The glamourous world of lutherie (BW)

[archipirata]

A few of my shots from the new job. Learning an amazing amount everyday about the sub-culture of guitar heads/builders and working with a lot of really interesting people.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

Nice stuff!

How do they use the pin vices in building guitars?

[N-OS X-tasy!]

That was amazing - thanks for sharing. The quality that shines through in those photos is obvious.

[Will Collier]

Very nice.

Wish I had the carpentry chops for that kind of work, but my abilities there stopped somewhere around 7th grade wood shop. I had the guys at Moniker in Austin build me a Tele-alike recently, and I'm really happy with it.

[M>B>]

May be Pat will chime in on this...

http://patfosterguitars.com/

AKA, lost in space.

[archipirata]

The little pin vise is part of a crack repair kit. You use the pin to make a tiny hole throughout the body at the crack location so you can feed a fine wire through then use the tuner and a wooden biscuit (cut with the biscuit bit) to clamp the crack shut top and bottom with the wire while the glue dries, then remove the wire and the only thing to fill is the tiny hole.

[Rick-o]

Very nice pics. Thanks for sharing them.

As a Journeyman carpenter, I recognize and have used a lot of those tools. Some of them just have to be new though. The chisels and saws especially. Too clean for working tools of that trade.

And, where is all the sawdust? I only see a little itty bit. :biggrin:

[lost in space]

Congrats! What's the new job?

Stewart MacDonald is a great resource. I first dealt with them in 1976 for banjo parts. Couple months ago I found an old catalog of theirs from '77, with photocopied type-written pages and hand-drawn illustrations, no photos. They make a lot of good stuff, though pricey. A lot of it can be shop-made or bought elsewhere for much less, but you have to dig for it. If you like tools, they're the go-to foiks. Pretty good kits too, to get started.

[RAMd®d]

Beautiful photographs!

[hal]

Great document of your work! Thanks...

Surely, you'd be interested in the film, Musicwood - check out this trailer: http://vimeo.com/12002721