I had forgotten about this project and remembered it at the weekend. Mixing graphite powder sourced from Amazon with a lacquer works well but it does need to be mixed and applied thickly with a few co...

One for a Monday with the usual utube adverts

@darrenking Ply patches work ok for this type of cavity repair as long as they are good enough quality to stand up to being routed with home equipment. Sometimes the cross grain causes tear out, remem...

@robin I only filled in the tremolo cavity to fit a different bridge style which covered the repair, didn’t touch the pick up cavities.

@darrenking CNC machined blocks and templates would be a tremendous time saving for repair jobs. It would also take away a lot of stress for builders knowing there is an easy fix for mistakes. Hand ma...

@tv101 Yes risk assessments are very familiar territory for me. At work we had workshops with vehicle maintenance, wood machining/assembly and metal work/welding. I did all the risk and related assess...

@steveadams Don’t forget the COSHH, Manual Handling and Power Tool Vibration Assessments (calculator for the last one is at www.hse.gov.uk). ps don’t use a dust extractor, it will need a fire risk ass...

@boo I’ve done a similar type of job where the owner wanted to remove the tremolo bridge and fit a fixed one. I did it by creating a template to fit the tremolo cavity using thick Perspex and then use...

Rubbing the two surfaces together after the glue has been applied but before clamping helps to mate the surfaces together and prevent slipping after clamping. It’s known as a rubbed joint as opposed t...

@tv101 At least you should finish a build with all you fingers intact, you will just have sore hands from all the computer button pressing same as me.

@boo You should change your name to Sandy

@steveadams The crew you’re describing to manage the dust extractor sounds like a BBC production team, and you didn’t even mention the Health & Safety experts.

@tv101 I can understand your dislike of banjos they can be really annoying and that’s why I got one, pay back time for players who don’t like fiddle playing. They like banjos even less and they are lo...

@jamesbisset Yes it’s always Thursdays decided by the pub I think. They have other live stuff Fri, Sat, Sun evenings and afternoons and don’t open Mon.

When live music starts again there is a pub session in the Coach & Horses Dumfries on the last Thursday of every month if anyone is passing through the area. It’s all acoustic no mics and everyone...

Had not heard of Acoustic Bliss before and have added it to my watch list. The Twa Dugs didn’t exist when I lived in Ayr so I checked Mr Google. Looks like it’s Burns Statue Square near the A&G. O...

@steveadams The templates hanging on the wall make it look like a real guitar makers workshop, if you didn’t do sound no one would know the difference.

@tv101 When banjo players walk into an Irish music session al the eyes start to roll especially if it has a resonator

Yes I think you do need to do that so that the ends can be banged in first then the middle. I was watching Mark’s video again the other day and the ends definitely went in first, so the fret radius ha...

@darrenking You have my email address so let’s start spoofing, if you have any ideas let me know. I’ve got one forming.