OK, time to flood the forum with ocious narratives of irrelevant self-fulfilment. i´ve been trying to get into guitar building for some time, and for the past 6 months i´ve been part-time apprentice to a luthier friend of mine. so far it´s been kind of hit-and-miss (more miss than hit, evidently) but today, for the first time i was able to joint a couple of tops (three actually) in less than 10 minutes, all by myself and, above all, with what i can only describe as "feeling" : feeling the weight of the plane in the hand as it travels, the resistance and profile of the wood, checking for straightness, rectifying until i felt it was ok. and, to my surprise, it WAS ok. and then the second came out ok, and then the third! i can´t tell what has changed in my methods or my skills (very few, i would say) but this was an eureka moment i will not forget very soon.
slightly annoying and self-centred happiness mode off, now back you, pros.
(and thanks for reading)
cheers,
miguel
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Very nice! Still over an hour per plate most of the time for me. Hopefully one day I shall join the club!
Padma