The instant bit is very good - decided I needed to replace some when I went into the other bit of the garage where the big tools live to cut something on the bandsaw - waited about half a minute for l...

Cheers folks - I'll check them out!

Oh wow, my dilemma is shadows. LED eliminates it?

Only if you're a vampire..... or is that mirrors......? But yeah it greatly reduces shadows which is whgbI used to have an adjustable spotlight. I reckon if I got a second one it would pretty much be ...

My garage is quite big (26’ x 16’) but there are other claims on the space...... To avoid shadows you need to not have lights behind you but you can help by having white (or light colours) on the ceil...

Thanks for the great advice folks and your comment Russ, you sweet talking thang! I've still got the piece I cut out for the sound hole so I'll use that as a template to try Mark's idea first. If that...

I can't see what's wrong with it James.....but I guess I'm new to all of this. Cheers, Russ

Hi James Cant you clamp a template over the soundboard with a circular hole in it and rout the old rosette out with a bearing guided cutter? You wouldn't even need to go the full depth, just enough to...

I kind of like the way it looks...rustic...a bit cartoony...you could charge extra for that ? Rosette Fix: Make a plug that fits tight into the soundhole so you can re-do the inside and outside circle...

So if you can recycle a top to make a uke or travel guitar....... can you recycle the back and sides too? Is it possible to rebend guitar sides into smaller instruments?

I do like the recycling ideas, Mark, especially using the top for a bike. Trouble is it's attached to a back and sides. Don't suppose they can be saved and have a new soundboard grafted on? ? Sod it....

Sorry James - You'll have to let us see a pic first...don't worry I will have seen worse...if you can't face it then use the for something else...Uke...upper transvers grafts, centerseam diamonds etc...

I've got an acoustic body that I made 2 years ago. It has lovely rosewood back and sides and a spruce top. Trouble is I went and installed a shite rosette that I tried to craft using pieces of ebony,...

The vision We want the forums to become THE place to discuss guitar building. Discussing topics from the courses and other topics relating to guitar making. There is a multitude of practises and techn...

Live streams have their own advantages that it would give a certain confidence to whoever is watching that there is Mark who is doing it on the spot, down to earth with all the mistakes that we all do...

I voted for Live Streams but I see just as much merit in edited videos too. Maybe go down to one live stream per week and use the other time to edit videos, I still want to see a finishing course. I k...

Hi @jamesbisset, I use Vectric VCarve Pro to create the toolpaths for my CNC router and this can import 3D files in the following formats: STL, 3D DXF, OBJ, 3DS, VRML, 3DM, SKP I believe that Blender ...

@darrenking We need to talk! I haven’t got to the Bagpress bit of the pre-planning yet, but I was assuming that I’d need to either build a 3D model of front and back that I could put into a CNC machi...

@jamesbisset do I detect a faint desire for an archtop session? I have always been just that little bit psychic (it's from my great grandmother's side of the family you know!) I think I may have found...

I think a balance - the edited video content is brilliant to guide when actually preparing to do a process and to follow step by step - the live-stream to do the interactive bit...... The live-streams...