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It looks real nice, good job on the carving. I really cant wait to see it finished. I always take a good look at the planks of wenge at the mill. Its got a evil sort of look to it, i know im going to have to use it too. What sort of finish do you intend to use ?

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=...t=1,42884,42902 Thats the one

Cheers Vinny, im going to take a look at that. Fingers crossed !

Hi Batfink, i can do inlay if it's a picture, but i find that when i try to cut letters by hand my eyes are just not happy with what they see. I have no probs with getting them cut with cnc, i dont now where.

hi, i wonder if anyone can be so kind as to recommend a place where i can get lettiering cut for inlaying (in the uk)? I have a font that i need to use, and was hoping that i can get it copyed. The font has so many straight lines and is very unorganic, i need a laser cutter or cnc ! Thx.

I was expecting to pay custom charges, but have not. I was charged £25 ($40) to get it here, to be honest i thought it was worth it. I guess its ok if your ordering a fair few bits, my parcel was about 3kg. Anyway DHL is worth the extra.

I cant belive how quick my delivery was with stewmac's, i wanted to post this up, guy's from the UK or europe might find this interesting. I put my order in with stewmac's, monday night. Its now 11am thursday and it's here. It was sent out tuesday, it so quick ! Funny i ordered several parts from - all parts UK, and from Guitar Parts & Spares UK two weeks ago and still they are not here. Go stewmacs ! As the pound is strong you get a good deal too. May 30, 2006 14:40 Zanesville, OH - USA Shipment picked up May 30, 2006 16:21 Zanesville, OH - USA Departing origin May 31, 2006 00:39 Wilmington - Clinton Field, OH - USA Departing origin May 31, 2006 07:23 Wilmington - Clinton Field, OH - USA Departed from DHL facility in Wilmington - Clinton Field - USA May 31, 2006 21:33 East Midlands - UK Arrived at DHL facility in East Midlands - UK May 31, 2006 23:17 East Midlands - UK Processed for clearance at East Midlands - UK June 01, 2006 03:47 East Midlands - UK Clearance processing complete at East Midlands - UK June 01, 2006 08:32 Southampton - UK With delivery courier

I set myself up there ! Never knew you could do that ! I saw the super glue pot in the pic and wondered if that was CA , but thought that was madness. So i guess if your not going to stain the guitar it's a great way to seal it, or am i wrong again and you can stain the guitar still ?

I know the colour you mean like a mackerel LOL. To be honest it's one of my fav's. I think that ferulles are a good idea, sort of glad to hear you say that. BTW what the hell is CA glue ?

Very nice Drak i was wondering how you are going to finish that guitar ? Also are you going to use a tailpeice or are you going to use ferrules ?

Yep the grinder throws out loads of wast, needed my face mask too. I was laughing when i saw just how fast it was. Great way of diong it !

Cheers Drak ! Hey toddler68 ive seen those parker fly's with a spruce top i think they look great, maybe they would look better with a funky f-hole too. How do you carve the horn's ? I bet a flap disk is way too powerful for those parts ?

First thing in the morning i will get one, anything to make it easy. Cheers mattia.

Well i guess it time to show my work in progress, i feel embarrassed showing my work with all of you guys here. Any tips would be great ! Im making a double cut-away guitar, sapele bottom with a spruce top it will have chambers plus f-holes 24.5"scale. The hardware is going to be a Schaller roller tunematic, Schaller stop tailpiece with fine tuners, and locking machine heads. Not too sure what pickups yet, going to need some help from you lot for that. Ive been waiting for the bridge and tail for ages, it seems that schaller is hard to get hold of in the U.K. I need them now as i want to get my neck angle sorted and as im going to recess them, im getting a bit twitchy waiting. Also it's going to have a deep set neck tenon. I started carving the spruce top today it's the first one ive ever done so there has been alot of head scratching going on. Im damn sure all my hair will be gone this time next week ! Its got a long way to go but im enjoying it so far. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b202/jim...r2/IMG_0307.jpg

Hmmm i think i could be turn into a thief looking at that where do you live Drak ? Looking forward to seeing that one finished.