( as a context: I am trying to find a way to make things without any powertools. All my latest purchases have been old saws, drill braces,etc.. )
You're a brave man @koendb.........or maybe just a very patient man. I'm using mostly hand tools for my current build but I have used a router for the rosette channel and I think I would have been at it forever without a bandsaw. Go for it though and let me know how it goes and maybe I'll try it one day.
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@koendb No, only use the frame saw for cutting bookmatching tops and bottoms. Primarily for acoustics but with several kerfing plane sizes that I built I now can cut from 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick on any body blank or fretboard potential blanks. Simply clean it up, hand plane or router plane it with a sled. Works like a charm but takes some time. Cannot afford a big band saw for such tasks nor find the need for it. To some degree I am a purist. I posted a video on how I made that framing saw on one of the threads awhile back based on a Tom Fidgen design on you tube. It was a light bulb moment for me. I cut my scarf joints on a table saw with a 12 degree angle sled and takes minutes. I do however have a miter box I built for scarf joints and wirks reall well as well. Do not use it at all anymore but have been used so much multiple times in the past. As a furniture builder, I employ methods of non hardware joinery and I suppose it is just a part of me that transcends to guitarmaking in terms of it being truly hand built. A friend of mine just gave me a bitchin CnC and have used it recently. Made cutting boards, a few templates but just not into it. Building with your bare hands and the brain exercise is the main satisfaction I get with guitarmaking. To this day, I still use my vintage century old hand crank drill and try to avoid the drill press. Call me old fashion but still think however Stradevarious would have used a router if he had it. Why not?
( as a context: I am trying to find a way to make things without any powertools. All my latest purchases have been old saws, drill braces,etc.. )
You're a brave man @koendb......... Go for it though and let me know how it goes and maybe I'll try it one day.
Yup, let me know too @koendb.
Though there's absolutely no chance of me ever trying anything similar!!!
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A friend of mine just gave me a bitchin CnC and have used it recently. Made cutting boards, a few templates but just not into it.
I viewed the CNC - at least the design part of the process - as being another learning exercise and opportunity to develop new skills. I viewed it as a more reliable method as the CNC has been less prone to mistakes when cutting wood than my hands have been in the past ... or perhaps that just illustrates that my hands haven't developed the necessary skills.
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@russ Don't get me wrong, I do use power tools too, I just think it is great to develop the skills to not be dependent on them to finish a task.
Also, it is nice to be able to do some work in silence, without the need to wear ear protection..
Talking about cutting rosettes, I immediately think about using my Dremel, but at the same time I think, how would people made these using only hand tools in the past. Same for inlays. So thank you, now I have more things to investigate and learn 🤣 😋 😋 🤨
@tv101 Yes the CnC is so cool. I use it now to make templates. Huge time saver and super accurate especially if you have the proper router bits which I really need. Also CAD designing gets me back into my graphic arts years back in the day. Very fun indeed. I just love the pleasure of cutting wood. The human feel of it all.
Talking about cutting rosettes, I immediately think about using my Dremel, but at the same time I think, how would people made these using only hand tools in the past. Same for inlays. So thank you, now I have more things to investigate and learn
Hi @koendb
Get yourself a handheld circle cutter and a grannies tooth plane. Great fun but 100 times slower than your Dremel. 🤣
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Get yourself a handheld circle cutter and a grannies tooth plane. Great fun but 100 times slower than your Dremel.
Ah I dont hve the circular cutter yet, but the router parts are on order, I am making my own as designed by Paul Sellers 🙂
Speed is not always needed, I can buy perfectly squared wood, but planing and smoothing yourself with a couple handplanes is so satisfying...
I can use my router to make perfect rabets. but using a chisel and saw are so much more rewarding mentally.
@koendb love nice old hand planes, last year I started with none but by the end of the year I had over 10 lol
you mean you buy a new one whenever the blade on the old one gets blunt too?
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ok, ok, I’m going to ask …
Why do you need 38 planes??
I don’t ! I bought a couple of planes, when I got an offer to buy a set of 24 old wooden planes, mainly moulding planes and rabbet planes for cabinet and furniture making .. I just could not resist the temptation 😁
I made a plane till for my iron planes., The wooden planes will be stored just above that on a still to make shelf.
But as you can see, plenty of room for expansion 😉 😜 😀 🤣 😎 😎
On the left of this plane till, I will make a small Saw till later on.
Oh btw: here are the wooden planes I got ( for 85 Euros in total 😜 )
