Conclusion? I can’t afford the time or the wood to do a full set of controlled experiments. There are too many variables: Mould depth The curve of the carve Thickness of veneers Number of layers Vari...

@jamesbisset And this time the lamination crumpled up like a hankie. You're certainly having challenges there. Do you think that wetting it is the problem there. I think I remember Darren using n...

And so I returned with a new mould made with 6 layers of 2mm MDF rather than 5 layers of 3mm MDF - so approx 12mm deep rather than 15mm. We were running out of fancy veneer we could risk on tests. So...

👍 I'd not noticed the tape.

It was. One of the few occasions one is happy to have lost something.

Nice mini router table. Not so sure that I like the proximity of fingers to cutter though 😲 😲

Was the trial cap, or the veneers, moistened at all or perfectly dry? Just wondering whether a bit of moisture would make any difference?

Don't blame you @jamesbisset.

Both pressings were aborted. I now had two slightly bent veneers with cracks. To continue the testing, we took the two cracked veneers and put a leaf of cross-grain poplar in between. Then we glued th...

We tried another piece of joined veneer, this time using the back mould. It happened again. Attachment : IMG_8873.JPG On the plus side, look how closely the veneer has followed the mould. Even ...

Moulds made. Veneers book-matched and joined. it’s time to get sooking no blawing. But first, a test press.As I’ve only got enough veneer for the actual build, Mr Bailey volunteered a piece of book ma...

”lost” @marcel??? That wasn’t the interpretation I’d made of your post! though that’s explain why you’re a virtual Marcel! Assuming it was a deliberate loss - congratulations!!

Have you put the pick-up holes in the back???

🙁 @robin

@tv101 My thinking is that, as you cut out the body, you've cut across the fibres of the wood, so there are lots of shorter lengths rather than long, bent, lengths, so the sides need to be thicker t...

@tv101 I've got a bosch, some makita clone and a ferrex from aldi, the ferrex thing is a sweet tool. so smooth and fairly quiet. Bosch is great with the fence for doing the trussrod and for bigger job...

@wolframmalukker The consensus may have been 10mm a few days ago, I reduced my current build to 7mm yesterday, it still looks thick enough though, thats in mahogany. I was wrong, best stick with yo...

@tv101 That looks like a cracker of a tool, if I didn't have 3 already I'd consider it but I'm routered out my nut lol

For anyone wanting a(nother) router, Rutlands have, today-only, got a 1/4” router on a deal at half price - £49.99 My trusty old 1/4” router dates from B&Q in the 1980s, so I’ve just splashed out.

@tv101 all the bits were in bags in a box but at some point I'd taken the trem out to check alignment with the new neck and that's when it must've fallen out. I pulled the pickups incase it was stuck ...