That looks like a nice piece of timber there Bill - should really pop when you get the oil on it.

Wow, wow and some more wow Koen. Great skills, and a beautiful instrument that you're building.

I think that looks really good - lovely piece of timber for the board, and the dots are super-neat!

ingenious! I just use the CNC 😆

Good to see another build underway. A nice warm-summer project (when you're not at the caravan!).

Bargaintastic Mr B! Ideal platform for messing about with pickups 'n' stuff. And shouldn't need much TLC to get it playing nicely. Like the old joke about how to double the value of a Lada (fill th...

I've heard that some people even waste it, building house frames!! Nice carving work there.

I've had the same situation in the past @TimC - I've just used a hacksaw to shorten the screw (or bolt - see below) length as necessary. If you want to get even fancier, you can use bolts with captive...

Proper, proper skills. 👍

"masking tape and superglue trick" hmmmm - not sure I've heard of that one 😉

My experience is that a lot of the finish is in the prep, and don't worry if it looks crap along the way - the intermediate stages often look a bit dodgy but it comes good in the end.

The Exhibition Tape is *much* better than other double sided tape. I’ve used it exclusively for a few years now, and never had it slip, never had it rip either piece of material, and it doesn’t leave ...

Attachment : image.png That's pretty effective @NSJ - as you say, very spalty.

Cruel Bill, cruel @rocknroller912 😆

Congrats on the new role - though that's a bit of a change in career direction from Accountant to Engineer?

I know what you mean .... 🤣 🤣 😉

@NSJ - don't really see that as a worst case option TBH - I've got a load of veneers here waiting for a use!

Thanks @robin @swepri @boo Agree - I need to find a better matched piece of wood. I used up some "spare" bits making this one, working out how to get the shape out of the spare piece of wood rather t...

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