Guitar progress stalled

When I was cutting the binding channels for the top two weeks ago, the sides began chipping out badly, and I haven't had much time lately to work on it.

I found some interesting luthiery supplies in China/Korea on eBay.

I am getting bone nuts and bridges for about $0.50/ea.

I got some really nice tuning machines for $10 or less. I think these rival the quality of Gotoh and Schaller. Only time will tell. You can order 5 or 6 sets of these for about the cost of one set of quality tuners from StewMac or LMI, and it only takes a week to get them.

Quality rosettes for about $2/ea. This is only a few of more than 20 that I received.

I finally found a metric thickness gauge for about $35 on eBay. This will help me more accurately thickness the plates.