Why are people even bothering with the fillet? It's not necessary with a modern truss rod. @jonhodgson There is something very neat and elegant about putting the fillet in and it does save excess gl...

Incidentally, vintagetoolshop.com currently has a 10% off sale and a variety of block planes in stock. If you're not sure if it will be suitable, just ask them, if the staff doesn't know their boss wi...

Why are people even bothering with the fillet? It's not necessary with a modern truss rod.

What's your thoughts on the best post size on these Machine Heads for a Strat style headstock? @russ I like to use the staggered ones.

@tej Thats what I did, a fill in strip to raise the depth where I was making it deeper for the adjusting nut. Necks are laminated anyway so it should be ok. I also had bad side tear out so cut a patch...

It’s not as hard as you might think. @rocknroller that’s the daft thing, my test run on scrap was great! Indeed I know I can fix it, there was a strip of mahogany included with the blank which is spo...

No surcharge with these guys, but there is a £12 minimum order @jonhodgson That’s great, thanks for the link, I’ve ordered from them. I made up the order with a few different colours to get it to the...

Another great one from back in the day. Louis

Recently, I've been listening to this (again)... One Tree Hill

@tej Dont worry, my test run on an old neck blank of not very good quality was so bad I’m not even going to share it. I went too deep in one spot also but hand fitted a patch or two, using an off cut ...

Do you think there is any reason why this material couldn’t be used to make fret marker dots? @boo I don’t see why not, should look good. With regard to size look at how wide your fret wire is and w...

@boo that's a bit cheeky! No surcharge with these guys, but there is a £12 minimum order

These guys have 6mm, which is about normal for a dot @jonhodgson Ah yeah but look what happens when you put a couple of 6mm rods at 600mm in length into your basket and try and purchase them. Thanks ...

@boo These guys have 6mm, which is about normal for a dot

Been enjoying this today

@russ I know but they’re all just down to carelessness, never worked on wood that mattered before so a little frustrated at myself, as you say though it’s all learning. Going to fix things in the morn...

So today led to a few issues, all of them user error, none of which I made on the test run! 1. Didn’t tighten the depth stop and noticed too late so one end of the truss rod slot has a deep hole in it...

What size are you after @boo? It looks like they have everything available unless I missed something... @mattbeels Erm, I was thinking 9.5mm is a bit big for fretboard dots or is it acceptable? Not s...

What size are you after @boo? It looks like they have everything available unless I missed something...

@boo I went with a Stanley one, very much sounds like a huge drop in quality. A lot of reviews stating how much better their old ones from grandad are etc.