Month: June 2019

Improving your Guitar Building Process by Doing Things the Hard Way

Post author By Eric Schaefer
Post date June 21, 2019
Categories In All, Design, Guitar Making, Uncategorized, Videos

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Bending Figured or Difficult Woods with Inconsistent Grain

Post author By Eric Schaefer
Post date June 7, 2019
Categories In All, Guitar Making, Uncategorized, Videos

In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I talk about and demonstrate techniques for bending woods with a heavy figure or difficult woods with an inconsistent or unpredictable grain orientation. I use the 5 troubleshooting factors: Thickness, Moisture, Heat, Pressure and Grain Orientation to show how I look at the task of bending guitar sides. […]