In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I fashion a bundle of guitar neck blanks from billets of Honduran Mahogany using the jointer, table saw and planar to make them perfectly flat, square and consistent.
Author: Eric Schaefer
Q&A – Side Slat Layout, Spanish Cedar Necks, and Bending Mahogany
Q&A – X-bracing, Taptuning, and Lattice Bracing
Q&A – Buffing Tru Oil, the 14th fret hump, and the best woods for side bending
Restoring an Old Craftsman Jointer
A friend gifts me a rusty old jointer! In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I remove the rust, level the the infeed and outfeed tables, level the fence, set the infeed table coplanar to the outfeed table, and clean the cutterhead.
Q&A – Backstrip Woods, Headplate Thickness, and Butt Joints
Mario’s Guitar Speaks for the First Time
Reflections – On Steel String vs. Classical Guitar Culture
Updates from Quarantine
Cost of Getting Started in Lutherie
In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I break down some estimated costs for tools, jigs, parts and materials to get started in acoustic guitar making. I also talk about the cost of education in lutherie.