Nice work. I've yet to try a thru-neck build in my own workshop. My last Bailey course build was thru-neck, but that was a long time ago, so I'm not sure I remember a whole lot. I'm guessing the top ...

Well, that was quick!

Right, that's Christmas done, I can get back into the workshop! Took 3mm off the bottom of the neck pocket, and the underside of the pickup routs (so I have a bit more upwards adjustment). Sanded. Gra...

Spent an hour or three sanding today. Before I apply any finish, a quick part-put-together to check things ft where they should. Attachment : 20221221_172923sml.jpg Attachment : 20221221_17...

@swepri - this question probably demonstrates my complete missing of your point, but I'll ask it anyway ... What's the advantage of your jig over an ordinary small (hobby makers) vice?

We need some sort of searchable index of those videos. There's a huge amount of knowledge and tips in them, but remembering which info is in which video is a challenge!

Had to be, really

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@rockallstun - what’s with the hidden link in your post?

Cheers @nsj 🙂

Thats a good save @clinton. It looked pretty nasty in the photo. I guess, unless you’re building a faithful re-creation of a well-known design, then most aspects of a build can be flexed to respond ...

Thanks @rathius. This one has been on pause while I tried to get to the end of my working year, and progressed the other build. Almost finished the messy work on the other build now, so will be able t...

You’re in Scotland @boo?? Well, you kept that quiet 🤣 🤣 🤣

Get some neck-blank sized scrap timber and try the bit on that first. Then get another bit of scrap and try it again, before you let it anywhere near a *real* (nice, expensive) neck blank!

Job #1 - fit the cavity covers. Mainly so that I could trim the edges of the back-cap, and do the roundover on them. Wanted to have a consistent roundover all the way round, including the edge of th...

I glued the back-cap on last night, and used a few clamps to prevent a recurrence of the gappy join ... Attachment : 20221219_170929sml.jpg That seemed to work. Had to take the car into the d...

I like the curves on that design @nsj - I can't do anything quite like that on this build, but I had something similar in mind. Also really like the fact that you use proper cavity covers on your buil...

Spot on @NSJ. I used a standard Tele plan as the core for the CNC design, and the standard plan assumed a standard 4 screws into a neck plate. The screw ferrule is 15mm diameter, which took it right ...

Not that @Robin - I’ll just redrill the bolt holes from the top through the new cap and use the holes as the centre points for the 15mm recess holes. Similarly, I should be able to find the thru-body ...

After the first few hundred*, you get past that stage * years. 🤣 🤣