@jonhodgson Thanks I’m not a electric player although I’ve re fretted a few.

@tej If you’re still thinking about making this I had another idea. A threaded mechanism could unwind depending on the direction of rotation, so following on from Robin’s idea of drilling a hole and u...

@tv101 I watched a utube video on this last year, think it might have been Texas Toast Guitars where he radiused a fretboard then put a different curve template over it. A sheet of paper wouldn’t go u...

@tv101 Thanks for filling in the blanks on black plastic, I thought there would be a longer story.

@boo Different very innovative

Professional builders aren’t offended by customers having specific requirements like no black plastic. It all adds to the challenge and it’s a great sense of achievement when you can tick all the boxe...

@mattbeels Thanks for your vote of confidence, I’ve spent some time this evening marking out the route for the truss rod channel and making sure the headstock still fits the blank. Not many mm to spar...

It’s strange his Facebook messenger account is still active sometimes

Nice tidy workshop James.

If anyone is worried about having a bad lockdown haircut don’t worry, Jackson Browne has got one.

@tej I’m getting the picture now. When people talk about hobby lathe it’s usually something quite big but just not very good quality. If there are any engineering firms near you that might be the best...

Sunday must be template making day it’s what I’m doing as well

Thought I would have a practice run using the methods that Mark shows on the live streams before starting on the wood I bought from Mark & Carol. First job is making the blank flat and level and n...

@tej Setting it up on a lathe is only to get things straight an level, the motor isn’t used. If you can put the tube in one end and the thread tap in a drill chuck at the other then turn the Chuck by ...

@tej Cutting a perfect thread by hand that will be perpendicular enough to run as a spindle moulder will be hard. It’s possible to set up on a lathe and wind in by hand if you have the correct lathe a...

@boo Cajun is from the French speaking part of Louisiana. It goes back the the American War of Independence in the 1770s when France fought with Americans I think. Some went South and some North to Qu...

You could drill a hole into a rectangular piece of wood, then cut it through the length to give two pieces each with a semi circle. Use this as a clamping guide to hold the tube in a vice. With a bit ...

@russ Cajun is a bit like Guinness either love it or hate it

I’ve never seen a stretch rubber inlay before