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i m spliting the post for all you dial up people, so here are some more pics:
soem guitars in the making and getting ready for finishing:






thats it...no interesting jigs or anything- Boaz does it all by hand in the most traditional ways.

take care, all of you!
Udi.

Amazing stuff, very cool!

Thanks for sharing Udi. It looks like you had an awesome trip.

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Joe Breault
Merrimack, NH
Perpetual novice

Wow! Thanks Udi.

Wait a minute! Ya gotta tell us what's up with the bookmatched "arrowhead" join!

No power tools at all? I've read that that's how he started.

Carlton,
the pics of the two pieces being glued together shows how Boaz joins...well, everything - same technique for tops and backs.
in this case, he had a small trunk laying around the shop and a costumer wanted a headplate to be made out of that wood- so Its been cut with a hand-held saw, than clamped together to be joined- you can see it on the first pic on the pt.1 post.
Boaz does have a table saw, drill press and a thickness sander that were given to him by the late "uncle George" who was his "maestro"- he doesnt use them much however and claims he doesnt even know how to operate the thickness sander - then again, the guy's plane is so sharp and he is so skillful with his handtools that i wonder how much time he could really save if he used the thickness sander to thickness his tops - i dont think it would be too much.
besides, he told me he feels that by working with handtools you are forced to pay better attention to the woods grain and are more likely to pick on every little flaw that might be hidden somewhere.
he feels this enables him to have a better quality control of materials and to better know the wood he is using in order to alter the thickness/construction/bracing of a specific instrument made with a specific piece of wood within a specific specie.

he uses stickswith rubber rings on their edges to clamp both pieces together flat, and then wraps it all with a long rubber band to tighten the joint.
thats how he is able to "clamp" odd pieces together.
he did however adviced, that if i m looking for what he considers the "best" way to join tops/backs is the cahrles fox way.

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Thanks a lot for sharing this with us, Udi. It's great to have a peak into Boaz's shop.

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