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You're quite welcome. Thank you for making them. Hope your current build continues to go well.

Keep in mind that you can "initialize" the bottom of most planes. If I am understanding your question correctly, this procedure below should work for you. You'll just need some grits of sandpaper,...

If you delve deeper into Paul Seller's channel on Youtube, you can see several tools, fixtures, jigs and the like that he has made. He has even made his own spokeshave, in the process giving a...

+1 on the idea of making your own tools and fixtures. I learned a lot about the nature of oak when building my cam clamps:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSO5QFQhQk8

Don't I wish! I have his OM kit, and the attention to detail is everything one could want.

Magnus, what's the pickup in that? What I think I'm hearing is a really well matched set of electronics and woods. Thanks for posting this! Great playing, as well, btw. Very thoughtful touch on...

A little update: I've been using the tool now for months, and I love it! So deeply appreciate the generosity of those who supplied the plans online, and the great advice here at the Café.

I have...

Great interview with Geoff Burghardt and Robert O'Brien about building a Mandolin back out of torrefied maple.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-q3T96DwdU

Just followed your Facebook page - thanks for being so generous with the pictures, and the updates! It's encouraging to see folks who are willing to be open about the setbacks.

Well done, sir. I would say both sides look good - I wouldn't sneer at it if someone handed it to me as an example of their efforts (knowing well the dire limitations of my own). Thanks for also...

Saw this on Highland Woodworking's podcast. Thought it was helpful in seeing one approach to cutting a rosette.

http://thehighlandwoodworker.com/the-highland-woodworker-episode-28/

Took it out this weekend and got the sanding drum leveled to the deck. This took a lot longer than I was expecting. I glued sandpaper (100 grit) to a piece of plywood, and make some handles so I'd...

Many thanks, all. That's quite kind, and the best wishes and prayers are appreciated. And Oliver, my mom is down from Canada helping to take care of the little ones as I type.

Got some more...

Wow, Mike! Comprehensive, beautifully illustrated, and fun to read. Can't wait to get an hour or two to myself, and a cup of coffee. What a treat.

Very, very kind of you to invest all that...

Again, just wanting to bump this thread and give an update, for those who kindly expressed an interest and have offered great advice for the project.

It's been a tough month - traveling for work,...

Well done! Feels good to complete something successfully - congrats.

Unless it explodes tomorrow, in which case - congrats on a lesson learned for comparatively little expense.

Please, please, for heaven's sake, do an inlay pattern of a walrus on Tubby's headstock. 8 posts in and that instrument has character already!

Sadly, not all of those safety screws are hidden. The new low-end taylor guitars have them driven right through the bridge, they don't even try to dress them up.

***I"m wrong - looked into this,...

It's only a job for you if you post lots of pictures so that us other newbies can learn from your experience! :)

Fox, thanks for bumping the thread with your update. This is really quite an inspirational thing to read, for those of us crossing into Lutherie from other hobbies. I build model ships, so your...

Hi Nick, do you have access to a bandsaw? I've had pretty good luck re-sawing stock at home. Takes me a while to get the cut straight in both directions (vertically and lengthwise along the...

Just a little update. I've been pre-occupied with gardening, building a thickness sander, and parenting, etc.

Latest progress is imitating the neck block from Don's kit. Note his (attached to...

This was very helpful to me:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki8tt-VjwqI

Amazing! Wow Oliver - that is the super-deluxe model! Looks like a large diameter on that sanding drum as well, must stay true quite well. If I may ask - what width do you consider sufficient for...

Thank you, Bob! That's very kind of you. Not sure the ships will make it into the background - I've had to move the shipbuilding desk far from the "heavy" tools (ie anything bigger than tweezers)....