Andyjr1515

Wow!

Gosh. That is utterly stupendous. And battery just about to die or not, those are lovely photos of the finished beauty. I love all of your builds, Scott - but this has to be my favourite so far.

Well, in my personal experience, experienced builders don't make any fewer or less silly mistakes...they just get better at fixing or hiding them... Nothing too terrible in your thread (I've done much worse) - and I LOVE that top colour

I'll be interested how you get on. The only problem might be that the thin tin won't be able to retain much heat and the dampened wood will quickly cool it. As such, you will be very dependent on how much heat the lamp is kicking out. Good to see this progressing - the headstock plate will look fine

Oh - and they are very readily available in all sorts of sizes. Just Google 'Mini/Miniature Thrust Bearings'

The ball races Andre at Nova fits are shown here: As I say - game changer...

I'm way, way behind on this one, so apols for the delay. Have you thought of mini ball-races between the knob and saddle-holder? Andre Passini at Nova Guitar Parts uses them and they absolutely transform the ease of turning. I have fitted a number of different headless systems over the years and this idea is the game changer without a doubt. I'll try to find a pic of the ball races from those fitted in one of my builds.

Yes - splendid!

Well, that should hold it

All looking good from here!

Delicious!

The micro-mesh cloth is probably more useable than the pads - you can get mixed grade packs on ebay/amazon. I usually go for the 3600 to 12000 packs. I wouldn't be without them - one of the best abrasive developments I've ever come across. The cloth versions (I use the 6" x 3" but other sizes are available) means you can used them with sanding blocks, cork blocks, radius blocks or just with your fingers. They are fully washable, can be used wet or dry, last an absolute age and are the tops!

Many thanks @ScottR and @Bizman62 for the detailed 'how and why' run through of the process here. Consider all techniques as stolen and expect my next build shinier Seriously, this is great info, y'all

We've all done it, @henrim Still looking great.

Still very attractive, though. Some of our builds are a bit like a Hollywood set - you look round the back and it's a bit dull That's not going to be the case with this one!