I haven't re-purposed wood yet, but I do use wood from trees that I've sawn from the round. I use power tools because I happen to have them, but a friend of mine didn't get a drill press or a bandsaw until around her 10th guitar. Hand drills, planes, gramils, shop made circle cutter for the sound hole and rosette. It helps if you buy top, back and side sets from a luthier supply as they come very close to final thickness.
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Brian Evans
Around 15 archtops, electrics, resonators, a lap steel, a uke, a mandolin, some I made, some I bought, some kinda showed up and wouldn't leave. Tatamagouche Nova Scotia.
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