Hi Tej, I really don't think it matters too much but I wouldn't fancy doing much surface routing with a cutter below 10mm in diameter, even for a headstock. If you are looking at the kind of surface r...

but when I was buying router bits there were specific ones for surface routing. I have a specific surfacing bit. It's a big 1/2" bugger, well suited (eg) to flattening the top of a body, taking fract...

@tej Has anyone a good idea for clamping said tube hard enough to tap the thread inside of it without distorting the tube? Drill a hole across the diameter of the tube. Drill a tube size hole in a b...

Thought I would have a practice run using the methods that Mark shows on the live streams before starting on the wood I bought from Mark & Carol. First job is making the blank flat and level and n...

@tej Setting it up on a lathe is only to get things straight an level, the motor isn’t used. If you can put the tube in one end and the thread tap in a drill chuck at the other then turn the Chuck by ...

@tej Cutting a perfect thread by hand that will be perpendicular enough to run as a spindle moulder will be hard. It’s possible to set up on a lathe and wind in by hand if you have the correct lathe a...

You could drill a hole into a rectangular piece of wood, then cut it through the length to give two pieces each with a semi circle. Use this as a clamping guide to hold the tube in a vice. With a bit ...

Hi Cheesewhisk, I live just outside of York although I'm originally from the badlands(lancashire) 😉 Yep I adore Yorkshire. I don't think I'd ever leave here. Good to know others with the same...

Thanks TV1. 😀 Your words are really encouraging and I can see your advice is really sound about following it all step by step and walking away to re-evaluate it when it goes wrong. I'm de...

The bit that slides up and down is some kind of plastic - I trimmed some of it so that it could slide up a bit more - I’ll take some pics later.

I have a cheapo Titan bandsaw from ScrewFix - added a decent blade and did a bit of surgery on the bit that adjusts the height of cut - can now do just over 90mm. Also watched a couple of YouTube vi...

Hi Tej, Thanks for the welcome and advice. It's going to be a fun journey. 😀

Has anyone a good idea for clamping said tube hard enough to tap the thread inside of it without distorting the tube? @tej Not sure but have you got a wooden dowel you can put inside so it will enabl...

Hi Guys Hankies at the ready as I hit my first problem... Hope you like Part 7 cheers Steve Attachment : PART 7.m4v

Nice save Steve!!! (Did you borrow that extraction tool from your dentist?). Nothing fundamental broken. As you say, frustrating, but all part of the "fun"!

I’ve never seen a stretch rubber inlay before

@steveadams. You did well to fix that Steve. I was surprised how easily it came out. 👍 🎸🎶🙏🙂

So, there we are for now, I’ll add more as I progress and post a full build video at the end 🙂 @tej Yep, you’re really getting it together now, looking good. It’s exciting watching people d...

Looking good @tej can't wait to see your build as it unfolds.

Hi @hursty Welcome to the guitar building world. I'm sure you're going to have fun trying. Here is a link to a deal at Yandles for the BS250 Cheers, Russ 🙏🎶🎸🙂