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Speaking of Trevor Gore... I've started using falcate bracing on my ukuleles and in making the braces, 3 strips of .0625" spruce are bent and then put in a bent lamination glue up rig using epoxy. Bending spruce is no fun on a hot pipe. It's slow, fussy, the fibers want to delaminate. I have been thinking about building a small dedicated steam box. Pulling all 3 of the strips out at once and bending them over a form with a metal back…

I've been building up my "2 car garage shop" for about 10 years preparing for retirement from health care. This spring I finally quit punching the time clock. Over the same time I've build 13 mandolins and 4 guitars. Now I pretty much have all my tools in place and enough wood stored to build for quite some time. My work benches are built with a heavy door for a top and base cabinets I scavenged from work. Lately I have toyed with the i…

I installed my new Proper’s Guitar Workstation, and other work holding equipment from Total Vise, in my shop this week. I customized my pedestal with a work tray & tool holder, using their “Pedestal Work Board Support." This will keep me from having to always go back & forth to my bench to set things down and get the tools I need, etc. I'm looking forward to how all of this new gear will help make my work easier, quicker, and cleaner, a…