Now that’s woodworking! 💪✊🍻

@clinton Good job I still cut wood by hand like this as I don’t have room for big machines, so have great respect for other people who do it.

As thin as 5mm. From fretboards to acoustic tops. Attachment : FullSizeRender.mov

Quite useful if you do not have the proper bandsaw. Takes a long time but works great Attachment : IMG_4085.MOV

Hi I made a frame saw based on a Tom Fidgen design specifically for jobs like this.

Hi @dsari Welcome to the Forum Have you tried your local colleges. They will probably have a woodwork department and may let you in to use theirs. Cheers, Russ Hey Russ, I've actually went there and...

Lovin the look of that Dave !

Looking great @usadave that ebony veneer is going to look sweet...

Nice clean work there, looking great. 👍

All looking good Dave, I like that curly top horn. Good luck with the carving that you've got marked out there.

Hi Everyone Added the ebony veneer to tone down my over zealous truss rod access route... Also made progress on the body. Cutting the neck pocket was a tough as it was hard to make sure the whole th...

Hi Can be done with a deep reach coping saw with a skip tooth blade. 3-4 tpi. I have done it before on 2 inch thick mahogany tops when my bandsaw broke.

@tej Try a junior hacksaw blade to clean out the fret slots, it worked for me. A normal hacksaw blade might fit if you sand the sides off the teeth.

back in the olden days people could meet other people, shake hands, hug, chat face to face sat next to each other. Sometimes this even happened indoors, amongst the company of unknown but socially inc...

Gotta love the Maidens, they really know how to Up my Iron. 😆

@jonhodgson thanks fer the tip...

@poco7 I shared this mostly because the type of finish (water based 2K) seems to be a new thing and is potentially interesting because normal 2K produces a very durable finish but is really nasty stuf...

@jonhodgson Good article. I'm quickly becoming aware that finishing well, will be one of the difficult tasks to do... thanks for sharing this <>< Pocoranch7

I think @boo in particular might find this interesting, but I'm going to predict we can't get it on this side of the pond.

Reach for the sky Louis and don't forget to look back once in a while to remember where it all started. @boo I promise, i will 😉 🤗