Yup, I imagine there would have been some interesting features in that tree. But, we’d just moved in, knew no-one in the area, and just needed the tree gone before any more bits of it fell on things ...

@tv101 diseased is best, the more the better! That's where you get all the cool stuff. Another is a burl, they look amazing! This is an elm burl with just thinned down oil based polyurethane. How i...

We had a large (diseased) Ash tree cut down a few years ago. Rather sillily, I didn’t keep any of it for guitar wood 🙁 “here’s a guitar I made, from a tree I grew!”

@tv101 I do that for a lot of marking out, belly carves etc lol

A tip for drawing curves freehand … rest your hand on the surface on the inside of the curve you want to draw, and sort-of-pivot your hand as you draw the curve. And do it in one flowing motion rathe...

@russ cheers but no buddy, I couldn't draw that. I downloaded a free template from the electric herald templates Then printed using adobe reader, select poster mode and tick the cut lines check box,...

Ok I think I have decided what I'm building next, prs body style with carve, 24 fret neck with 6 inline tuners and a gotoh floyd rose and it'll be a neck through! All Brazillian mahogany with ebony bo...

Wasn't sure where to put this but I've got some new wood to sort out. I have a friend of a friend who has one of those big horizontal bandsaw machines so he can cut it into boards. Then I'll just stac...

Ah I dont hve the circular cutter yet, but the router parts are on order, I am making my own as designed by Paul Sellers 🙂 Speed is not always needed, I can buy perfectly squared wood, but planing and...

Nice work on the build @Clinton, I need to find out how to open the vids in youtube though, I just can't get them to play nicely on the site for some reason.

@russ I've got a grany tooth plane, just need the blades lol

@russ Yeah, I shelved it but decided to go with it. The neck join is not perfect. There is a very small gap about a mil. Shimmed it but still visible. Archtops with neck break angles on the body is qu...

@tv101 Yes the CnC is so cool. I use it now to make templates. Huge time saver and super accurate especially if you have the proper router bits which I really need. Also CAD designing gets me back int...

@russ Don't get me wrong, I do use power tools too, I just think it is great to develop the skills to not be dependent on them to finish a task. Also, it is nice to be able to do some work in silence,...

May you be live long and happily - and produce many an offspring tune 😉

Attachment : IMG_5821.MOV After a year on the shelf, I kniw pronounce you body and neck.

@koendb No, only use the frame saw for cutting bookmatching tops and bottoms. Primarily for acoustics but with several kerfing plane sizes that I built I now can cut from 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 to 3/4 inch thi...

I viewed the CNC - at least the design part of the process - as being another learning exercise and opportunity to develop new skills. I viewed it as a more reliable method as the CNC has been less p...

Yup, let me know too @koendb. Though there's absolutely no chance of me ever trying anything similar!!!

@tv101 Yes it's the Bagpress fret slotting jig.. 👍👍