@boo This is inspiring. I’m helping my broth in law to build his first guitar at the moment from a scaffold plank. I find soft wood a challenge.

@boo It was posted on social media b a firm which sells violin parts mostly ebony. They think stuff like this will want to make people buy their pro...

Not exactly a luthier joke but this did make me laugh, and cringe at the same time. Only a screenshot as I couldn’t get the whole video to save. Cutti...

@tv101 Great tribute

@koendb I haven’t made anything new for a few years and have focussed on repairs so I’m having a practice soundboard build with a £5 piece that I bo...

@koendb You’re not having much luck.

@powerful Looks like it’s going to be a great instrument.

@koendb My Dremel router base is the same as yours and I got it from a reputable firm, but the circle attachment, which is a rectangular plate, was ...

@koendb Looks like a neat job. I found the Dremel difficult to use as I’ve always cut inlays by hand in the past but have had to convert to power to...

@koendb It looks like the cracks are where the wood changes from heart to sap wood, unless it’s glue stain giving a darker colour. Titebond is stron...

@koendb Dont give up yet most things can be fixed. Post some close up pics and get a few opinions.

@koendb If there is a crack on the opposite side same place then I guess it’s a fault in the wood due to drying and outside your control, but you ar...

@jamesbisset Very interesting question James. I wonder if the bridge position on factory guitars is related to the nodal point on strings ie the sta...

@koendb Top job invisible mending. A lot of the skill is learning how to fix mistakes as they happen, so it must have given you a big confidence boo...

@koendb Looks like you have it fixed ok. An alternative to cleats for cracks is very thin pieces of parchment which some violin suppliers sell. Unle...

@koendb I would glue with Titebond and clamp like a normal joint but the longer you leave it the harder it will be for the edges to meet together. W...

@boo Think you’ve just shaded it and no more

@boo £6 plus for a 35ml measure. I don’t drink whisky by the way.

Spectacular looking guitar

@robin At £6 plus a nip in the local pubs I don’t think you would be having very many