Previously, I wrote about the merits of using rough stock in your woodworking. In that post I discussed the benefits offered to every woodworker through milling your own boards from rough to ready. What I did not cover is how to go about preparing rough stock for use on a project. The basic steps from [...]
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After getting the body together, the next step in the process was to trim the overhanging material from the back and top to be flush with the top and then to rout the channels for the binding and purfling. The binding will be placed along the seams of both the back and top where they [...]
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In the last post, I wrote about attaching the top to the sides. After completing that it was time to finally get the body completed and closed up. One more thing needed to be completed before attaching the back. For reinforcement, strips of spruce were applied to the sides periodically along the perimeter of the [...]
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With the bracing completed and the notches cut into the kerfed linings, it was time to start the work to attach the top to the sides. However, this task was not going to be able to be completed without some creative clamping. Because the top must be clamped all along its perimeter, any normal clamping [...]
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Well, I never did get to that other post for Woodworkers Safety Week 2008 but, I think that if you took the time to read some of the blogs you saw enough of the menagerie of safety devices available to help keep you safe in the workshop. At some point I can do a post [...]
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