At this stage, the luthier tests the instrument by producing some sounds. These sounds are linked to many factors such as the thickness of the board, wood...
The boards are glued together to form the soundboard. The method used here is Spanish: the boards are strung together with a series of corners and glue....
Finishing with the plane of the join between the two boards, which will form the soundboard.
Sebastian has been working as a luthier for the past 13...
To create a soundboard, two boards are needed. They come from the same board which has been split into two parts. The luthier planes them down to obtain...
The blade is sharpened on two stones, one with a large, and the other with a smaller grain. The stone is moistened with water. The angle used should be...
The planer blade is sharpened on a grindstone with a water stone. In order to work with wood, the desirable angle for chisels and planes should be 25 °.
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Iron Working requires to heat up a piece of metal to a high temperature so it becomes easier to shape it by forging. A forge typically uses bituminous...
Iron Working requires to heat up a piece of metal to a high temperature so it becomes easier to shape it by forging. A forge typically uses bituminous...
A forge typically uses bituminous coal, industrial coke or charcoal. Once specific coal for forging was the norm. But it had the disadvantage te be very...
The metal piece is now red and can be hammered, but no more than two minutes, otherwise it cools. The blacksmith usually works in the dim light so he could...
