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Level the Legs

date: 2024-10-29, from: Lost Arg Press blog

The following is an excerpt from “The Stick Chair Book” by Christopher Schwarz. Cutting down the legs of a chair so they rest flat on the floor is another one of the “great mysteries” faced by most beginning chairmakers. If you’ve never done it, it seems impossible. But if you’ve done it even once, it…


https://blog.lostartpress.com/2024/10/29/level-the-legs/


95. Mark Stutman (Folkway Music)

date: 2024-10-28, from: Luthier on Luthier with Michael Bashkin

 
Mark Stutman is renowned for vintage guitar repairs and is also the owner of Canada’s Folkway Music in Waterloo, Ontario.
 
For episode 95 of the podcast, Mark goes into the history of his repair career and how it all started with the search for a good left-handed guitar. Mark also shares with us some of the unique challenges of working on vintage Gibsons and much more.
 
Link:
https://folkwaymusic.com

Luthier on Luthier is hosted by Michael Bashkin of Bashkin Guitars and brought to you by the Fretboard Journal. This episode is sponsored by Dream Guitars and StewMac.

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John Porritt: Details of His Work

date: 2024-10-26, from: Lost Arg Press blog

by Brian Crawley John Porritt recently gave a stick chair talk in Austerlitz, New York (click here to read about it). With so many of his chairs gathered in one place, I was able to take some quick photos of John’s different approaches to armbows. The joints are all based on those he has seen…


https://blog.lostartpress.com/2024/10/26/john-porritt-details-of-his-work/