It has arrived @darrenking. Price almost doubled thanks to freakin VAT and greedy parcel services ( UPS charge another whopping 15 Euros to 'handle...

@bpower aah man that sucks :-/ Hopefully you can recuperate it and finish the build. Positive side... you now have a name for your guitar: 'Titanic'

@poco7 I would opt to cleanup the surface , including the location for the nut , since it looks like it is also affected? Then you could go for a hea...

You really should make clear that ham and turkey are absolutely not good for building guitars.

For me it is the curved chisel. During my first acoustic build, I noticed the advantage immediately when carving the braces. It is a big chisel, but ...

Welcome to the community @petejb! lot's of good advice and positive vibes here

@Darrenking, I just ordered one via Ebay

I want to build a 12 string too, well at least it is on my bucket list, but first I hope to get my demi-12-string to intonate properly 😀

Which reminds me.. I Still need to order one of those neck pocket routing jigs of yours.

@bpower Yeah I think I am slowly getting there. I removed quite some of that saddle bottom now and it is getting better I think, I am now at around -...

This is the result so far

@boo Well it is 25.4, the distance from the nut to the middle of the 12th fret is 322.5mm so I think it must be the bridge which is off. @rocknro...

Meh guys, I think my intonation is going to be off , I just tested with the both E strings and I am getting -10 cents on the low E and -8 on the high ...

Autch guys! I do suffer from carpal tunnel and I should definitely get surgery for that, but I ve been postponing this since at least a decade if not ...

Sanded and polished the soundboard and removed the masking tape. I did not realize how much shellac I put on there.. I t is a surpiringly thick coat...

@clinton oh waaw man! that looks soooo good! @boo said it better then I can !

I am going to call this back done. Went over it with 1000, 1200 and 2000 grit, then rubbed menzerna rough cut twice, again 1200 and 2000 grit to ge...

Yup ! I am definitely interested in that

I think I am getting closer and closer to where I need to be.12 coats of shellac ( max 3 coats a day ), sanding back, shellac, sanding back.. etc..Esp...

Welcome @dirtbike!