Current Projects Archives

January 19, 2020January 26, 2020

Practice Time with the Big Roubo Saw

I recently started a new position in my Information Security career, which has kept me away from the shop (and from posting) for a while. I managed to shoe-horn in some workshop time during Memorial Day weekend 2019, and took the Roubo inspired veneer saw (frame saw) for some test cutting. Just like any…

February 24, 2019January 26, 2020

Taking My Glue Pot “off the grid” (Part One)

Ever since I began building instruments, I’ve used some form of electric glue pot to prepare granulated hide glue for my instruments. For the last 30 years, I’ve either used a double boiler (bain marie) and an electric hot plate, or the iconic “Hold Heet” electric glue pot that’s been my workhorse since the early…