@tv101 
maybe the string bar idea…not sure about the matal working idea…hmmmn, have to ponder this…Robin suggested…see note….a rise of the neck,,,mabe under the fretboard?…thinking….thanks
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@tv101  With poor state of my fingers at the moment, calling anything after them is sure to end in failure. For your carve top I would rough out the carving with a cnc but do the final finishing with hand…   Read more»

Come on Jim, this is serious, not one of your songs …
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@tv101 I’m making this up as I go along. It just seemed like a simple way to persuade the joined veneers not to split along my dodgy glue line. 
As usual, I was wrong.

@tv101 My thinking is that, as you cut out the body, you’ve cut across the fibres of the wood, so there are lots of shorter lengths rather than long, bent, lengths, so the sides need to be thicker to have…   Read more»

@tv101 yeh it’s an awkward shade of wood to stain but I think I’m getting there lol

@tv101 Oops meant to say make it a feature as @nsj suggests.

@tv101 Yes I agree, I will add a veneer on the back of the headstock and make it a veneer as @nsj suggests, cheers

@tv101 I’m an addict! 🤣

@tv101 Check your email. 

@tv101 Yep, it’s everywhere.

@tv101 Yup… I agree… Not a big deal to scrap it. But definitely am curious to see what the overall consensus is. 🙂

@tv101 The barrels are not full of whisky,…   Read more»

@tv101 Yeah it doesn’t seem to matter what we do or who we vote for, we are all completly stitched up all the time. A simple tax on earnings that pays for public devices should be all a society needs….   Read more»

@tv101 Don’t get me started on VAT 😡 It should be scrapped. 
 

[quote data-userid=”916″ data-postid=”23414″] @tv101 Errrrrrrmmmmm………. Sorry, I forgot to mention the VAT 😬  It’s still worth a look though as you get quite a few Abranet discs and hose with it….   Read more»

@tv101 Thanks TV, I hadn’t thought of that! 😆

@tv101 Errrrrrrmmmmm………. Sorry, I forgot to mention the VAT 😬  It’s still worth a look though as you get quite a few Abranet discs and hose with it. ”Oh well that’s…   Read more»

@tv101 No, not really. When I replace my big compressor, it will be around the £1k mark. This sander was only a few hundred. The thing is, I’ve had the perfect justification to buy it. I’m doing the house up…   Read more»

@nsj He is an amalgamation of all of them. @tv101