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 ...

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@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. 👍

Yes there were a few hairy moments. In fact on one of the cuts the router took a bite and exploded a chunk up near the toggle switch. I had to take a scary sharp chisel and pare the blow out back to a...

@scotty Wow that’s a tremendous amount of work but very worthwhile for the effect. I’ve seen something similar done on a smaller scale using pencils/coloured crayons. I can imagine that the prospect o...

Thanks very much, and of course I can. The best way would be with a table saw but at the time I started this I didn't have access to one so I used a mitre saw. I started with 12mm plywood at around 3...