@rocknroller912 that was the plan!

@ rocknroller912 thanks sounds silicate to what I did with the rubber but would be good to see what results he got if you do find it. Any takers for the whether it’s ok to put stain and oils/laquer on…   Read more»

Appreciate the input, I found one can that was spot on for what I needed, for the inside of the horns I glued some EPDM rubber cut off to a chopped up broom handle which really helped even out some…   Read more»

I would suggest the fretting hammer made by Summit and sold at Tonetech

@mattbeels forgot to say, thanks for the recommendation it worked a treat 🙂

but do I think I could convince my wife a thickness sander is a good idea @bpower simply run a poll on here and show her the result of democracy. Surely she’d respect the result and support the idea 🤔…   Read more»

@koendb after a few failures in making a super accurate template without sanding I concluded it was just going to take way longer so resorted to your suggestion. It’s pretty close to perfect now. What I didn’t realise was that…   Read more»

@steveadams the way it’s come out for you does make me question whether to stain the wood at all 🤔

@steveadams sorry things have gone wrong for you. One thought that crossed my mind is that you could cut/route (can’t recall what you did in the first place) out what’s there and replace it with a pre made whole rosette, if…   Read more»