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I bet you finish before me! My guitar projects are on hold whilst I fit a new kitchen. I am managing a few smaller projects at the same time, like the pens, but mrs Splinters wants her kitchen back.

Which woods are you going to use for the neck and fretboard? I tend to use beech for the neck and then a really hard wood for fretboard to resist warping. I keep the fretboard fairly thick too. Only ever used one trussrod, but never made a 12-string either. Here’s a photo of a fretless bass...

Excellent work. Looking great. Three trussrods?

Looks great. Is that acrylic or polycarbonate? Do you find it builds up static that attracts sawdust? I’ve got a polycarbonate cover for a machine in my workshop and am forever cleaning it with anti-static spray.

A bit of a break from woodwork for a while. An engineer’s ballpoint pen. Copper, brass and stainless. Has a very satisfying thumb latch ‘snap’ to it.

Sorry to have been silent on my guitar builds but have been busy. Anyway, here you go. I made the trussrod for this fretless bass neck. The neck is maple, fretboard is Australian Sheoak which is hard as steel but lovely to work. Happy Christmas everyone. David

guitar build stage 2 complete. Neck roughed out. Trussrod and fretboard next.

My first guitar build. Will try to share regular progress updates if anyone is interested.

Box now finished and just in the nick of time!

Work in progress

Today’s progress is the box lid. Two little mother of pearl dots to cut and fit still but my eyes have given up for the day.

Our Pearl wedding anniversary coming up so have started on a present for Mrs Splinters. Beech and Walnut.

Richard, that’s really well designed and made. Right up my street that is. Beautiful.

I think so. Search this forum for ‘16A’ and you’ll find plenty of previous discussions about it. Get an electrician in to take a look. If your workshop has a dedicated circuit he might be able to change the MCB and fit a 16A plug and socket for the saw. There a lot of load when starting up a...

Understand it’s frustrating but I’m certain that a 16A circuit will sort it. Get an electrician in to sort it. I think you used to be able to get slow blowing 13amp fuses but think they’re history now.

Welcome Norton. AJS is right (loving the bike names btw), you need to install the saw on a 16A MCB circuit as the starting current will pop 13A fuses. Good luck. ps. I’ve got a Norton and had an AJS 350 lightweight

Here’s my workbench. Beech with dowelled joints and darkwood inlay. I’ve another vice going spare if anyone might be interested.

My daughter is partially sighted and struggles to see where surfaces start and finish. It’s a problem when she’s cooking because she sometimes puts hot saucepans down a bit hard and splashes herself. Quite dangerous. There are various cooking aids you can buy from the RNIB and others but they’re...

Enclosure for my 3D printer

Yes, a bit pricey but worth every penny. Thank you.