@liebe the problem with plunge is you can go to deep and start hitting the wood with the collet. For bits you can go with trend for reasonable but if spending a bit more I've got to say radian, they'r...

@swepri superb, thanks bud!

You've done an excellent job of those sides @robin for a first-time......or even a second, third, fourth or umpteenth time......and those are extremely impressive moulds too. 🎶🙂Ἳ...

So it turns out that bending sides isn't as difficult as I had imagined. The cut away was a wee bit tricky getting the tight bends in just the right place, but just takes patience. Attachment : 20...

The neck is cut to rough shape, so time to get on to the bit I've been putting off. Attachment : 20231123_130503.jpg

Not much time today but I did my usual upper fret access carve using a bowl and dish router bit. Attachment : 20231122_173511.jpg

Ok, couple of things. First, I'm a plonker lol. String height is actually less than 2mm at the 12th which is perfect and also when I did a demo in my vid I wasn't using a bass amp plugin, I was using ...

@nsj Very nice work as usual. I would be tempted to route a shallow recess for the bridge to sit in rather than install a different bridge. All your screw holes and alignment is already there, it’s ea...

Got the neck pocket done today, sorted most of the shaping around it and also did the neck heel Attachment : 20231121_161854.jpg Attachment : 20231121_173226.jpg Attachment : 20231...

Here's with the clamps off Attachment : IMG_1945.jpeg Still more to clean up. Next up is locating and routing the pickups.

Headstock sorted and main neck carving done, I'll sort the heel once I've done the neck pocket. Attachment : 20231118_161349.jpg Attachment : SquarePic_20231120_17180973.jpg

Nice work there @boo. 🙂🎸🙏🎶

@robin I know, I’m only kidding. I’ll probably beat the hell out of it over time. 😂 I will treat the top with several coats of poly though, to protect it from too much staining.

@boo it’s going to be encased in a glass cabinet I was very careful and looked after my bench when I built it. Now it has various patches of coloured stain, holes drilled through it and solder burn...

My truss rod arrived today, so slot routed and fillet made. My routing jig slipped by about 1mm when I clamped it, so new centreline drawn. I can visualise all my good clamps hanging in my caravan she...

@robin 😂 Brilliant! I bet your wife loves that. It must seem like everyone apart from her, to her.

@boo Hi Boo, I think it's a trait that I inherited from my dad, and I've got my daughter thinking the same way too. She sends me photos of stuff she finds washed up asking if i want it.

@swepri 😂 Nope, it’s going to be encased in a glass cabinet. Oh, just realised I need to build a glass cabinet. 😂

@robin Hahaha….. Nice one Robin, that’s really cool. I love the fact that your wife saw rubbish and you saw a bending iron. I’m exactly the same, I never want to throw out the stuff I find.

I had always imagined my biggest stumbling block would was going to be bending the sides. I've made made my bending heater this morning it consists of a hobby hot air gun and an aluminium tube. The al...