@boo I feel your pain with the bowed body blank, I’ve been there a few times in the early days. I always check now by putting one half in a vice wit...

@mattbeels Great looking space make sure you get the coffee machine sorted first can’t do serious work without it

@johhodgson Thanks for the video. Wish I still lived in London, my town doesn’t have any shared facilities and local joiners hardly do wood work any...

Great demonstration today of how hard it is to prepare wood using hand tools. I’d love a drum sander but don’t have the space, so if your limited like...

@mattbeels Looks like you are getting some stick, think this means they like you. Things must be slipping in Germany I thought it was verboten to ...

@jonhodgson I tried the acrylic sealer and top coat first but found it peeled off too easily, then moved to cellulose. I still have some of that lef...

@boo Yes they love to have token English people just to try and put on an acceptable face. The secret is they are mostly anti English racists, trust...

@boo I think you will be very much at home politically in Scotland

@jamesalexandermcmillan If you are getting excessive paint runs it's likely that the paint in the can hasn't mixed properly and there's too much sol...

@jamesalexandermcmillan I've finished solid wood with a drying oil only and no lacquer or varnish. It's very forgiving as it doesn't crack or chip i...

@jonhodgson You're not kidding about the neighbours there is a rumour that Sawney Bean the well known west coast cannibal is still alive and looking...

@blake Good looking job I like the way you have shown the steps of construction

@mattbeels Those guys were insane they had a blind singer and were in costume all weekend it was like being on a film set. I lost my wallet with eve...

@tv101 @mattbeels Way back in the early 90s I was playing in a Ceilidh band competition on the Isle of Bute off the W coast of Scotland. Some of t...

tv101 I did live in Ayr for three years in the 70s when I was a student but didn't have a bike then so never went out of the town much. There are so...

@jonhodgson The sanding sealer I used was the same make as the lacquer, it was Craft Supplies which was bought over by Turners Retreat a few years a...

@boo Im just picking up on this thread and would be happy to make a donation if you need to purchase parts

@jonhodgson Ive tried melamine lacquer when I first started making instruments, a long time ago. It wears well but dries hard so is not ideal for ac...

@rajbcpa I just checked one of the acoustic builds I'm doing according the the Martin D28 plans. The bottom block glued onto the sides is 4 3/4 inch...

@tv101 I would like to do an acoustic course but have not signed up yet. I've never been there and only have a motorbike so am waiting for lockdown ...