I’ve got a similar DIY radius-er. If you have one of the discs mounted in a slot, rather than a hole, you can reposition it so that you can bend different radiuses into the wire. The drill power is a…   Read more»

I’m guessing here … @frank1985 – do you mean that you’d drill a hole in the blank, at the end of the truss rod slot, down to the depth that the truss rod slot has to be, and then use…   Read more»

I’d recommend anyone have a go.

I am getting *very* tempted … 
 
And you’re not helping
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Would it be relevant, or help, @darrenking, if I tried to manoeuvre my digital callipers into the f-holes of my Yam SA-700 335 alike, and measured the thickness of the top?

I think I’ll throw my basses into the fire and start gardening That would be silly @Marcel, not to mention a huge waste.       Send them to me, and I’ll send back some seeds, a trowel, and a…   Read more»

Anyway, here’s the Toad Whatever you say, and however critical you are, about your guitar building experiences – that pic above proves that you’ve successfully built something far more complicated, needing far more skill, than anything I’ve ever built! I…   Read more»