Christophe Mineau

La Belle Note

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Long holes boring

Long holes boring

February 20, 2018

8-Minute Read

Long holes boring

Tapered Reamers

Tapered Reamers

February 13, 2018

11-Minute Read

Tapered Reamers

Braided Mandolin strap

Braided Mandolin strap

October 3, 2014

4-Minute Read

Braided Mandolin strap

Toothed blades

Toothed blades

August 24, 2014

2-Minute Read

Toothed blades

Highly figured woods like curly maple or some burled woods are very difficult to work.

Thumb planes

Thumb planes

August 24, 2014

1-Minute Read

My personal build of thumb planes.
Funny enough, thumb plane translates “rabeau noisette” in French, which means hazelnut plane.

A two handed gouge

A two handed gouge

July 17, 2014

2-Minute Read

A two handed gouge

For rough carving the top or back of a violin, or any other archtop instrument like the mandolin or jazz guitar, there are several possible methods. The fans of power tools may use a rooter to do so, but the true amateur of the “wood feeling” will by far prefer to use the gouge.