So now we get to the night I'm starting these posts, I went in to the hackspace thinking I would have a whole evening to myself to work on the guitar, no shop projects, no hackspace system admin, no i...

Attachment : headstock angle.webp For a couple of reasons I took a slice off the top of the neck blank, then flattened it again using the planer. When it came to routing the headstock angle Mark's...

Attachment : templates.webp So, in the Hackspace we have a large format laser cutter, so I used that to cut some templates. We also have a Denford CNC converted to LinuxCNC (guess which muggins go...

Attachment : Fretslots.webp I think you may recognize the jig. This was the first day of the London Craft Festival, and I had spent the whole day talking to people trying to convince them to join ...

So having joined the London Hackspace in the hope of using the faciities to build guitars and other cool things I somehow wound up first as a maintainer organizing the woodshop and then as a Trustee (...

Attachment : 20250611_173927[1].jpg plum mahogany stain burst

@somethingnicer I used that on an oak fretboard, seems fine but it's also super easy to re apply later if need be.

@russ I did and do, well, until it ran out lol.

Hi all, firstly, thanks to Dan for your kind words about my wife, it wasn't anything serious just a scan on a twisted knee but appreciate the sentiment so thank you. It's been a while since I posted t...

@russ You know thats the second time I've seen Osmo come up. Guess I'll check it out!

@somethingnicer looking good

@russ So I finally discovered the secret to inlays on a maple board. The secret is...... buy a CNC! Attachment : IMG_8244.jpeg

@russ many thx

working on my first maple neck and fretboard. I decided to do a separate fretboard for a couple reasons. I’m really happy with how it’s coming along so far. My inlay blocks are poured epoxy. So since ...

prs style guitar build Attachment : picture1.jpg Attachment : picture2.jpg Attachment : picture3.jpg Attachment : picture4.jpg Attachment : picture5.jpg Attachmen...

@tv101 ..replying a few years later...! I split it over two sessions a few months apart

Thank you!

Nice build🙌

@nsj Wonderful build that Neil. I’ve always loved that shape, it’s so rock! 🤘😜🤘

@clinton Wonderful work as usual. 👍