Saturday, August 8, 2015. Drove up after getting settled in at Lie-Nielsen. For his class this weekend. Because of his flight times and the hour and a half drive to my place from the Toolworks, we got a quick dinner and headed straight over to the Fisher house. As in most cases it is not the excellence of the tools, but the skill of the hand that wields them, that gives the most effect. Nathaniel Whittock, 1828,. Wednesday, August 5, 2015.

Blogging on lutherie, woodwork and music-making. The following is adapted from an article I wrote for Furniture and Cabinetmaking Magazine. 25mm thick plywood big enough to accommodate the size of panel you typically glue plus the width of two rails. I used a 35 square sheet because that is easily big enough for the guitars I typically build;.

some really wet, just cut. walnut lumber! I have never attempted to dry freshly sawn lumber before, so this was time to experiment and learn. The picture above was my first step; stickered the wood and used a fan to circulate some air. This was very slow, but slow is good for drying wood.

One of the advantages, perhaps, of learning directly from someone else is that you can copy their methods until you find the genius in them or you find them wholly unsuitable to the way you do things.

Note the baffling configuration of fluorescent lights. Can you guess which two work? Many an hour did I stand in front of that bench. The northerly sand dune slowly consumes its vertical green companion. Waterstains from a generation of floods. In spite of all of its shortcomings, this little shop enabled some of my most productive time as a woodworker.