@robin Yep and using new methods I've picked up watching Mark's vids! I much prefer the look of his carving method and also I'm buying a 450mm radius beam in the new year. Normally I do all the measu...

@tv101 haha I was really lucky with wood and a good friend with decent tools, routers, saws etc. He's been great. But yeh, I just love it, most of it has been learning, perfecting techniques etc. Only...

Glad that you are ok! Good with a reminder. I had no idea that dust from woodworking could be dangerous until last year when I started doing some stuff myself and started watching videos about woodwor...

@rathius Oh man, that sounds really bad. Yep, health and safety should always come first, you got to wear a mask for almost everything when guitar building or any woodworking. I leave mine on all day,...

DUST MASK!!!!!!! WEAR YOUR $?/@#¥€ DUST MASK!!! UGH! Sometimes you just have to learn the hard way. Felt like I was gonna die. So 2 weeks ago I just got plum stupid. First I took my new control cavity...

@nsj Hi Neil, I've just had a wee look at your YouTube videos. You've been very productive since you started during lockdown. You've got a definite knack for this guitar building malarkey.......and th...

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@russ he has the spalted stuff, the guy with the floor boards is over by Friockheim but not sure how long he has. He was fixing up a building but got ill hence why he's selling the stuff off.

@nsj Great work Neil. Like @robin said, you've got some nice pieces of wood there. I'd like to go and see this guy over in Perth someday when the weather improves to take a look at those maple floorbo...

@robin Feel good wood for some, I have a local friend too that's had a pile of the brazillian mahogany and sapele around his workshop for years, long before all the cites stuff came along. For spalted...

@nsj I see you've found how to add the photos then. A lot of nice work there, where are you buying all that lovely wood?

Started at the beginning of lockdown and got carried away lol. For the first three builds I used already made necks. I've gone back to my first couple of builds and modified them too. thinned the neck...

@nsj Ok operation new neck is under way, the decision has been made. Look on the bright side, you get to do one of the fun parts again. I think carving the neck is my favourite part of guitar makin...

Ok operation new neck is under way, the decision has been made. Birdseye maple again with ebony board Attachment : 20221218_180202.jpg Attachment : 20221218_233714.jpg

Got the fretboard off, levelled the neck with my long fret levelling beam. Maybe I'll tidy the back of the fretboard and reglue, see how it goes. Attachment : 20221217_233500.jpg Attachment ...

@bpower it's a pretty thin neck and I'd have to level the back too I think, also if I just level the board I think there will be a definite curved join line up the side.

@robin I think a cap is ok, has the rest of the body wood to keep it in line. Pesky necks are the issue, nothing to clamp to to hold them in line

@russ yeh bud, proper reputable supplier and first time I've had any issues, ironic lol

@nsj I would personally go with what @russ said. Wood movement is common but I would not want to introduce more water into it. It was more likely that it was just some internal tension in the wood. Wi...

@nsj Can I fix this? Is it worth it? Is it likely to just remain an unstable piece of wood? I made the cap for my first build from a piece of warped mahogany that had been the floor from a boat. I s...