MIMF

To anyone passing through, I posted this thread on other forums & as there is very little new under the sun, unsurprisingly builders have come out with their different methods of shaping sides & making templates of them. One builder, JasonM over at foro flamenco used Cad to print out a templ...

My lower back was sore crouching down to plane the ribs in the traditional way whilst getting a back to fit so I thought of this alternative method, Ive not found mention of it elsewhere so I thought Id share it. Take a guitar, attach a strip of card around a rib with double sided tape, make a mark ...

Not at all mate that’s why I posted it, I’d be flattered. It would be good if you could post a picture of it here or send me one though, I’d love to see it! You could cut a little window out near the blade so you can see where you’re going with it. I draw lines on the top 30mm either side of the cen...

Heres a rosette I made using this cutter.
www.stefankellyguitars.com

I came up with this jig to do away with the need to chisel a taper on either side of each individual Rosette tile. You load a Rosette log into the jig, fix it in place with the bolts, align the log by sight from either end to make sure the side of the log protrudes evenly from the jig along the leng...

I became frustrated with traditional rosette/circle cutters so I came up with this & thought I would share it so you can make your own. With this design you don’t have to repeatedly adjust the position of the blade in relation to the pivot to adjust the diameter of the circles, instead of the bl...