@jonhodgson Thanks I’m not a electric player although I’ve re fretted a few.

@tej If you’re still thinking about making this I had another idea. A threaded mechanism could unwind depending on the direction of rotation, so fol...

@tv101 I watched a utube video on this last year, think it might have been Texas Toast Guitars where he radiused a fretboard then put a different cu...

@tv101 Thanks for filling in the blanks on black plastic, I thought there would be a longer story.

@boo Different very innovative

Professional builders aren’t offended by customers having specific requirements like no black plastic. It all adds to the challenge and it’s a great s...

@mattbeels Thanks for your vote of confidence, I’ve spent some time this evening marking out the route for the truss rod channel and making sure the...

It’s strange his Facebook messenger account is still active sometimes

Nice tidy workshop James.

If anyone is worried about having a bad lockdown haircut don’t worry, Jackson Browne has got one.

@tej I’m getting the picture now. When people talk about hobby lathe it’s usually something quite big but just not very good quality. If there are a...

Sunday must be template making day it’s what I’m doing as well

@tej Setting it up on a lathe is only to get things straight an level, the motor isn’t used. If you can put the tube in one end and the thread tap i...

@tej Cutting a perfect thread by hand that will be perpendicular enough to run as a spindle moulder will be hard. It’s possible to set up on a lathe...

@boo Cajun is from the French speaking part of Louisiana. It goes back the the American War of Independence in the 1770s when France fought with Ame...

You could drill a hole into a rectangular piece of wood, then cut it through the length to give two pieces each with a semi circle. Use this as a clam...

@russ Cajun is a bit like Guinness either love it or hate it

I’ve never seen a stretch rubber inlay before