This arrived yesterday but I haven't opened it yet.
Currently my garage workshop is doubling as a pizza oven; last night it never got below 34ºC all night and that's outside in the open air! We had a work barbecue today in the 40ºC heat. It's so bloody hot there were no flies, so I guess every cloud has a silver lining....
So far I've verified the parcel was actually addressed to me and it says "ST-1L" on it in Texta pen, so it's not like I haven't made any progress... :-)
This time round I'm going to try my hand at some wood carving and inlay work. (Last time I did any of that was about 50 years ago, so I guess I'll practice on some pieces of pine offcuts first). My scheme is do some leaf and flower carving and then try colouring them in with dyes made from an inkjet refill kit. That stuff is damned near impossible to get off if you spill it on unpainted wood, so it should survive final the wax polishing process. I've seen antique furniture finished that way and it looks really nice if it's done properly.
I've always wanted to do something like this, and at just for $149 for the kit I figure I can't go too far wrong....
Actually, I'm hoping someone here can give me some advice on the best nut material to use. I tried the forum search function but it rejected the word "nut" as it said it was too short. Opinions seem to differ widely, but in my case, I would think for a Strat type guitar with a tremolo arm, non-binding-ness would be the most important feature.
Last edited by Keith Walters; 20-12-2017 at 10:30 AM.
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