@russ I just happen to be next to it at the moment so here’s what it’s like. You can see how clean the holes drill for dots. Attachment : CF3498A8-2A0F-4EFA-9BB5-BC6F43F11765.jpeg Attachme...

@tej You could still rescue your pliers if you have a good blow lamp by using the above process. Good practice. Watch Mark’s video.

@russ Ive got a fingerboard included in a Martin D28 kit I’m half way through building it looks ok and not as liable to split as Ebony.

@jonhodgson @rocknroller912 Thanks guys, appreciate the guidance, clearly need to take more care next time I do similar 🙂 It didn’t help only having access to a mini grinder as trying to get t...

@tej Jon is correct. Heating metal goes though colours - blue, yellow, red then white. Hardening is done by heating to cherry red then quenching in oil as Mark demonstrated on the live stream making a...

@tej sounds to me like you let the metal get too hot. Unless you're grinding HSS tools you need to make sure things don't get hot, if it changes colour then you've compromised the hardening.

@rocknroller912 so immediately the difference between the home ground ones I made and those is the metal on mine took on a sort of rainbow colouration, clearly not present on yours suggesting I did “s...

@tej These are my fret pullers that I mentioned earlier. Attachment : 519D7DD6-8277-472A-97B1-0732ECC96C09.jpeg

You’re probably not getting into the business of refrets so you don’t need an expensive pair. @mattbeels I only need them for regretting 1 guitar but I love the neck on it and really don’t want to wr...

@mattbeels 😴 😜

There's also a calculator on the stewmac site. Fanned frets are where things get fun, and rather harder to build a jig for. GMC have a number of fixed ones (basically a bent over sheet of metal with t...

Ahhh @koendb... I didn’t look at the photos close enough. It was before I fell asleep so I wasn’t paying enough attention 😆

The only I’m confident with is the nut files one of you kind people suggested already, a set of 3 double edge ones from Hosco That was me @tej 😉 I would suggest the fretting hammer made by Su...

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what’s your plan with the ferrules then, settled on that yet? Not sure what your plan was with the filler but wanted to let you know I’d tried to use filler in the past and if you try to drill near ou...

not sure in duty from Europe now @tej, yeah thats why I prefer mainland Europe companies lately. I do buy from UK/US based luthier shops on occasion, but only if I can't find it here. Nothing to do w...

@russ speed isn’t really an issue here as there’s a lot to do before I need something I don’t have! Waiting on a new truss rod, at the moment anyway before I get started.

Then when routing, you have to work away quite a bit more material, so I take my time and use several passes before my routerbitss' bearing touches the template. Only then I go a few mm deeper and rep...

@koendb thanks, I’ll check them out, not sure in duty from Europe now either so might leave me in the same position as stew Mac where the prices are great until they’re taxed to death!!

@jonhodgson I’ve a few tools from Crimson and have to agree they’re beautifully made. It’s trying to balance value vs quality, if I had the money I’d get everything from them 🙂