@koendb @cheesewhisk Looks like we are all in the remedial class for routing, extra practice needed.

I think technically it was @mattbeels that first said I sucked at using a router 🤣 but who am I to argue. No one will ever see it so it's all good. I really need to get back to this, crappy ...

Sloppy router work: Check !

@cheesewhisk I think you said a while ago you suck at routing. You're not the only one. Look at my patch work of repairs to cover up sloppy router work.Fretboard will hide all thank goodness. Att...

Slow progress on the build due the gardening season, routing out the head thickness. There’s still 2 mm to remove but when the neighbours start looking out of their windows and it’s after 9pm maybe it...

@koendb That’s an interesting idea which didn’t occur to me. I’ve heard of builders ageing new instruments to look old but I’m not up to date with the current trends as I’m not an electric player. The...

It could look really cool if you can preserve that top with all the holes, scratches and dings, combine it with aged hardware. Even if it is just a practice build, you can make it look really nice &#...

Selecting wood from the scrap pile for my practice build body. It’s 35 mm thick so I should be able to plane the holes out and join two bits. It used to be as school bench. Attachment : C30F6E82-D...

Can anyone spot the mistake. A 21 and 9/10ths fretboard @rocknroller912

That’s one of my favourite tools - the little Lie Neilsen scraper plane. Once you have learnt how to sharpen it properly it can change your life!!

Planing fretboard the hard way but it’s good fun. It is of course my cheapest and nastiest bit of rosewood being a practice build. A very old piece from Touchstone Tonewoods some time in the 90s. I th...

A little late to welcome you to the forum @poco7, but better late then never eh! 😎 Enjoy the ride!

@russ Thanks, Brosky...I'm looking for a good used band saw locally, also, i'm going to have to find out how much the government[s] tariff and tax, etc is on having stuff mailed from Scotland to Orego...

Welcome @poco7. Good to have you here. Happy Building. Cheers, Russ 🙂🎸🙏🎶

@tv1 Close @poco7 ! This forum uses two names which - confusingly - can be different. For example, your username is pocoranch7. @pocoranch7 doesn’t work as a tag (you can see that in the post as t...

@tv1; thank you Brosky...[ or Sis?? ] I'm excited about this new adventure, and my wife is very supportive - she's always been " a musician's wife" i think she's already thinking of whom we'll give a ...

@rocknroller912, @tv1, thanks for the "heads up" guys... I am going to look watch many videos as I begin my first build. I will remember that all questions are ok, and probably asked before. I have t...

@poco7 - if you put an "@" symbol in front of someone's username when you mention them in a post, then it'll "tag" them, and they'll get an email notification that they've been mentioned in a post (as...

TV1. l'm going to have to review using this site properly, but 'til then, thank you for the advice and the greeting. Poco7

Welcome @poco7 Always great to have a new member join the community and share their history and their building experiences! Just follow the course, step by step (don't skip over any!) and take your ti...