STL361: Working at Speed

About this episode

Luthier Aaron Keim discusses tool modifications, woodworking techniques, and shares insights on instrument making.

Luthier Aaron Keim chats with Ben about modifying tools to work better with your body, making kitchen shelves with figured maple, being able to work quickly, and of course, some instrument making wisdom is shared. Register for Fine Woodworking New England - Register for Fine Woodworking New England Sign up for Woodworking Travel Tours - https://www.finewoodworking.com/tours For more information about our eLearning courses - http://www.finewoodworking.com/elearning Join us on our new Discord server! - https://discord.gg/8hyuwqu4JH Links from this episode can be found here - http://www.shoptalklive.com Sign up for the Fine Woodworking weekly eLetter - https://www.finewoodworking.com/newsletter Sign up for a Fine Woodworking Unlimited membership - https://www.finewoodworking.com/unlimited Every two weeks, a team of Fine Woodworking staffers answers questions from readers on Shop Talk Live, Fine Woodworking's biweekly podcast. Send your woodworking questions to shoptalk@finewoodworking.com for consideration in the regular broadcast! Our continued existence relies upon listener support. So if you enjoy the show, be sure to leave us a five-star rating and maybe even a nice comment on…

People in this episode

Host: Ben

Guest: Aaron Keim

Topics covered

• tool modification
• kitchen shelves
• woodworking speed
• instrument making
• luthier techniques

Keywords

• woodworking
• luthier
• tools
• kitchen shelves
• figured maple
• speed
• instrument making

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fine Woodworking, FineWoodworking.com, Discord, Fine Woodworking New England, Woodworking Travel Tours, Fine Woodworking Unlimited

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