Lol yeah.... Definitely a little too far! The plan is to compensate with a nice cover... 🙂 I definitely worked to marks dimensions but the stew mac hot rod truss rods seem a bit tall! That plus the fi...

@Dave, there is generally give or take 1/8 to 3/16 of an inch of meat underneath the truss rod after the the neck is carved. Bare that in mind on your next build. The weakest point is in between the n...

Your experienced opinions would be very much appreciated Hi Dave, I can only offer an inexperienced opinion. If you've been working to Mark's dimension I don't think you need to concerned about the t...

oh man! I am working on my first neck i am wondering if I removed too much material?! Thanks to Mark’s expert instructions this is my current state of play: Attachment : A5E32B08-D341-4714-A08F...

Route out a fake skunk stripe? Stop just shy of the heel. Adding a fake skunk stripe would be the best disguise, but I'm not sure that routing more material out of the neck would be a good idea. Per...

Route out a fake skunk stripe? Stop just shy of the heel. Fretboard still flat unradiused?

Thanks everyone. I'm sure I could effect a cosmetic repair ... I guess doing it in a way that doesn't self-destruct on the first turn of the truss rod will be the key. I use the same template for my n...

@rockpile99 Oh no! I don’t know about this myself but it will be good to hear from @markbailey so we can all learn from it. Even if it is knackered, I would keep it for cutting inlay dots out of, even...

Is it possible to do a decorative carve and fill with epoxy then reshape? You'd have to stop anything bleeding into channel. Could be a very cool inlay

I'm feeling your pain there. It looks like you haven't actually carved as deep as the truss rod, so how about just filling in the hole.

Attachment : IMG_20210123_124502.jpg Got 'over brave' trying to carve something that wasn't a baseball bat and I forgot that this truss rod was deeper than the last few I've bought ... Bloody anno...

@tv101 What an adventure! At least the guitar was a gift in the first place, maybe that made it easier to deal with the mistake? I like your thicknessing jig, I’ve been watching a lot of woodwork vids...

It's pretty much a harmless hobby! @tv101 I’m in debt but it’s nothing to do with guitars, honest! 😁

Dude, check it out: I was just on the Siggi Braun website and they‘ve got a guitar for you! @mattbeels I’m gonna sue. Using my brand. 🤣

@boo Dude, check it out: I was just on the Siggi Braun website and they‘ve got a guitar for you! Attachment : image.png

Thanks @eddie6string and @mattbeels I used a bamboo plug. I bought a big tub of bamboo barbecue skewers a while ago from Aldi, I knew they would come in handy for many things. It’s a huge tub, they wi...

Coolio!

Fixed the problem today. Made a cylindrical drill bit out of some brass tube and cut some teeth in the end of it will a Dremel. Drilled the snapped drill bit out using a drill guide for stability. I t...

BTW: I'd use a 2.5mm for the bridge mount holes next time... @markbailey Thanks for that, I’ll buy some new drill bits. 2.5mm 👍

The magic starts at 3:10 - could have kicked myself... BTW: I'd use a 2.5mm for the bridge mount holes next time...