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Old chairmaker's books - and other ramblings
General: Design and InspirationReferences and GlossariesI saw this and had to mention it here, if for no other reason than to have a record for myself of it so I can refer to the links... On the...
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Of canted blades, nibs, skewed backs, and sawmaking allegory
General: Design and InspirationOff Topic
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A Pair of 'Casters
General: WoodworkingDesign and InspirationPower ToolsOff TopicScratch Built Electric Guitars ProjectI've not had a lot of time for woodworking for the last few years, at least until just recently,...
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Chambered and Capped
General: WoodworkingTechniquesDesign and InspirationLuthiery With the maple cap glued up and drying, it's time to jump onto the main walnut body for the tele style.I grabbed the ever hated router with...
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Cavities
General: WoodworkingDesign and InspirationLuthiery Now that I have the outer limit routed, and while the glue on the maple cap on the tele is drying, I turn to routing out the cavities on the strat...
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Preparing the Neck Blanks
General: WoodworkingDesign and InspirationLuthiery In the continuing saga of my attempt to build a pair of guitars, it is time now to turn my attention to the guitars' necks...Guitar necks are in my...
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Truss Rods
General: WoodworkingDesign and InspirationLuthieryThe neck is shaped, but I didn't get to thinning the headstock - I guess I should have included it in the last entry - but it was getting a bit long, I...
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Capping Off the Neck
General: WoodworkingDesign and InspirationLuthieryThe ongoing saga of the scratch built guitars continues... The last chapter had me making and installing truss rods.With the truss rods in place, it's...
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Slots and Dots
General: WoodworkingDesign and InspirationLuthiery The ongoing saga of the scratch built guitars continues... In the last chapter installed the caps that cover the truss rods. In this chapter, I'll...
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Rounded and Radiused
General: WoodworkingDesign and InspirationLuthiery In this chapter of the scratch built guitars saga I will continue the work on the necks... In the last chapter I slotted for the frets and installed...
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