Holding Down Guitars Tops, Backs and Sides for Thicknessing by Hand

There is something deeply satisfying about hand planning a guitar top to the target thickness, but the challenge of holding material just a few millimeters thick is real. This method for doing that is simple and allows the whole surface of the top, back, side, or whatever you need to thin be worked without any clamps in the way. Check out the video to see!

The hardest part of thinning guitar tops, backs, and sides (and lots of other parts of the guitar) by hand is holding them down. Here is my solution. The mea...

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