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April 14, 2026 Today, some of the DMV Local Looths were treated to a really special day. We met up…
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[embed] Join us as we sit down with Yuexin Chen,…
Mark Stutman is a Canadian luthier and vintage-guitar expert, best known as the founder and owner of Folkway Music, a high-end fretted-instrument shop…
Luke continues his series on violin setup and repair. J. Luke Heaton (Whittlesticks):…
Trevor Healey speaks with famed Vermont builder, Creston Lea about how he established his lutherie identity and how he works with artists-customer-fri…
A close look at how AI can be used to develop apps, tools, and calculators for lutherie. No, you don't need a computer science degree or years of codi…
From The Forum
Any suggestions if this can be saved? It is a neck I received for free upon replacing it for a customer. The wood was missing and the rod is missing the adjusting nut. The truss rod had pushed the inlay…
Hello, I have on my bench and es-125 with a concaved belly in the top where the bridge sits, I was able to fit a feeler gauge under one of the braces in the area, the brace above the bass…
I'm replacing the top on an old Stella with white painted "binding." Wondering what kind of paint I should use to come close to the original and be stable under finish. Images…
Loothprints
3/8, 8mm and 7mm pot caps with holes on the side to inject cleaner through a spray straw. As the threads are fine, use care when threading the first time. 3/8-32, 8mm-.75 and 7mm-.75. Three with caps and three through…
The handful of times I've encountered a need to remove spanner nuts I resorted to tedious tapping away with a small flat bladed screwdriver and hammer. Its hard to get motivated to purchase a commercially produced version of a tool…
This will help keep the can from falling off the bench!
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