Got the neck heal sorted today. Attachment : CB0870F6-05B7-41D4-8D1D-292902D5000F.jpeg Attachment : B284BEC6-276E-40D3-A957-3D130B1C43BC.jpeg Attachment : D9BBB8EE-A829-49F8-95B8-03...

@mattbeels Nice jig Matt. 😁✌️

I know the action is a bit too high right now but I’ve got about 12mm or so to take off the bottom of the neck heal to bring it down to the correct depth yet. I’ll put a slight (1 degree) angle on it ...

Is this the first guitar to be built with this neck pocket jig @russ Yep, first time used in anger Russ. It’s rather good, I’m really impressed @darrenking.

Test fit the neck. Perfect fit. 🤘😁🤘🎸 Attachment : E7713D8A-92FE-49AD-A918-8B2AA89BCB05.jpeg Attachment : 69501074-C9EB-40EF-ADAE-E20C66D69295.jpeg Atta...

Here we go, the first proper use of the No-more-sloppy-neck-pocket-o-matic It’s marvellous. Attachment : BDBFD3A8-004E-418F-8F73-8BEBBB9992BA.jpeg Attachment : FEA7F5AF-BE3C-42D1-AFBA-9E0...

Haha @jonhodgson, here’s a rather non sexy photo of mine... not like @boo... his photo so sexy, me so jealous! Attachment : image.jpeg

No-More-Sloppy-Neck-Pocket-O-Matic I think that should be the official name laser etched on the jig

Mark's knowledge is invaluable to us. Couldn’t agree more @russ. For anyone who’s interested there is a lesson in the Acoustic course on laminating headstocks.

@russ so I mentioned to Mark about this and I need keep the headstock “core” over 13mm which makes sense, I think I might just surface route .5 to .8 mm off each side and then route the veneer down so...

Good job @boo, putting that No-More-Sloppy-Neck-Pocket-O-Matic to the test! 😉

After I’ve applied the veneers and got the edges level with the headstock is there any reason not to surface route the laminate? Ones I ordered are 2mm think and really only wanted 1mm.

Great band, doing a great track, greatly.

@jonhodgson Yeah I watched that video recently too, very cool idea, I’ll be making one. 👍

Time for some bodywork. I used this jig to take a measurement from the neck, I can now transfer it to the body. Attachment : 8C641821-841A-4589-A5EA-62157492603B.jpeg Attachment : C7F0DFB2...

Just hanging around. Fretboard unclamped. Attachment : 98F9900A-A6EC-4BF3-BBE5-9AC16EA0192D.jpeg

@tej It's neat isn't it? That guy builds a lot of very cool things, including most of his workshop, and always to a really high level of precision.

@jonhodgson that looks fun, I think if I used a lot of dowel pins it’d be worth knocking together. Certainly quicker thank my little lathe!

So the dowel cutters I have are utterly useless @tej, I saw this video just recently.

@russ, I noticed the relative price thing too. He said the Rider No 4 was about 100 quid, it's now 75. I think Axminster may have dropped their prices because they couldn't compete on quality.Personal...