Fascinating. Incredible skills you are learning. Not to mention vocabulary. Love the word purfling. So much for not being able to teach and old dog new tricks.
Michael, I see that you're using Henry Taylor gouges. That's what I chose for my toolkit as well. I've ordered 1" #3; 1/2" #5; 3/4" #7; 1/4" #7; 3/8" #7. I went with stubai for the arching gouge and cornerblock gouge. Which sizes have you found to be most useful so far?
I’m loving the technical details and your journey. Thanks very very much for your writing and your photos. Still confused by the "Musicians please use the back door", in week 4. What’s the message there?
Fascinating. Incredible skills you are learning. Not to mention vocabulary. Love the word purfling. So much for not being able to teach and old dog new tricks.
Michael, I see that you're using Henry Taylor gouges. That's what I chose for my toolkit as well. I've ordered 1" #3; 1/2" #5; 3/4" #7; 1/4" #7; 3/8" #7. I went with stubai for the arching gouge and cornerblock gouge. Which sizes have you found to be most useful so far?
Hi David,
Keeping in mind that I'm no expert here, these are the gouges I have been using:
1 inch #5 and #7 for arching . Mostly 5.
3/4 inch #9 and 1 inch #9 for corner blocks.
1/4 inch #7 and 3/8 inch #9 for small finicky stuff
Various #5 for the the flat contour area where the purfling goes.
But I'm still very much at the experimenting stage.
I’m loving the technical details and your journey. Thanks very very much for your writing and your photos. Still confused by the "Musicians please use the back door", in week 4. What’s the message there?
Thanks for reading the blog, Jennifer. Glad you are enjoying it. I'm pretty sure that sign is a line in a joke. I will have to ask Chris.
Is the purfling purely decorative or does it serve a practical purpose?
Both. Bit of an explanation here.
https://stringsmagazine.com/the-art-of-purfling-and-the-dangers-of-making-it-in-a-bathtub/
interesting article! And I love the word 'purfling'...a new Scrabble word!