Not all luthiers utilize these handy jacks as they are used to hold the pre-bent guitar sides tight against an inside form. I do use the inside form and I love it for many reasons. I won’t go into that right now as that will be another article, but I can say that I feel [...]
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You will really get some payback by taking some time to master the use of a cabinet scraper. They are simply various shapes of harden sheet steel with a burnished edge on them, allowing you to plane down an area of wood in a hurry, while having a silky smooth finished surface. They can be used for a variety of uses as are explained in this informative article on making and using Hand Scrapers.
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