| This blog is written by kem | 18 entries so far |
-
Building a Classical Guitar #6: The back and back braces
In this part of the series, we’ll look at making and installing the back braces, making the...
-
Building a Classical Guitar #5: The top
The kit for this classical guitar came with a bookmatched pair of Engelmann spruce boards for the...
-
Building a Classical Guitar #4: The sides
The first step for the sides is to thickness the bookmatched sides. In the kit, these sides are a...
-
Building a Classical Guitar #3: The heel
The next step in the construction of the neck blank is attaching a heel block. In this gui...
-
Building a Classical Guitar #2: The neck and headstock
The first step in making the neck blank is to make a scarf joint. This creates the tilt back head...
-
Building a Classical Guitar #1: The Kit
I have started taking a classical guitar construction class at Red Rocks Community College in Lak...
-
The Holtzapffel Project #9: Veritas Twin Screw Face Vise
Over the holiday weekend and in between rain delays of the mesmerizing Nadal-Federer final, I fin...
-
Maple vs. Ash: why baseball bats are exploding
Wood science goes mainstream! NPR Science Friday featured a segment on the making of baseball bat...
-
The Holtzapffel Project #8: The end vise
Happy Independence Day! I’m looking forward to the three day weekend to put the finishing t...
-
The Holtzapffel Project #7: Constructing the base: lots of big mortises and tenons
With the top in good shape, I went back to constructing the base. I previously milled and glued u...
-
The Holtzapffel Project #6: The workbench top, part II
I’ve done a lot of work on the top since the last entry. I started by roughly flattening th...
-
The Holtzapffel Project #5: The workbench top, part I
As you can see in the picture below, Douglas fir comes in a wide range of colors. These are the b...
-
The Holtzapffel Project #4: My first laminations
I decided to start out with the legs, so I could get more practice milling the lumber and in glui...
-
The Holtzapffel Project #3: A shop tour
It’s been over 7 weeks since my last entry, but it took about that long for the wood to dry...
-
Christopher Schwarz at Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event [video]
Last week’s event in Chicago was fantastic. Being a novice, I really learned a lot from the...
-
This Weekend in Chicago: Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event
I’m visiting family in Chicago this weekend and found out that there is this hand tool even...
-
The Holtzapffel Project #2: Spending money
After three trips to two different Home Depots over a week and a half, I think I’ve found e...
-
The Holtzapffel Project #1: Design
After reading Christopher Schwarz’s excellent “Workbenches” book, I was inspire...
By subscribing to the RSS feed you will be notified when new entries are posted on this blog.
