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Honing a knife I use for some of the rough work. I

Honing a knife I use for some of the rough work. I did a funky job of putting a somewhat Scandinavian grind on it but it holds an edge and cuts very well. .
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#knife #luthier #handtools #waterstones #honing

I milled this binding stock a little too tall so I

I milled this binding stock a little too tall so I'm drawing the edges over this plane to get them just right prior to bending. All tools are power tools but with many of my tools I am the power source!
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#dulcimer #luthier #dulcimermaker #handplane #whatsonyourbench #handtools #socialdistancing

Gluing the end caps on two #dulcimers. Social dist

Gluing the end caps on two #dulcimers. Social distancing is working out so far.

Curly walnut end caps for a curly walnut #dulcimer

Curly walnut end caps for a curly walnut #dulcimer.

The backs of two #dulcimers in progress, one in sy

The backs of two #dulcimers in progress, one in sycamore, the other curly walnut.

My hi-tech setup for gluing up fingerboards. . . .

My hi-tech setup for gluing up fingerboards.
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#dulcimers #luthier #clamps

Dulcimers in times of coronavirus. . . . . #dulcim

Dulcimers in times of coronavirus.
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#dulcimer #luthier #arewehavingfunyet

Trying something different for the sound port. . .

Trying something different for the sound port. .
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#dulcimermaker #luthier #dulcimer

Trying a thinner waste on the next two dulcimers.

Trying a thinner waste on the next two dulcimers.
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#dulcimermaker #whatsonyourbench #luthier

Enjoying one of my favorite forms of social distan

Enjoying one of my favorite forms of social distancing. 😊
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#dulcimermaker #luthier #dulcimer #handtools #soundboard #spruce

That awkward moment when I set up a #dulcimer and

That awkward moment when I set up a #dulcimer and like it so much much that I think about keeping it for myself! I probably won't, but I'm tempted!

This #dulcimer was a custom order from several yea

This #dulcimer was a custom order from several years ago. One fretboard is tuned as a standard dulcimer in D-A-D, the other is tuned as a baritone dulcimer in A-E-A.
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#dulcimermaker #luthier #luthiery

Setting up a #dulcimer that I started making close

Setting up a #dulcimer that I started making close to a year ago. I put it aside so I could focus on some custom orders but now its time has come.
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#dulcimermaker #oak #spruce #ebony

Musical instruments in assorted flavors and colors

Musical instruments in assorted flavors and colors.

Installing tuners. . . . . #dulcimermaker #luthier

Installing tuners.
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#dulcimermaker #luthier #dulcimer

Making a compensated dulcimer bridge. . . . #dulci

Making a compensated dulcimer bridge.
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#dulcimermaker #whatsonyourbench #luthier #dulcimer #handtools #intonation #micarta

Bang, bang, bang, bang! . . . #frets #fretboard #f

Bang, bang, bang, bang!
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#frets #fretboard #fingerboard #luthier #dulcimermaker #dulcimer

A mahogany and spruce dulcimer in the home stretch

A mahogany and spruce dulcimer in the home stretch. .
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#dulcimer #luthier #frets #fingerboard

I ❤️ my skewed low angle block plane. . . . #d

I ❤️ my skewed low angle block plane.
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#dulcimermaker #whatsonyourbench #luthier #handplane #handtools #cherry #poplar

Squaring up an ebony and black walnut dulcimer fin

Squaring up an ebony and black walnut dulcimer fingerboard.
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#dulcimer #handplane #luthier #luthiers

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