With the extractor added in as well, the full setup is actually about £800 give or take, bit better than I thought. It’s still £800 I haven’t got. @boo I’d just about managed to persuade myself that £400 wasn’t *too*…   Read more»

Welcome @peter-Johnson.
You’ve definitely found the right place if you’re planning on doing some complete builds.  There is a huge spread and depth of knowledge here, and all of it freely shared in supporting Mark’s vision!

This is headstock style I’m using in my next build, the strings don’t get much straighter than that. That is definitely pretty straight!! Very functional too – the headstock is as big as it needs to be, and no bigger….   Read more»

You plug the sander into the vacuum for power and extraction. Of course … d’oh! My set-up is a lot more basic @boo.  I’ve got an old house-reject hoover in the workshop (which has been running fine for years, so…   Read more»