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Rodger, you certainly got a hold of a nicer box than I did! I just stained mine with an impromptu tobacco stain (cigar tobacco immersed in ethanol, then mixed in with shellac - granted, it worked out very well, all things considered). Thanks for all the comments guys! You might actually make me stop...

Seeger is the first person I ever heard play a banjo and he single-handedly got me into American folk music. Still have his banjo book sitting around somewhere! R.I.P.

This is some really wonderful stuff. I don't have a humidity controlled environment in my shop-to-be either, so seeing intricate inlay like this work despite the fluctuations is inspiring (and a testament to your skill, most of all).

Hello everyone! I've gotten so much wonderful feedback, information and eye-candy from this forum ever since signing up, both from the replies to my posts as well as from other posters, I figured it would be appropriate to post something hopefully entertaining as a way of saying thank you. I present...

This really is great. The first instrument I ever made was a fife and it made me fall in love with the craft. The lack of readily available tools scared me off, but I've always dreamt of building baroque oboes and clarinets. This is a really interesting post and really inspiring. The moment I get my...

One more reason a scraper would work better for me is that I don't have a lot of spaces where I can temporarily discard a lot of paper waste, least of all rolls or stacks of sandpaper. A scraper means less storage space occupied and less trips to the store, which are both big advantages in my circum...

That's a good hint Clay, thanks! Perhaps I should try to get a couple nice sharp scrapers and use them. If the balcony is preferable in any way, that's all the better for me. I would like to avoid having to build dust hoods indoors if at all possible. As for power sanding, I don't think I'll be doin...

Shawn, I've actually been thinking of setting up a small-scale laminar flow hood, the type you'd see in a lab (I'm a chemist) and using that on my tabletop inside as an alternative. It would be a bigger investment, and a hell of a lot of work, but potentially manageable. I definitely have that idea ...

Thanks for the welcome, Jim! (If I may use the familiar address.) What you've both said mirrors my own thinking on the subject. I reckon I could easily do the gluing, gouging, planing and chiseling inside. What I'm most concerned about are the sanding and finishing stages, since they do produce a va...

Greetings, This is my first post on the forum, so I run the risk of being highly clumsy and indignant. However, I do feel like this is a question I haven't seen answered anywhere else yet, so I'll give it a shot. I'm not sure if this is the right subforum to post under, since it's a tricky topic. Pl...