That's a clever little carve - not seen that before @nsj. My mad plan, as far as it's got, is to use my old-favourite surfacing bit to take the top off (by turning it into sawdust), and a few mm off...

Nice idea, and it’d certainly be simpler than what I have in mind. But the current cap is quite thin (6mm ish), so not a lot of thickness for carving, and I’d have to sand it back quite a bit to get...

I always start my builds by getting all the bits and pieces together, and putting them in a handy little box. I have a standard build list, and tick things off as I put each bit, or piece, into the bo...

I've never really bonded with the guitar. It's not that old - the last 2-3 years probably - but it didn't turn out as well as I'd envisaged, so it's been left in a corner pretty much. The specs shoul...

I think that's a perfectly natural characteristic of us humans. Unfortunately 🙁

I'm going to make an admission here ... I'm watching this with great interest, not just because its Mr @jamesbisset, but also because I fancy having a go at something along these lines myself in the n...

😆 😆 😆 Clever @Robin!!

Genius!!! I'd always thought you'd be sanding and sanding to get the ridges smoothed out into the carve shape you wanted. Filling it in is so much easier.

Do you then smooth the layers together? I'm guessing so, else you'd end up with a bit of a ridged top? Is it right that you'd have an arch that'd be 12mm-15mm from highest to lowest point? So, if yo...

What about when I think I'm wrong @jamesbisset?

Mr Bailey makes exceedingly good tools. 👍

I’m guessing that you posted that design @jamesbisset just to check if we’d spot the deliberate mistake …. Am I right??

That's incredible @koendb! Very similar to what I've been doing with the CNC machine really, except that it's just about the complete opposite method. In awe of the hand-tool skills to be able to work...

Firstly - nice piece of timber there to use for the top. How is the clean-up going? Don't think I've ever had the mildew experience, so I've got no suggestions at all on how to deal with it. Re the ...

Go Jimmy B Go !!!

Wow @Marcel - your bar bill must have been quite high, buying drinks to get all those people there!! 😉 Sounds a bit polished to be an impromptu jam - have you played with them before?

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🤣 We had a similar-sounding experience when we moved here. Still, 6 years later, and we're getting through the job list ... Don't be a stranger @Boo

Looks like we’ve got a noob on the thread @russ?

You’re getting out & about @russ!