@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

Use a hand saw if you’re only making one guitar

I’m no painter but I think the flake should be in proportion to the body size. Very large would be too big.

@jonhodgson Centre drills work for me, maybe I’m missing the point.