A GoBar clamping deck is a nifty system for clamping.  By bending fiberglass or wood rods between the upper and lower “decks”, it is easy to put pressure just about anywhere you need it.  In guitar building, this is key for tasks such as clamping the internal bracing in place (more on that in future posts), where it is difficult […]

It is hard to build an acoustic guitar without some way of routing perfect circles for the sound hole and the decorative rosette that surrounds the sound hole.  Unfortunately, unless you are making circles all the time, spending the bucks on a commercial jig is hard to swallow. I already had the Dremel from earlier projects and the Dremel plunge […]

It’s hard for me to build only one of anything.  I learn so much on the first attempt that I want to incorporate on the next.  But how many boats, surfboards, or guitars does one man need?  Bad question.  If there is still room in the house, yard, or shop, then there is room for more.  Of course, this needs […]

It’s not often that you can go to a race and have every person who enters win a prize.  Such is winter triathlon in Montana.  Or perhaps anywhere.  There are not many folks who are willing to run, bike, and ski back-to-back. What made this event even more interesting is that it was the 2013 Winter Triathlon National Championship!  So […]

I’ve been extremely slow posting anything of my own from my recent trip to Assateague Island on  Maryland’s Atlantic shore.  I figure: why post my own work when Barry Long at Eye In Hand has been telling the tale so brilliantly over the past few weeks.  Amazingly, days after we left Assateague, Hurricane Sandy hit the island hard.  Our camp site […]