@clinton Your arch top looks good, did you build it from plans.

@boo Just had another thought, could you ask local shops if they are throwing any packaging out. I'm sure loads get chucked every week.

@boo Could you use something like a large vacuum bag in reverse, blow it up with air with lots of wrapping inside. Medics use things like that as splints so it might work if you find one big enough. A...

@robin Your acoustic looks like a jumbo style, what make is it.

@james-chacewatergmail-com-2 Arch tops take a long time, it's more like carving a violin than other styles of guitar making. No running the parts through a drum sander to thickness the front and back....

@james-chacewatergmail-com-2 I used a set of plans from Stew Mac in 1985 I think for the arch top, and wood from a local wood yard. It's got quite a treble sound and not much bass. I probably need to ...

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@e-den-hertog I think there will be plenty of pubs for sale going very cheap

@robin Yes I do like to stir the pot

Great idea, radio 5 live had a virtual pub with Colin Murray during lockdown and it was a good laugh. I listened to it a lot when I was working late and the weather was warmer. Not doing late night sh...

A blast from the past, great acoustic one from America

@james-chacewatergmail-com-2 Some people are not comfortable in front of a camera and how would she manage to get a word in anyway

@darrenking Thanks for this info, I didn't know it could be used to soften veneer but I would agree it's easier to find ready to use stock. I was only suggesting to James that it might be a way of usi...

@jamesbisset An alternative to years of air drying for a solid body could be polyethylene glycol or PEG. It's used by wood turners to work with green wood. Make up 30% or 50% solution with water and s...

@osceola welcome to the group hope you find it useful

@jamesbisset Ive tried local horse chestnut for wood turning after it had been split for five years and dried. It wasn't good to work with having a wide grain. Ive kept some small bits to see if it im...

When I got double glazed windows and doors a few years ago I saved the mahogany door steps and pine frames. All good quality close grained imported timber with a solid tap tone. During the summer I bo...

@darrenking Brilliant idea, containers can be used for anything if you can cut through the wall to put in services and find a big enough place to site one.

@boo Yes I think you would be. One of my music friends went to Holland in January and hasn't made it back yet