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This is a video I made some time back...I suggest you make the cutters out of old broken drill shanks , like a 1.5 mm drill should make...

I use a couple of boring heads in my drill press to cut sound holes and rosette channels they can be adjusted to suit whatever diameter...

I remember some years ago David Hurd of “left brained lutherie“ book fame …wrote a page on fitting a neck to body butt joint with epoxy...

After watching Prof Chris singing and playing his wonderful humorous ditties I was fascinated by his vamping technique... You know what...

No I went for the Cam Clamps method in the end …simple to use and takes up hardly any space… I just hang the jig on the wall...

I run a sharp scriber point down the slots to open them out a bit …if you stick a bit of tape on the end of a length of fret wire like a...

Now in the shop window :)

Easier to fit and work just well …but look different.

New label design for new uke design .

I know most of you have seen vids from me like this before ... but I’ve done this one anyway , just to show that it works :)

Just a Quick Look at the modifications I made to my new soprano bender … A variable heat control fitted with a thermometer on the mould...

I found this video , it’s not luthier stuff but interesting …I like the idea of a template fixed on top of the set up instead of having...

I just copy the old and tested Martin and Island ones from the 1920s …these are not guitars... remember the side are curved/corrighted...

I do mine at about 1.6-1.7 mm thick.

Currently I use just a meat thermometer with a mark on it that I made by experimenting ….when the temp is just right for bending i clamp...