Concentrated on sanding the primer on the Strat today, I’m getting there. Using a guide coat really shows up where all the repairs and glue lines are. Attachment : 2BF039FC-C5F4-4021-8E3E-BEC416...

Hope your Mum recovers and you get to see her soon Mark. No need to apologise - except maybe for making us obsessed with building guitars! Take care Rich

Not half @russ, still working so want to open. if acoustic Bliss is on tonight I’ll have finished just in time to crack open a few whiskeys so won’t open until tomoz. I’d hate to break it before I sta...

Ooooooo. Exciting @deej 🎉🎸🎉 🙏🎶🙂🎸

Look what’s just turned up. unboxing vid tomorrow Attachment : 2C56DED0-1568-4382-A082-9B4EA0B3A8CD.jpeg Thank you @markbailey and Carol x

There are a few examples online where people have made their own, this one looks quite nice @jonhodgson Yeah I feel yet another little side project happening. 👍

I can’t believe how expensive those things are, it is just a modified pair of pliers. This is pretty much the current model, minus the cauls and the Stewmac label As I recall the previous incarnatio...

I’m more of a Jaws press kinda guy. @mattbeels I can’t believe how expensive those things are, it is just a modified pair of pliers. 😆

It's just a £5 Aldi-special drill press, with a home-made insert to hold a fret caul instead of a drill. @tv101 I’ve got one of those too, I feel a little side project coming on. 👍

That’s a good solution @tv101! Although I’m more of a Jaws press kinda guy. I use the arbor press sometimes as well.

@boo this may help, it's from the Stewmac manual. Really not much modification needed, if you start with these Attachment : images.png

The origins of calling a rubbish cart a skip (most often found in Australia, New Zealand and the UK) come from the word skep, used to refer to a basket. Skep itself comes from the Late Old English sce...

Is that a mist coat so you could see where you've sanded. @jonhodgson Yep, exactly that. So long as the “guide coat” is a contrasting colour to the primer, you can see where you have sanded and where...

@boo, on a more serious note, I haven't followed every post so you may have answered his already. Is that a mist coat so you could see where you've sanded.

**Could not wait** This primer is fully gassed off and ready to sand so that’s what I did. I think I’ve got the coverage I wanted over the neck joint. There are a couple of little spots I need to tou...

But what about for our amusement? Don't we count? Stop being so selfish and break out the sparkles!! @jonhodgson They’re comin’, they’re comin’ Jeez! 🤣🤣🤣🤣✨'...

I’m not going to paint anyone’s gear in something they aren’t going to like just for my amusement. @boo But what about for our amusement? Don't we count? Stop being so selfish and break out the spar...

There seems to be a hell of a lot of specialist tools that just aren’t necessary @tej Avoid watching Stewmac videos with Dan Erlewine. They have a tool or jig for every problem you ever thought of, e...

The two main advantages I can see with a fret press are the noise, and that it's possible to achieve a consistency which will require less fret dressing. Hammers are cheaper, take up less space in the...

Not to mention the number of normal tools that the price is increased on just by putting the word “luthier” in front of the name 🤔 Yeah @tej. It's good to shop around in the general woodworki...