I show how I use specialty joining boards to glue purfling strips to the edge of binding strips in order to create side purfling.
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Q&A – Pickguards, Rosettes, and $20k Guitars
Q&A – Pickguards, Rosettes, and $20k Guitars
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Florentine Cutaway Tip Binding on Guitar No. 57
I cut a channel with a gramil and a chisel and bind the tip of the florentine style cutaway with flamed maple strips on guitar #57
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Making a Simple End Graft for Guitar No. 56
I create and install a decorative end seam inlay for guitar #56
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Flattening the Sides to Prep for Binding on Guitar No. 57
Cutting square binding channels really comes down to good binding prep, that is, making the sides meticulously flat and square prior to commiting your guitar to the router. I provide some tips for flattening the sides effectively as I prepare...
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Prepping Lumber for Guitar Neck Blanks
I fashion a bundle of guitar neck blanks from billets of Honduran Mahogany using the jointer, table saw and planar to make them perfectly flat, square and consistent.
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Q&A – X-bracing, Taptuning, and Lattice Bracing
Q&A – X-bracing, Taptuning, and Lattice Bracing
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Q&A – Buffing Tru Oil, the 14th fret hump, and the best woods for side bending
Q&A – Buffing Tru Oil, the 14th fret hump, and the best woods for side bending
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Restoring an Old Craftsman Jointer
A friend gifts me a rusty old jointer! I remove the rust, level the the infeed and outfeed tables, level the fence, set the infeed table coplanar to the outfeed table, and clean the cutterhead.
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Cost of Getting Started in Lutherie
I break down some estimated costs for tools, jigs, parts and materials to get started in acoustic guitar making. I also talk about the cost of education in lutherie.
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Getting Started as a Guitar Maker
How to get started in Lutherie! I discuss things like having basic tool skills, learning to sharpen, whether or not you should build from a kit or from scratch, and whether or not you should specialize in acoustic guitars or....
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Soundbox Reveal of Guitar No. 56
For Guitar #56, the soundbox has been closed and it is ready for binding!
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