Yes indeed, it looks good. Hopefully I can do it justice and make a workable and enjoyable instrument 😊

And the back is glued as well

@rocknroller912 Yes! a real carved arch top from solid wood. ( I am also interested in building other instruments, like a violin, later )This is WAY ...

@rocknroller912 Not if but, when I do , I am certainly up for that! 👍 🍺

Don't know If I will ever be able to do a full live course, but I definitely would like to, at least, pay a visit at some point and bring some Belgian...

So I removed the wedges and clamps and it seems like the glue up succeeded, but there now seems to be a slight curve in the board. Is that a problem? ...

I haven't looked any further back if it this was already proposed, but an archtop guitar build would be awesome or would that be way too advanced for ...

In the meantime I've been busy making a workboard and a shim... Sharpening my planer blades and a chisel on a relaxing saturday morning And ...

@steveh Early in the 80's, I must have been around 13 or 14 then, I had an Aria Sunburst Strat copy. I remember swapping it with a cheaper knockoff b...

@Boo, yeah I know, it's a hit or miss situation, I assume it has something to do with the formats, usually they are some sort of a containers, in whic...

@Clinton that looks REALLY nice! I do had to download the video to be able to see it though , had the issue on both MacOS and Android Phone

@steveshandley-plus-com Welcome to this wonderful community!

@bpower Right! and in the course , Mark is using a 6mm drillbit for the holes in the heel block, so I guess M6 is correct. Thx man.

Yes indeed same in dutch, translated it would be 'pen friends' I am not sure If I am a good candidate for writing long letters, nor do I know If I...

Let's reinstate writing real letters to each other again! 🙂 ( I only remember doing that as a child, vaguely )

Welcome @tyreman!

@wolframmalukker Good idea to sleep on it first. We all make mistakes, part of building is hiding or fixing mistakes.Keep going !

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The last couple of weeks I have been at the wrong end of happiness but yesterday I was able to forget that for a while and I had a good laugh. Thanks ...