Chuck's "Reverse Nashville" scratch build

[Chuck]

Have you got a planer and thicknesser? or did you do by hand?

I built myself a router sled Andy. It's not perfect but it does allow me to knock 5-8mm off the body thickness and deal with little bits of movement in the timber when it's glued. Once I've given both sides of the blank a run through the sled it's flat enough to finish by hand using a large sanding block.