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If you need stewmac stuff these guys Madinter España: Maderas para Luthiers - Wood for Music (Tonewood) supply from Europe although I suppose thats not really relavent as the brits have left the EU. But they've got plenty of other stuff you might find usefull. Cheers Andrew By the way it's...

Shellac would work like a very thin sealer coat. It's used because it's compatible with most finishes. It could help reduce patchiness. Personally I don't use it much. If your'e having problems with danish oil soaking to deep into end grain I would apply the oil sparingly with a sponge or tissue...

Hi Kivesto Sorry about the rant again. Thanks for posting the picture .Maple is usually a quite forgiving wood to oil. I would use Rustins danish oil a finish. I've been using that stuff as long as I can remember. Don't buy a big can as if you don't use much it can go off after a while 12months...

I'm trying not to be rude or stroppy and it's not a bash on Dave. From what I can gather someone has asked him to do the work on a neck that they have bought (probably from ali express or even from someone reselling Chinese "quality" products as hand made or whatever) and Dave is trying his...

Hi Dave That's deffinitely chinese. It looks like youv'e got a swirl in the grain which makes the wood look dark. Otherwise it looks ok. The only ways to fix that would be sand back a bit and bleach with oxalic acid to even the colour out a bit. If it gets too light a little stain something...

The question really is - is it a Chinese kit ? some are ok and some are real crap. I bought one just to see how they were the body was ok apart from a few cracks in the end grain, had a really nice solid maple top. The neck was basically ok but had a real kink in the fingerboardd that can only...

Did you make it yourself ? or did you buy it ? Sorry I should have made the question clearer also which kind of maple was it ? Cheers Andrew

What brand was the neck ?

Was the neck laquered previously or if new maybe had some sealer on it. A good sanding should sort it out. Cheers Andrew

Hi Tim Tonally the sanded top doesn't look too far off the shade of the legs. I would first wet down the wood with some meths, and see how the shades match up. Then use some thing like a spirit based golden oak for the whole lot and then use a slightly darker shade of oak to blend the shades...

The legs are beech. oxalic acid or rustins 2 part bleach should do the trick. You might have to do it a few times. Cheers Andrew

Never seen a rabbit drinking Guiness either. Cheers Andrew:)

I just fitted a solar panel about 40cm square onto the roof of my greenhouse used a car cigar lighter usb adapter and ran some usb fans. I also got a larger fan with a lithium power pack that charges ok with a sloar panel /usb connection but that one is manually switched when it gets really hot...

A good test for cherry is plane a piece and then cover a section and see how quick the colour changes after a day or two. Years ago I planed up a piece and left a cabinet scraper on it in the sun, after a couple of hours there was a strong shadow on it. cheers Andrew

I`ve got one of the festool cms tables with a router plate and a ripsaw plate for the ts75 saw. The rip fence runs the whole lenght of the table and is locked at both ends. Is using such an arrangement putting me at extra risk ? It would be easy enough to add an Ali extrusion to the fence...

8mm cutters are definitely not dead here in Europe " IIRC on the Axminster YT on routers last week Craig said that 8mm was pretty much dead as cutters go " I'm surprised someone could post nonsense like that. If you have a router get as many collects as you can, you never know when you might...

Danish oil is really designed as a matt finish. Although if you build up half a dozen coats you can use 0000 wire wool and some pledge (I don't if it's still called that in Britain?) It should polish up to a semi gloss sheen. T-Cut original might shine it up a bit more? Aparently you can use...

Hi Dave As a guitar maker I think it's going to be cheaper / less hassle to take the guitar to a good guitar maker (electric guitar maker) who has the right tools and templates on hand. In the long run costing in a new cutter and your time it wouldn't be worth it doing it yourself. If you do...

I assume it's a polyester finish. First question what kind of pickup Guitar or bass ? Important to know for the corner radius if it's a Jazz bass pickup. A guitar humbucker or strat you can use 8mm cutters Jazz bass 6 mm. Make yourself a template from acrylic or mdf, double sided tape to hold...