If you know you are just going to build it once, measure twice and go for it. If you think you may build it again, make a template! It will save yo...
 Before starting to cut the pyramid segments, I cut/built some templates from the second half of the maple board I resawed and planed for the pyram...
The next step was to create a set of router templates for some of the pieces.  My original plan was to print paper templates, glue them to MDF, and...
Fired up the laser to cut out the first templates for the mandolin today. The body template determines the overall shape of the body, the drill loc...
I have a bunch of dovetail templates marked out for spacing the DTs on various sizes cases, plus my 1:4 dovetail marker and my tiny square I use wh...