Posts Tagged “wood”

Hawaii Day 7 – Puna Coast

Posted on Thursday, October 6th, 2016 at 5:08 am.

I woke up nice and early to the sound of – yep, rain. This time it was knocking incessantly on the tin roof as if to tell me to hurry up and move on to the next town. I told the rain “Alright, alright – I’m outta here!” to which the wind howled in relief […]

Day 11 – Inlay Work & Checking Out

Posted on Tuesday, August 11th, 2015 at 6:26 am.

Spent most of the day routing out the channel for my inlays to sit in. That was a fidgety process – you had to be careful not to take out too much, otherwise you’ll see the gaps that were being filled by the epoxy. Obviously, being handmade and not using a CNC machine does mean […]

Day 5 – Sanding Forever & Ever

Posted on Friday, July 3rd, 2015 at 11:45 am.

I spent the day sanding. And I mean the whole day. It was important to first get both sides rid of glue and any non-stick paper that were left on from the gluing process and then to buff out any imperfections, rough edges or water marks. After that was completed it was time to get […]

Day 4 – Bending Sides and Cutting Top & Back

Posted on Thursday, July 2nd, 2015 at 12:18 pm.

Today I got to start bending my sides. First I sanded off the edges so that both sides were even and then we sprayed them with water. We put them into the bending machine to warm up with the heat lamps (they sit under the metal plate) for 10 minutes and then quarter turned the […]

Day 2 – Inlay & Sanding

Posted on Tuesday, June 30th, 2015 at 1:46 am.

In the morning, Sean talked to us about soundboards and bracing. For each wood to really have the best tone, we need to look at the flexibility of the wood pieces to factor in the thickness of the bracing and support. Each wood has differences in stiffness across the grain and flexibility. For the wood […]

Bagan, Myanmar

Posted on Thursday, March 5th, 2015 at 4:29 am.

Once we flew into Bagan in a very small plane – we checked in, rented e-bikes and made our way through the town. Our first stop was Nyang U Market, a local market for groceries, household goods as well as a little strip to tend to the tourists. Here we saw ladies carry the craziest […]

Day 8 – Furano + Biei + Asahikawa

Posted on Saturday, October 4th, 2014 at 1:38 pm.

I finally got my first good night’s rest. It was a relief when my mum woke me up with her voice and not her snoring – she hustled me to go to the hot springs early before we went down for breakfast. I loved the hot springs facilities at this place. It was just so […]