Hello from GB

[unclePJ]

Found this site and thought it’d be good to say… hello.

Live in place called Rye in England after moving from the city of Manchester. I work in Architecture but started life as a joiner and now I’ve moved to the slower paced country life, I stare at my computer and dream of a big work shop surrounded by wood…haha (wife thinks I’m mad) but she dreams of a big dressing room surrounded by shoes, so go figure!!

I’m building a solid body electric guitar the body is mahogany (free window cill someone gave me) and the neck maple (which a bloke round the corner gave me) and I’m doing it all on a black and decker work mate outside coz I’ve not got more than a 2ft x 4ft shed which is shoved full of stuff. It’s all being done by hand tools although I’ve just got a small bandsaw off ebay since I blew up my jigsaw trying to cut out the body…

Found this site whilst looking for a forum in GB, but this ones cool coz it’s so comprehensive… good work!

Just got ‘The Woodworker & Woodturner’ (March edition) and it’s got a walk though of a Spanish guitar… so I’m dreamin of the next project, my passion really is clocks and one day I hope to set up myself building nice clocks although the guitar building has really started me along another path, which I wish I’d discovered when I was young enough to join a rock band …well you never know…

Cya

Phil

[Wood Borer]

Welcome to the board Phil.

I am surprised that you can even work outside, I have heard it never gets warm, it rains a fair bit and the daylight is short in the UK. Build yourself a decent shed before you catch a cold etc

[bullfright]

Welcome Phil from a Mancunian from way back...........Go United!

[Ad de Crom]

Hi Phil, welcome.
Dreamin' about a big shop is not so mad as your wife called it.
What about making wooden shoes, I think both of you are satisfied.
Ad

[Ed Reiss]

Welcome Phil

Lots of other dreamers here, glad you could join us.

[munruben]

Welcome Phil

[terry arnold]

Welcome to the dream

Terry

[artme]

G'day Phil and welcome to cyber heaven

Dreams are good, except when they become nightmares!

[wm460]

G'Day Phil
Welcome to the forum.

[poulso]

G'day Phil
Welcome to the forum

[DonB]

Lots of us have the 'wife thinks i'm mad' problem. Its easy to overcome.
Just tell her you need a big shed so you can start to build her the room with lots of shoe racks she has always dreamt of. No need to mention a completion date!!!
Then you just have to have the necessary tools to make the racks etc.
And the dust collection filters so you wont die of wood related diseases before you finish the racks.....
Mate, the list goes on and on and on ......
Eventually you just get the local 'chippe' to build the racks while you get on with the important things in life, building guitars, violins, banjo's, clocks, Big Ben look a likes.
Have fun, do it now, adventure before dementia, this life is not a dress rehearsal.
Don