Well I used the superglue and masking tape method again, this time to hold the neck into the body while I routered the neck pickup cavity. Done the bridge one too aswell as a nice belly carve and a sm...

@russ hehe I've seen Mark on about it in his lives and the look on hios face at the mention of superglue and masking tape! I might get some eventually but my shed is very windy inside so not to muc...

Got sorting the neck more or less done today, fretboard radiused, neck carved including volute, headstock shaped and tuner holes drilled. Attachment : 20230311_170937.jpg Attachment : 202...

Yes, that would be great!

I would like to see how Mark drills the truss rod access in the headstock for a strat style neck please.

Neck kinda thicknessed and gluing on wings for the headstock. Maybe tomorrow I'll get the neck carved Attachment : 20230310_162737.jpg Attachment : 20230310_162721.jpg

Proper, proper skills. 👍

@darrenking I’m trying my best 😉

My experience is that a lot of the finish is in the prep, and don't worry if it looks crap along the way - the intermediate stages often look a bit dodgy but it comes good in the end.

@rocknroller912 sort of, eventually lol. Learnt a lot though and next time it'l be flawless first go! 🤣

@nsj Staining worked out ok

@koendb Good to see hand tools being used

Last week, I worked on the rosette some more. I glued parchment on the back, using fish glue and cut out the details with a punch and a scalpel knife. Attachment : 493F91F6-D082-4708-BEEE-219B7F75...

Got a good bit of the neck cut out, sorted the heel, done the neck pocket and planed the angle into the heel for the tom bridge. Attachment : 20230309_182950.jpg Attachment : 20230309_18302...

Well this turned out nice! Specs are, brazillian mahogany neck and body, neck through, warman destrpyer pickups, gotoh floyd and tuners, ebony board with aluminium tubing side dots and fret markers. F...

@nsj Looking good.

@nsj Wow, that turned out very nice with the finish on.

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@bpower That could be me...

@rocknroller912 I’ve put in some more insulation in the workshop and currently fitting surgical operation room style lighting. Once that’s done, Ill get back to working out what to do next to my lamin...