@tv101 Sharpening gouges depends on whether the bevel is on the inside or outside, known as in cannel or out cannel. I have some of the stones which Russ looked at and they are more used for removing ...

@kevin-turvey I think one coat of sealer should work for both as it’s thick but each piece of wood is different so instructions are not always 100% accurate. The important thing is to have a smooth m...

@tv101 Yes tap tuning. Some makers also tune the sound board after the sound box is assembled by tapping and listening to the vibrations. Then they scrape away shavings on the outside until they are ...

@tv101 People often tune the back and front to a set interval, say 5th apart, C for the back and G for the front. Some use an electronic tuner and some do it by ear. Removing wood lowers the frequenc...

Brilliant film. I was multitasking but had to stop everything else to give it my full attention. Love the headstock carving with hand tools. Also the use of egg white to seal the soundboard was intere...

@tv101 I haven’t posted progress on any builds as I’ve been busy with non guitar stuff although I have been spraying a Tele neck earlier this week and doing an oil finish on the body, which isn’t goo...

@tv101 The forum has been very quiet recently, since the live streams finished people don’t seem to be posting as much. I guess people have had to go back to work and not spend as much time guitar mak...

@norriemac You don’t need a jig to do any of the things you describe. People use them for routers which are a fairly recent thing. Mortise and tenon jigs and binding can all be cut by hand tools and h...

@kevin-turvey Yes you will waste a lot of top coat if you don’t seal first.

@tv101 Here is one you might like

@tv101 Is the photo the piece with the split ? I can’t see anything

@kevin-turvey This is a good sanding sealer that will work and is available easily on the internet at not too much cost. Danish oil does work under nitro but is a lot of hard work as a grain filler. ...

@kevin-turvey I think it will work. I’ve used sanding sealer over Danish oil, but from what you describe using oil as a filler probably isn’t necessary. From memory Liberon sanding sealer is quite th...

@kevin-turvey I should have explained better. After a few coats of oil I wet sand with oil and abrasive paper along the grain and let it dry. Then I wet sand with water making sure to keep the water ...

@norriemac It might have been badly dried causing cracks. Was the olive wood hard to glue.

Posted by: @kevin-turvey Can anybody recommend a brand of inexpensive pore or grain filler for a mahogany like wood available here in the uk? Danish Oil works well as a grain filler on Mahogany type...

@norriemac Your guitar looks good and very ambitious for a first build

@markbailey Sorry to be a wet blanket but I don’t like the new layout at all as I find the light blue text on a white background to be very difficult to read. Too stressful for me but at least the edi...

@pruch1989 This forum is for guitar makers we don’t write essays

I would use mild steel as the bridge has to be earthed or connected to ground, and I think it’s the best material for this. I’m presuming it’s an electric build, but if it’s acoustic then it doesn’t m...