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...

@russ yeah it doesn’t look particularly hard or time consuming. There seems to be a hell of a lot of specialist tools that just aren’t necessary unless you’re trying to produce a lot of instruments in...

@tej Also a press isn’t necessarily faster, but it’s definitely more expensive. A small arbor press doesn’t cost a ton (swidt) but it’s more than a hammer plus you need the caul and at least one fret ...

@mattbeels thanks, don’t have an arbour press so that’s not really an option, I’ve heard of people mounting a caul in a drill press though not sure that’s a good plan for my cheap drill. Like the idea...

I imagine that you can do it as quickly with a hammer as you can with a fret press @tej......by the time you set up the press you could have a few of the frets in with a hammer. 🙏😕&#x...

They’re two different techniques to achieve the same result. The method you use will be the one that suits you although depending on the neck construction style you may want to employ both. With a ham...

What are people’s experiences with using a fret hammer vs a fret press? I’ve seen Mark’s lesson on installing frets and it looks straightforward, appreciating his experience may have a lot to do with ...

@mattbeels Why do you weirdos guys call it a skip? Its delivered and removed by a skip loader, therefore its a skip.

I really enjoy gardening sometimes, there are some really nice blooms at this time of year. 😆 Attachment : 6C52A50A-6C3C-41CD-97D4-A0E62C10349F.jpeg Attachment : AB194406-6786-4E2A...

Dang you guys are fast, I just saw the email and came here to post the same. Long live Melvyn Hiscock!

Here is the link to Melvyn’s website.

**3rd Edition from Melvyn** Make your own electric guitar, 3rd edition is ready and available to order from Melvyn’s website, I got an email from Caroline this morning. Go get one. Attachment : ...