@tej As @russ said you can never have too many clamps. 🤣

Still need a fret hammer and fret end nippers and can’t find a shop with them both at a sensible price and also in stock! There are a few places people have suggested at various points for me to check...

I know @tej. I could spend a fortune.....if I had one. 😂🤣 🙏🙂🎶🎸

I had no idea it was such a manual process or that there were so many stages. But it did only take 2minutes ...

Has anyone had any experience of the "Rider" planes from Axminster? How do you rate them? 🤔 🎸🎶🙂🙏

I think I'll just keep buying any clamps that are on a deal @boo. You can't have too many as they say. 🤣😂 🙏🙂🎶🎸

I've noticed that Axminster quite often have a deal on clamps @boo. I'll keep my eyes peeled for some more. @russ I wish I’d bought more now but now I know these are good, I’ll get more next time the...

I've noticed that Axminster quite often have a deal on clamps @boo. I'll keep my eyes peeled for some more. 🎸🎶🙂🙏

Good use of your new half price clamps @russ Yep, I can’t fault them, I use them for everything now. Most of my old plastic clamps have broken, Aldi and Lidl. Cheap crappy clamps are definitely not a...

That fretboard is a nice piece of wood. I leave that unpainted. @tv101 Yeah, it’s a very nice piece of Ebony from Mark, I love the grain. Yep, it’s the only bit of the guitar that won’t have paint on...

Good use of your new half price clamps @boo. 👍🗜️ 🙂🎶🎸🙏

That fretboard is a nice piece of wood. I leave that unpainted.

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@tejWorkshop heaven sell 10mm float glass for the scary sharp method. I'm happy to recommend them, everything they sell seems to be quality (they've taken quite a bit of my money). But saying that, I ...

The cap is about 7-8mm thick and the bodies supplied by Mark are 44mm. My question is, would the body and cap be too thick, should I (a) try to get a thinner body or (b) should I reduce the thickness ...

and...... barring a couple of mistakes (which I think I've hidden) I have almost proved him right. You certainly proved him right, great guitar! I've made about 20 guitars and basses now, not one ...

@tej I found these diamond stones in my local diy shop a few years ago. They are ok for the price and I use them for all my chisel and plane sharpening, held in a vice, to set the micro bevel. Instead...

looks the same as the one that just arrived, interestingly the bottom looks far from flat ground too, presuming that’s not actually been a problem for you? @tej It’s been fine for me. I’ve never chec...

@tej there are quite a few plane restoration videos on youtube, basically you want the flattest surface possible and some sandpaper. I think vintagetoolshop probably flatten any planes that need it be...