@tej It was a new Dremel bit straight from the packet. Likely the very soft wide grain wood.

@steveadams I have to agree with @bpower it’s hand made so there will always be things that show this especially on a first build. Regarding blemis...

Good thing this is only a practice on cheap wood as it didn’t go too well. I got some bad tear out around the outside edge and had to do a fudge with ...

@tej If it’s got side adjustment it sounds like a plan but I’m not an electric guitar expert. If your neck is a tight fit there shouldn’t be much di...

@tej What type of bridge do you have. If it has some intonation adjustment that should take care of any small changes after the neck is glued.

@tej Thanks for asking, I’m still working on it. I had a router malfunction of course possibly due partly to operator error but partly not. I found...

@jonhodgson I think Bailey would be a good place to get a quote from. Mark has the best finish on any guitars I’ve seen and probably the longest las...

@tej Martin guitars do all the neck and body finishing separately before fitting the two together, which is the only hand crafted process in the facto...

@steveadams I know this is stating the obvious but no one has said it yet. The difficulty you will have fitting another inlay if you can’t get a cle...

@tej I found a good tip from a Canadian guitar maker on utube a while ago. He wraps abrasive paper round something soft like a sponge which preserve...

@steveadams I made an inlay from walnut and found it was tricky so good luck with it

@steveadams I feel your pain. I’m trying sound hole inlays with a dremel after years of using hand cutters and am not having success either.

An easy way would be to trace round the template you have using a pencil inside a metal washer. Obviously the distance from the washer edge to centre ...

@tej Will give that a try this afternoon and let you know if it works

@tej I wouldn’t worry about 0.5mm as long as all 6 strings line up with the pick up pole pieces. To make a thin shim start with a bit longer than yo...

@bpower kits are great but it’s satisfying to do basics the hard way too

First attempt at making a sound hole ring cut from a flat sheet salvaged from the off cuts of acoustic sides and joined together. After it was scraped...

@tej Its always difficult making a one off design because a lot of time is spent refining the process then it’s never used again.

What’s this in the post - a tube for a tube. Ok it’s just my new rasp for body carving from the Bailey workshop. Great timing Carol.