Fun with Perspective
Monday, day 28. April 2008I’ve always found it somewhat humorous how easily it can be to alter the perceived length of a bowed psaltery. Since I seem to have taken pictures of all sorts of bowed psalteries already, I thought today I would have fun with it a little and take a picture from an interesting angle.
You can see […]
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Pencils in the Miter Track
Friday, day 25. April 2008Here’s a tip for any woodworkers or luthiers out there: if you’re at all like me, you’re always grabbing for a writing instrument to mark a board. Oftentimes they get “misplaced” or knocked around while working on a project. (I go through quite a number of pencils in any given week while making bowed psalteries.)
Well, […]
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A Trio of Rosettes
Friday, day 18. April 2008I must admit that inlaying rosettes is one of my least favorite things to do. Accordingly, sometimes I can get a small buildup of these things before I finally get the time to actually inlay them in a soundboard.
On the left, you can see three such rosettes that are ready to adorn a bowed psaltery […]
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Fun with Double Bookmatching
Saturday, day 12. April 2008To the left you can see the beginning of my little experiment. I had a narrow yet thick chunk of Cocobolo left from cutting the sides to Arielle’s psaltery, and I was trying to see if I couldn’t find a use for it somehow.
One thing that struck me was that it had the most beautiful […]
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Pore Filling Cocobolo with CA Glue
Tuesday, day 8. April 2008To the left you can see the two things that I use to fill the pores in various woods, (in this case, Cocobolo), before applying the finish.
1. Medium viscosity CA glue.
2. A deck of playing cards.
What I do is drizzle the CA glue somewhat sparingly over the wood surface to be filled, (a little CA […]
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Arielle’s Psaltery
Wednesday, day 2. April 2008Here’s a shot of a psaltery that I’m currently working on:
I still can’t get over how great the rosette looks on this psaltery. It almost looks like a little band of fire inlaid into the Mahogany. I think I may have to try and go back and salvage some more strips from that board and […]
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