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Bananas are berries, but strawberries aren’t…l Bananas are berries, but strawberries aren’t…life is occasionally confusing. Clean, simple rabbets make more sense sometimes.
Back before everyone and their dog-walker had a CN Back before everyone and their dog-walker had a CNC, I got tired of slotting multi-scale boards by hand. Designed and built this tablesaw jig well over a decade ago, and it’s been working tickety-boo ever since.
Top attached, variables multiplied. Confidence: th Top attached, variables multiplied. Confidence: theoretical.
Testing deflection: put a weight here, measure a b Testing deflection: put a weight here, measure a bend there, and suddenly you’re supposed to know exactly what to do with it. Funny that after so many years, I still find myself questioning everything I think I know…
Removing material for the carbon reinforcement. Th Removing material for the carbon reinforcement. The neck is stiffened with a U-shaped carbon and hardwood core. This raises the main bar mode far above the top and back, effectively eliminating sympathetic coupling. Precision meets physics.
I’ve been reading Annie Duke, and a line that st I’ve been reading Annie Duke, and a line that stuck with me is: ‘Acknowledging uncertainty is the first step in measuring and narrowing it.’ In today’s world, it feels like people are afraid to admit, ‘I know some stuff, but I definitely don’t know everything’—as if not knowing diminishes you. For me, it doesn’t. It’s where the work lives. Anyway, here’s a rosette.
Tune. Fit. Stuck. Now lunch. Tune. Fit. Stuck. Now lunch.
The fact that I haven’t built a cherry guitar ye The fact that I haven’t built a cherry guitar yet is inexcusable. Consider this my public shaming.
There are many ways to measure the material proper There are many ways to measure the material properties of wood. Seventeen years ago, my tools were a homespun accelerometer and a signal generator. Call me an old stick in the mud, but it still works — simple, reliable, proven.
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