Originally Posted by emmsone (Post 5023778)

Killing it as usual Mark, I'm loving that slotted headstock!

Originally Posted by jessupe (Post 5025750)

Really amazing work!, love the black one.

Originally Posted by Mark Hatcher (Post 5026051)

Thanks jessupe,

I'm expecting the Black Ebony Penelope back from the finisher soon!

Mark

Originally Posted by Mark Hatcher (Post 4887393)

This is a continuation of Hatcher Studio '16; http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...411876&page=21.....this is where a guitar really starts;

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1643/...383f46e9_c.jpg

I bring this up because I've recently had an epiphany that I'd like to share.
I've felt guilty because technology has been advancing for quite awhile for drafting plan layouts. There's CAD, Sketch-Up, Illustrator, all kinds of great ways to draw up designs and here I am like an old Luddite sitting at a drafting table. When my brother needs to do a quick sketch he reaches for his laptop not a pencil.
So here's my epiphany; Guitars aren't large, I can draw an entire guitar on this table full scale. I'm going to build it full scale so it's better to draw it full scale. So lets say I'm designing a bridge like so;

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1591/...740dfec3_c.jpg

Once drawn I can look at it this way and that until I'm happy with it's lines and size. After that it get's drawn on the wood blank and cut out;

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1668/...d1ab79d9_c.jpg

See anything familiar? It's the same pencil drawing and now I'm going to use the band saw and follow those curves again. But it's going to be easier because I've already followed those curves by hand a couple times while drawing them full scale.

I think as builders we all need to be the gate keepers for what and how we let technology in and not just reach for the next new shiny thing.

And we're off!

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1599/...cb7a51de_c.jpg

Thanks for getting through all that!
Mark

Originally Posted by Jeff Scott (Post 5027510)

Three years ago when looking for a contractor to do a gut renovation on our kitchen, we met a local guy who has good credentials and the couple of houses we checked out of his work looked great. We went to his office to discuss out plans and desires, and he goes back to an architects drawing board to make sketches of the potential layout for out kitchen. He does not use any modern software drawing programs which is fine by me. He said the Amish builders have all the fancy computer stuff!!! :D

When the stone guy that came out to take measurements of the new base cabinets for the soapstone counters and backsplashes we were getting, we assumed he'd bring a laser guided system on a tripod to do the precise high tech way of plotting and measuring the countertops as that is what they do these day. No, he brought a tape measure, a legal pad and a pencil! :eek: In the end, the counters fit perfectly, even the various radii around the large farmhouse sink. Every corner, nook, and cranny fit perfectly up against the different cabinet configurations we had. No computers! Just, good old craftspeople who know how to do things with simple tools, and not a computer in sight. :)

Originally Posted by J.R. Rogers (Post 5028129)

Stunning natural colors on that Padauk. Those colors remind me of fall. Beautiful work, Mark.

JR

Originally Posted by ukejon (Post 5028516)

Beautiful guitar.

Regarding your drafting table, looks to me like you are drawing birds and not guitars......