@wolframmalukker 😳 😳 😳 wow, uh no I’m not kin to either of those that I know of. In the BG area, I’m kin to Runners & Richards (😂 R&R 🤣). My 1st cousin ...

@nickkuk Sounds like you have everything under control, I agree with all of that. Yeah I think that when things are rough cut, it reminds me of Ceefax graphics from the 80s and 90s. 😂

It's morphed a little from the original design. Originally it was to be a 27" but then became as 28.625" 7 string. The mahogany was replaced by walnut and wenge. It's also been pretty much a hand tool...

Pre glue up, it shows the rough shape (note it's not completely aligned in the photo and there is a deliberate oversize). Attachment : IMG_1935.jpg

An update on my build.. I've now planed and glued up my 7 laminate neck, roughed out my fretboard, enough to show it as a mock up (without the black tuners which wouldn't stand up straight). The body....

Used a small router to hog out the majority to the waste, then fine cut the rest out with chisels. Glued one in and left it overnight. I’ll plane it down today and sand it flush. Attachment : IMG...

Used a straight edge and my circular saw to cut a groove for the Cherry strip. Attachment : IMG_20231116_144236_resized_20231120_103422232.jpeg Attachment : IMG_20231116_144224_resized_202...

After glueing together the the two main pieces for the top, there were a couple of places where there hadn’t been a full coming together of the two faces. I could see that over time this could become ...

@nickkuk I’ve been considering this for some time now and I thought I would wait until I knew where in the room I was going to put the bench. If I was putting it against a wall, I would put some diago...

Are you going to diagonally strut or put sides on to prevent movement?

Finished at last, well ish lol. Found a high fret I missed, I often miss just the one. Anyway sorted that, still need to lower the nut a little too. Other thing is the string height is about 3mm at th...

The neck blank is cut and squared now, and headstock angle routed. Waiting for my trussrod to be delivered so haven't routed the slot yet. I've ordered a Hosco two way trussrod, 360mm. I had intended ...

@markbailey @cazdaz thank you both for the replies and for sorting the issue, it's much appreciated. Hopefully I will be able to resubscribe in the future 🙂

Hi @nortski - am responding here just in case - I cannot find any mails or contact forms (will get the web guys to look into this) but I can see that you did pause your membership but somehow it has...

@nortski HI there - this is Carol on Marks account ;)- really sorry to hear this - we get messages most days and reply asap - today we got the notification of this message ... apologies also for FB m...

Hi @nortski Mark is @markbailey and Carol is @cazdaz. 🎸🎶🙂🙏

@nortski Use the @ symbol or hit reply on their post Problems with the form could be somehting like an adblocker, if using one try switching it off. Failing that try another browser if possible.

@russ Ideally you want the grain running top to bottom on the end on your neck blank (quarter sawn). Thanks Russ, its big enough that I can cut it either way.

@robin Hi Robin. Ideally you want the grain running top to bottom on the end on your neck blank (quarter sawn). 🙏🎶🙂🎸

I've got a nice bit of mahogany, 150mm x 100mm to cut my neck blank from. Can someone remind me what direction the grain should be. Unfortunately its too big for my bandsaw, I'll maybe have to mill it...