Monthly Archives: January 2012

Making and Mastering Wood Planes — The Movie UPDATE

“Making and Mastering Wood Planes” in HD video format is just about ready for release!  The production company, Agricola Media has done a masterful job of  putting the video together.  It’s running about 4 hours and 40 minutes on 2 … Continue reading

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Horsehair and Wood: Re-hairing a Violin Bow

The idea for producing musical sounds using a bow fitted with horsehair is thought to go back at least a thousand years to the nomadic horse cultures of Central Asia, while the modern violin bow was perfected in the mid-to-late … Continue reading

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Guitar 26: 5th Installment

Happy New Year to  you!   Well, it’s back to guitar work and time to get the back and top glued to the sides. I stabilized the sides in the form with turnbuckle spreaders while planing the linings flush to the … Continue reading

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