Confession time - I clicked the like button before I even pressed play because I knew I was going to like it. Settled down with a can of Guinness and my favourite snack oatcakes and white Stilton. I w...

@boo @darrenking Having another look at the video and maybe I’m missing something but I’ve always done polishing with the wheel running away from me as when it running towards you it tends to pull the...

@mattbeels Thanks it sucks they think it’s septic arthritis. Can destroy the joint.

@tv101 Thanks I think I posted photos of some of my builds before but here’s a Strat in bubinga from about 2000 and my fiddle started at the Cambridge Violin School, Attachment : D1495C00-4ECA-494...

Looks like a good test run

@bonnywood I have the LP plans and am going to make paper templates for peebee, so I can make a second set if you like. It’s a hard build I think.

@boo I wouldn’t call myself a Scot even though I’ve live here since I was at school. Still a posh cockney from West London at heart. In fact the longer I live here the less I like it. Thank goodness I...

@bonnywood Ive been building and repairing for nearly 40 years but mostly do repairs to violins and bows, with some long breaks for different reasons. I’m hoping to build a Stratocaster type, for whic...

@bonnywood Hi have you done any builds yet

@bpower Looks great I think any experienced builder would be happy with it.

@usadave I can’t see anything wrong, which tuner is it.

@boo I had lots of different hats to wear. I did purchasing with a company credit card, sourcing parts for the workshop, occupational health & safety, writing computer scripts using commercial sof...

@boo Ive also got a clever friend who is an industrial chemist, 3 degrees I think he’s forming a band soon.

@boo Not exactly I worked in a place where explosive hazards were present so you had to know all the stuff that was dangerous. What is liable to cause a hazard and what can set it off. Work could be ...

@boo Thanks for letting me off the hook much appreciated. My 10.2 iPad has limited functions for stuff like that I think, only had it 4 weeks. I can’t use a desk top pc with keyboard any more due to m...

Access Data Base - oh dear I can feel myself getting dragged back into the world of work. I just want to make shavings and sawdust.

@boo Nitro is used in incendiary rounds .50 calibre sniper or machine gun belts. It sets off the other stuff and I think it’s ignited with just a spark. Nitro is a mix of different chemicals, then you...

@jonhodgson Exploding balls, the mind boggles.

Nitro cellulose is particularly dangerous when sprayed or even just in storage. It’s used as a primary initiator in military ammunition and flashes above 65 deg F.

@darrenking I love the idea of UV cure lacquers for guitars UV is a good system for curing oil varnish. I have a small cabinet for violins which uses a small, 4 watt uv tube and the instrument rev...