On Thu, 26 Feb 1998 15:50:56 -0800, Joe Nance wrote:

>I love hand tools, but using some electrons sure makes some things go a
>LOT faster.
>
Not everything. I made my first harpsichord in 1972 using a table saw
for almost everything. I took joined up bottm and soundboard out to a
thickness sanding machine several miles away.

If I had known how, I could have flattened both with a jack, crosswise,
and a smoother after. I had to use a smoother on the soundboard anyway.

My later instruments still have the furrows from the jack on the bottom.
Galoots who run their hands under and behind things immediately
understand. It takes less time than loading the glued-up panel on the
roof rack and going to the sander.

If you are making a one-of-a-kind anything, time spent making jigs and
fixtures for machines may not be well spent. And, . . . the machines can
do nasty things to your hands.

Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Gjo/a rodneym@i... Associate Editor Electronic
Products Magazine 20 years without a car, a TV, or a web site

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