Add Some Power! You Working Too Hard To Book Match Your Tops... Probably

[@YouSpamTard]

I never leave brown nose comments, but your such a mellow and easy going guy. Your such a pleasure to learn from. Your a great teacher. Thank you for being who you are. Good luck and God bless.

[@dborne]

I only use a hand plane because I don't have the space or budget for a jointer. I've also used a strip of sandpaper glued to the side of a level as well!

[@TexasToastGuitars]

That works great. back in the old days we would use a router and a straight edge

[@spikeafrican8797]

Same here. A router sled and hand plane does a nice job. No space for power thicknessers.

[@gpdaelemans]

@@dborne this is my finishing step!

[@edmundcox9224]

Great video :) I am a hand plane guy, but I DO use both hand planes and power tools for various jobs... depends on the mood ;) Love yer videos! God Bless! ;)

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Thanks so much Ed

[@dennisstafford5865]

I use a powered hand planer mounted solidly to my work bench , I'm very old skool with the glue up , small strip of wood underneath the center line making kind of a teepee with wood strips on the side, add glue remove center strip and use it to clamp down the center.

[@seanjoynt2605]

To me, that is the hot ticket. I'm not opposed to hand tools. Although if you have a deadline, they come up faster than you think. You need to make up time where you can. Thanks for the video Matt.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

I hear ya my friend, I like to throw some shade at Ben every so often

[@darrylportelli]

Mr.jones wasnt completely wrong ... What he described was a "spring joint" ... It is not used for things like guitar tops, here you want it with no absolute gaps. Spring joints are used in things like table tops - as you know wood loses moisture most at the end grain ... Thus having a large table top that is only finished with an oil finish for example, will have its end grain exposed .. losing moisture from that area may result in the joint line pulling away at the ends ... So what you do is you introduce a miniscule gap in the middle of the board and squeeze the joint tight - this puts pressure on the joint ends and prevents it from opening up 😊 Cheers and happy new year !!!

[@TexasToastGuitars]

It is very likely that I misremembered, completely forgot or even fabricated Mr. Jones's lecture from that day. As I get older the stuff that happened 40 years ago is in this strange memory bank with a corrupted operating system that is getting harder and harder to access

[@darrylportelli]

@TexasToastGuitars the spring joint is not used in guitars so i dont blame you hehe , but it does show how clever the old timey woodworkers were !!!

[@kristopherkrahl1597]

Great vid Matt...thx!

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Thanks for watching my friend!

[@MrRunEvil]

I hope you do a video showing how to straighten the curbed tops! Would love to see that! Going to need to do that myself one day. Got one or two curbed tops (2-piece) that waiting to be used.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

@@MrRunEvil I think you might just get your wish sir

[@Overit5000]

Every top I’ve ever joined was with a jointer 😂

[@GosselinCreative]

I have some 1/4" fiddleback maple that is cupped like the last set you showed. l'd love to see how you press that out. Been trying to figure out what to do about it for years.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

I started the video... we'll see if it works out

[@nsjguitarsakascotsman6989]

I have a good reason for using a hand plane, I don't have as a nice a table planer as you lol

[@TexasToastGuitars]

@@nsjguitarsakascotsman6989 that's totally fair my friend

[@pressleycaliforniacustoms9526]

I appreciate you dude 🙏🤘👍

[@TexasToastGuitars]

What a lovely thing to say, thank you so much

[@coneyislandguitars]

I always used a jointer. Never had a problem.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Right tools for the job... as you know broherman

[@marksstudio]

Ever hear of a shooting board? My plane irons, anybodies plane irons, are way sharper and take a far smoother cut than any jointer, plus you can take extra slight cuts along the center, giving you a tighter center joint with less clamps, since wood loses and takes up moisture through the endgrain. People who use a shooting board or other hand methods are not stupid, quite the opposite.

[@gpdaelemans]

I've used a jointer, but frequently got small chips in the edge. It's not a helical setup - thus the problem.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

That could be. I have used the straight blade type before as well and sharpness is certainly key

[@TomL-]

Seems they could have ran the original blanks through the jointer on both edges before resawing to prevent you from having to do that initial clean-up cut. Those are gonna make some nice tops!

[@TexasToastGuitars]

and that is exactly what I would do if I was doing the resawing. I'm guessing that Dan has access to a horizontal resaw, like Steve uses. Man, that tool is really something.

[@smudgetherealmc]

Surprised you didn’t put both pieces together over the jointer, that seems to be the thing when you’re doing it by hand with the pieces held in a vice

[@TexasToastGuitars]

@@smudgetherealmc that's the exact method you would use for a hand plane but the power tool approach is different.

[@ch11ew12y]

Even the wrong tool can be the right tool if you use it wrong right lol

[@64_Commuter]

Excellent video.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Thanks so much Mike

[@tonylewis1803]

Traditionalism is an interesting human construct. Both good and bad. My Makita hand planer works great. Mix and match the best. Yes, excellent vid using the modern to change minds (although joiners have been around forever).

[@mrfirestop415]

Those last two pieces of wood that went that wonky with winter dryness are never going to behave. Just asking for problems if they were joined together and restrained in an instrument body! Sadly, not every stick is worthy.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

You might be surprised... you might not be, but you might be

[@maxwellblakely7952]

I don’t understand pricing. Building a guitar with all hand tools must be outrageously expensive.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

If you don't understand the prices now, you are REALLY going to be confused come the first of the year.

[@maxwellblakely7952]

I just meant that I don't understand how it would be profitable to build guitars (electric) using only hand tools. Sorry.

[@hartshut]

Snarky snarky snarky.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

That's the spirit

[@timothyfles-v8g]

Wow how not to do it...that piece of plastic is gonna raise the middle of those plates, so they will be glued on angle..like an upside down v shape .then again every vid I saw (3) of this guy shows you , without fail, how not to do , or how little he knows, really...guess as long as he gets some KZbin views, he doesn't mind..

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Oh my gosh, you totally made my day with this comment thanks so much timothy hahahahaha

[@multirevelator]

sounds like you don't have any idea yourself, what piece of plastic are you talking about?!

[@timothyfles-v8g]

@multirevelator the tape you put in the middle, most likely to not spill glue on your rig...if it was me, I would either get a big piece, that covers the whole thing, so the wood would be level, or not use anything at all and just clean off the glue afterwards ..but that just me, if you like your tops to be under a slight v shape, that's your choice..

[@TexasToastGuitars]

@@timothyfles-v8g this just keeps getting better and better. I really want to see some of your guitars. Do you have a website or something?

[@timothyfles-v8g]

@TexasToastGuitars won't give it to you, you might learn something..just cause you throw together a KZbin vid , doesn't mean you know what you talk about, evidently, ...some comments are a pointer to something that you do wrong, and could improve upon, but obviously you think you are s..t hot, and think you are good at what you do..(typical American)..there is a reason why you don't evolve...(Nor ever will with that attitude)...but hey...as long as you are having fun, then it is all good to me...🤣🤣 And as long as you never even look at my guitars ..🤣🤣😁