rwillett

That's the way it goes in bankruptcy proceedings. I'm not defending it but that's what happens. HMRC tend to be the first creditor and Joe Public is at the bottom of the pile. Any outstanding purchase orders will be lost and if you haven't paid for it in a credit card, it's likely you've lost some or all of your money. The suppliers have also lost money which is why they tried to get their stock back when they knew. A builder in my local village went bust doing my sister in laws house and the local builders merchants who supplied the builder came round tried to shovel up the sand he'd put down and take the bricks he'd started building with back. Bankruptcies aren't nice, some people use them fraudulently and seem to come out OK, but most are pretty bad. I lost circa £2K 15 months ago when a plumber just closed up, not a bankruptcy but he said he'd sold the buisiness on to another company but no one could find out who the new business was and he wouldn't say who it was. The work that he started was left and I got another plumber in to finish. Police said it was a civil mater and wouldn't get involved. Other people lost over £30k. We didn't chase it further as it would cost more than £2k for us to do it. Rob

@JohnH89 I don;t have a neck plate, so am using a ferule so I'm losing quite a lot of thread and that worries me. I can try it and see what happens but I am slightly nervous Rob

All the dowels are now sanded down and flush with the heal. I had to slightly tile away some of the varnish to get it flat. I did as little as I could but it is is what it is. I made a little drill centering tool that fitted through the body and made small pilot holes for the proper holes to be put in. You will note the holes are about 2.5mm out from the originals, so close but so far. Looking through my spares box, I have a number of screws I can use, these are 45mm long, thought the screw body is really 43mm as the head can't be counted. The heal in the body is 27mm thick, which leaves 16mm of thread into the neck. However there is no ferrule in this measurement or plate (not that I have a plate the fits). If I put a ferrule on the back, then the screw left to go into the neck is 12mm which really doesn't look a lot to me. Should I try and find longer screws or is it OK to use the screw without as plate or ferrule? Looking through Basschat @PaulThePlug seems to have had the same issue. I think I'll find some nice 50mm ones and use a ferrule unless somebody has a clever idea. Rob

So I've made a tool to hold everything safe, secure and flat. It's now adjustable and is designed for 9.25" radius necks. Its easy enough to make it for flatter or rounder necks. I can move and adust the position of everything to keep it balanced. I've made it so it fits a guitar neck as well, so there's two clamps on the drill. This is a broken Squier neck from something. It appears that somebody drilled through the neck and out through the fretboard (wasn't me). Using this as a test to learn from. This is the 5mm drill and the laser guidance. I know the depth is 18mm as I already tested it. First 5mm dowel And all four done The lesson to learn here is don;t make the dowels too short First drills done. Drill, glued and inserted. Now we leave it for 24 hours to dry. I'll probably cut the dowels with a Dremel and then file down the tops by hand (carefully). Rob

Solved

Assuming Sod All = F-ck All There are two solutions, when sod-all = 0 or sod-all = 4 assuming the above. We would need to define f-ck all more accurately here in terms of sod-all to get the right answer. Rob

Grotty services everytime....

@neepheid You are welcome to break the journey up at Chez Clapham whether I go to this bash or not, on either or both journey legs. Rob

I will and the 3d printed six string. Work has become all consuming so I've done square root of sod-all on a number of printing projects that I want to see through. I might see if I can use October to get some momentum. Rob

I might see if t'other half will let me out for the weekend for this. Rob

Meths is very good. You can also use it to remove gunk left over from Velcro. Rob

Now that is a good price which immediately makes me suspicious. Yes I'm cynical git. I was in Andover last week as well which isn't that close to Bournemouth but a lot closer than North Yorkshire is. Can't see it staying around at that price to be honest and it's days trip down and then another day back.

How much are they looking for? I'd be very suspicious of an old guitar/bass on Gumtree. Does it have phrases such as: 1. Know nothing about guitars 2. Found under the bed 3. Left to me by Uncle John who played in some famous band. 4. Cash only

I read through the thread about sharpening chisels and I have to doff my cap to the lady. I love watching Masters (doesn't seem quite right to say Mistresses) in action. I sit at the feet of greatness. I shake my head and realise I will never achieve that level of Jedi like woodwork. Rob

Mike brought my iPad off me. A dull boring sale which is the very best sort No issues at all. Rob

Thanks for this. I've made myself a neck support using 40x20 extrusion and printed some neck specific parts to support the neck and hold it in place so its vertical and safe for a muppet (me) to use. I had the extrusion here from building and it only took 30 mins to design something to fit and support the neck. It might even work on some other necks. I'll play about with an adjustable headstock holder. but the important thing is I have a solid platform to make four x 3mm holes 18mm deep. Rob As its in black, it doesn't photograph well This is with the neck fastened down. Its very secure and is not going to move. It's also level.

@NancyJohnson must be new here...

Mmmm.... More faith than I have to be honest. Aluminum is easy, also if I cock it up, I have more of it. The Fender neck is lovely and I really don't want to damage it.