LIVE(ish) in the Shop | Q&A and a Table Saw Basics Demonstration
In this episode of DIY Guitarmaking, I'm answering your lutherie questions, preparing my sides for thicknessing and demonstrating basic ripping on the table saw.
I will be at the Woodstock Invitational Luthier's Showcase this coming October 13, 14, and 15. This is part 3 of me racing to complete Guitars #86 and #87 before the show. Will I make it in time?!
In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I will be radiusing the fretboard, installing mother-of-pearl dots in to the fretboard face, sanding "fallaway" in to the fretboard tongue, applying Tru Oil to the fretboard, shaping the bridge blank and drilling bridge pin holes, and conforming the bridge glue surface to the radius of the top.
Come join me at the show this October: http://www.woodstockinvitational.com/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HBVGwpQ450
In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I design a new fretboard template and slot and cut a fretboard out of gorgeous Birdseye Maple for Guitar #116.
And I also make a mistake, and have to adapt on the fly!
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? Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
? To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/
? Check out the Radial Rosette Maker Jig: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97r8eF0c_fo
In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I discuss some design considerations for my new, florentine cutaway parlor build, Guitar #116. Then we walk through the process of cutting a rosette channel and inlaying two fiber purfling strips and a teflon "place-holder" for the Mother Of Pearl, which will be installed later.
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? Register for a 9 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
? Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
? To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/
? Check out the Radial Rosette Maker Jig: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As9o1O1LtnY
Can you use Teak as an instrument wood?
Standard angle or alternate angles for jackplanes?
How does Katalox compare to Rosewood for guitar necks?
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New episodes are released every Friday at 10am
? Register for an 8 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
?Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic":
https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
?Check out the online course: Tru Oil Finishing: A Method for Acoustic Guitar:
https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/tru-oil-finishing-method-acoustic-guitar/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW0okIgP7yM
I show how I use specialty joining boards to glue purfling strips to the edge of binding strips in order to create side purfling.
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New episodes are released every Friday at 10am
? Register for an 8 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
?Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic":
https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
?Check out the online course: Tru Oil Finishing: A Method for Acoustic Guitar:
https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/tru-oil-finishing-method-acoustic-guitar/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMIVJ0_4h1k
? Subscribe for weekly guitar making tips: https://www.youtube.com/c/EricSchaeferGuitars?sub_confirmation=1
New episodes are released every Friday at 10am
? Register for an 8 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
?Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic":
https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
?Check out the online course: Tru Oil Finishing: A Method for Acoustic Guitar:
https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/tru-oil-finishing-method-acoustic-guitar/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvABPwBBMCI
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.
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New episodes are released every Friday at 10am
? Register for an 8 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
?Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic":
https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
?Check out the online course: Tru Oil Finishing: A Method for Acoustic Guitar:
https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/tru-oil-finishing-method-acoustic-guitar/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjxI1Bk0UUE
In this episode of DIY Guitarmaking I mill down a board of katalox and explain how some simple planning and the use of the bookmatching technique for something other than tops and backs can really up your craftsmanship.
For more on Jointing techniques: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/jointing-the-plates/
For more on Joining after jointing: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/joining-the-plates-video-tutorial/
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New episodes are released every Friday at 10am
? Register for an 8 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
?Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic":
https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
?Check out the online course: Tru Oil Finishing: A Method for Acoustic Guitar:
https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/tru-oil-finishing-method-acoustic-guitar/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQAxQwHdjbY
A back to basics episode, I demonstrate how to remove a fret without getting chipout on the fretboard face, using a set of nippers and a soldering iron.
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New episodes are released every Friday at 10am
? Register for an 8 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
?Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic":
https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
?Check out the online course: Tru Oil Finishing: A Method for Acoustic Guitar:
https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/tru-oil-finishing-method-acoustic-guitar/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b0B39mE65w