@tej It was a new Dremel bit straight from the packet. Likely the very soft wide grain wood.

@steveadams I have to agree with @bpower it’s hand made so there will always be things that show this especially on a first build. Regarding blemishes on the white, is it worn through or dirt which h...

Good thing this is only a practice on cheap wood as it didn’t go too well. I got some bad tear out around the outside edge and had to do a fudge with violin purfling. Definitely going to be wall art. ...

@tej If it’s got side adjustment it sounds like a plan but I’m not an electric guitar expert. If your neck is a tight fit there shouldn’t be much difference between the test fit and the final. I can s...

@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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