Hi Tej, Depends where you are. I've bought some lovely timber from in the Midlands and they are keen to supply instrument makers and understand our requirements - which many other timber yards aren't...

I use this one frequently. Recommended

@russ thank you I’ll check them out, mostly it seems we only get stung for really expensive things at the moment!

I’ve had someone offer me the use of some machines I can use to prep my own blanks. Can anyone recommend a supplier of unprepared wood so I can figure out what the saving would be over buying a ready ...

It's *never* a stupid thing to stop and ask a question Indeed, just try to avoid my system of asking all the questions about one little details of the design and the route the truss rod slot without ...

@koendb This one, it’s worth going for a quality one from a wood supplier and not Amazon or eBay as they can be cheap versions from China which as previously commented don’t work too well. The guide a...

Veritas is a really good brand. Post a pic when you get it!

@bpower I also prefer free hand sharpening on diamond stones and try to only use a guide if I’ve gone off square. Little and often works for me to keep an edge. However after years of free hand sharpe...

@koendb No worries glad I could point you in the right direction.

@rocknroller912 Thank you sir! Watching right now 🙂

I find the roller style jig that Mark demonstrated on one of the live streams to be the most cost effective solution for planes and chisels. In which live stream was this? i recently bought 2 planer...

Congratulations @louis123! What an accomplishment man!

That’s brilliant @louis123! Thanks for the update and best of luck with your course, 5 years should teach you a few things 😆 Cheers!

@louis123 That's fantastic Louis. Well done. Follow your dreams. 👍😁 🎶🙂🎸🙏

@louis123 Congratulations Louis stay in touch and keep us all up to date with your future builds and studies.

UPDATE! Hi everyone, My guitar is playing great and my thesis is almost finished. I had to do a powerpoint presentation to my class and teacher dutch about the guitar i built. She told me that she h...

Top Job!

Hey @rocknroller912 It's something that my family have been very very keen to point out.. 🤣 🤣 🤣 Cheers Steve

@steveadams Quarantine in the Algarve hmmmm doesn’t sound too difficult, probably warmer than here. You would have missed the hailstones last Sunday afternoon then.