@boo I’ll then sand it all flat again and then apply more coats of clear and then sand it flat again before assessing whether to polish it or appl...

@peebee however, the error was not full depth or that long That'll be the truss rod slot learning curve that you've routed there. I'm fairly s...

@boo Good choice of location, west is best, I wish I could be there now but looks like the caravan sites are going to be staying closed for now. I t...

@chrisot Yes its approximately 105mm at the end of the lower bout and 85mm at the neck end. Thanks, that's encouraging, I'm drawing my first a...

@boo What part of Scotland are you planning on moving to boo? I've done my share of looking after elderly relatives, I hadn't really thought abou...

@tv101 I had a look at the Taylor website and thought the auditorium size looked reasonable. I've gone for in between auditorium/bootlegger but just...

Thanks again @Rocknroller912, I'm thinking of about 100 to 105 for the depth, I'll look into the brace carving nearer the time.

@Rocknroller912 Thanks for your input. Apart from the scale length, comparing mine with the bootlegger, I've only really reduced the body length an...

@TV101 I've also got a set of reamers on order for my dremel. have you got a link to that? Here a link to same thing on ebay but from a ...

@TV101 I've also got a set of reamers on order for my dremel. have you got a link to that? I got them on ebay, I can't see them on there any...

@TV101 Nice workspace extension@Robin... won't be long, and you'll have "re-purposed" the whole garage There's plans for change if lockdown i...

That looks great @chrisot , can you tell me how deep your body is?

@mattbeels I really like your body shape @robin, it looks great! Also that sweet piece of ash. "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's as...

@boo The metal flake looks really good. As well as looking good, will it have a bonus of acting as shielding too, just a thought.

I don't have any exposed corners on my bench due to it being built in with shelves. So I've bolted a beam where my big engineering vice used to be, pe...

A bit more carving this morning. I gave my dad's old Stanley plane a good sharpen, it cut through the ash body so easily.

Belly carve done yesterday. There was a tiny flaw in the body blank and I'd positioned the body shape on the blank so that I would remove this little ...

@jonhodgson Taylor GS Mini 113 mm Emerald X7 114mm Lowden S 105mm Wee Lowden 100mm Thanks for that John, thats just the kind of information I...

@Rocknroller912 Museum of Antique Instruments in Edinburgh. I'm just along the road from Edinburgh, I must go and visit the museum sometime.