@bart-van-der-kemp Thanks, the finish looks good, not familiar with “hardware oil” have you got a link to the product please? Also did the oil alter ...

Neck nearly done now, angle of the heal is a little steeper than I’d like so might take that down a little more. Also need to sand back the top lamina...

@koendb Don’t have it to hand, off the top of my head it’s going to end up 23mm at the headstock end. There’s a sizeable step from where I didn’t lock...

Getting there with the neck, heal needs a lot more work still but the rest is pretty much there. I got a real issue though with the thickness. As I sc...

So your 25.5” scale length for a 22 fret board means that board will be about 47.6cm (18 3/4” ish) long. You need to decide where you want the neck to...

Slow progress after more illness! At some point I’m not going to need a new tool to do the next step, the carving is going well but the rasp I have is...

@koendb I can’t let this one go, it’s way too obvious! Should be able to clean it up ok though, in theory 😬

@russ cheers, it’s good from that angle, on the left though it’s literally paper thin, now with a small chip too so I’ll need to reprofile the edge an...

Took it down a little thinner than planned, as the tape slipped and I didn’t notice until it was too late, thankfully didn’t go through the veneer bu...

Front laminate done, no slipping during clamping so the truss rod slot is nicely aligned 🙂 Now to trim and thin it down, a lot!!!! A couple of my ...

@mattbeels will take a few more, tend to get carried away with the practical but so pictures take a back seat!

Routed the truss rod slot on the front headstock veneer and glued it on. It’s really thick and I want it at about half a mm so I’ll surface route it t...

The piercing saw worked a treat to clear the glue in the fret slots, no where near as much in as I’d thought which was good. Anyway, the fret board is...

@robin well I found a junior hacksaw blade, what I also found was a piercing saw i forgot I had so can easily get it out with that 🙂

@robin Thanks, I’d just assumed it’d be too wide but I’ll give it a test!

The fretboard is clamped on and drying, when I wiped the squeeze-out off a fair bit of the excess has ended up in the ends of some of the fret slots. ...

@rocknroller912 thanks, did I say it was a mistake, they’re erm, internal tone voids to create a resonance cascade that will enhance the vibrations an...

Got the fillet sorted, had to make a custom one to cover up where I’d routed the slot too wide. There are still two thin gaps where I screwed up the s...

@steveadams really hope you’re ok, seriously take it easy, can’t be too careful. Fight through the sadness that only a pool and beer can provide 🤔

@cheesewhisk cracking job, let me know how you get on with the rogue superglue. That’s the exact reason I was querying the use of superglue for frets ...