Author Archives: LuthierMan

Last April when I had my kidney removed I knew I was going to have to reduce my exposures to chemicals and solvents to near zero.   I was very concerned about the luthiery because of course, I used lacquer … Continue reading →

It’s been awhile since I posted (in fact I took time off from building) because of some personal stuff coming up but anyways I’m getting back into the swing of things. I mounted the neck on my newest Dreadnought today. … Continue reading →

Here’s where she sits… standing up under string tension The initial setup is done, and the action is good. But this was a random collection of stuff a few days ago and now it’s a guitar, so it will take … Continue reading →

I laid down the shellac (I mix my own) today and after a long enough time for a hard set, laid on the first coat of lacquer. I usually do 3. I sand a little bit in between each coat. … Continue reading →

  Just running 2 small screws down in the string holes works just fine, I find. A lot easier than messing around with a bunch of clamps that have to bridge over bracing and mar stuff and cause the bridge … Continue reading →

Got the body and neck sanded, frets set and dressed, neck glued on. Now she sets for a few days to cure the glue; I want everything rock hard before I do anything else.

Huge breakthrough: all the hardware, except for one motor coupler, is installed; and I got the motor controllers configured enough to spin the motors. All 3 axes. This is huge; I have some fiddling around to get the thing moving … Continue reading →

Closer….  

Spindle mount (really, a bracket for a palm router) and ballscrew is “in the mail”. We’re getting really close to being able to try to turn motors, though. Kind of exciting.  

Yesterday I got a whole big bunch of extrusions to make a router table. (Actually I thought I was ordering a single extrusion, so this was a huge disappointment). Anyways I decided to make it work and epoxied them all … Continue reading →