

@tej That sounds interesting but I cant imagine what it would look like. Have you got a plan.

@robin Good finish, Danish Oil is my favourite and good point about the cloths. I know a violin maker who burned his workshop down by throwing wet cloths in a bin full of wood shavings