Peter Giolitto is an eight-year GAL member and frequent contributor to the “Worked for Me” column. He informs us that he has recently completed his apprenticeship.
bio current as of 2003
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It Worked for Me: Planing Jig
2003
AL#74 p.67 BRB7 p.488
Peter Giolitto
A planing jig expanded from the old trick of inverting a plane in a vise for planing small items.
It Worked for Me: Self Aligning Kerfing Saws
2003
AL#75 p.69 BRB7 p.490
Peter Giolitto
A self-aligning saw to produce kerfed linings using two cheap identical back saws.
It Worked for Me: Veneer Tool
2002
AL#70 p.62 BRB6 p.465
Peter Giolitto
An oak tool used to prepare veneers to the constant thickness required to make the mosaic sections of rosettes and purflings.
It Worked for Me: Spherically Arched Guitar Back
2002
AL#69 p.63 BRB6 p.463
Peter Giolitto
A way to plot the contours of the ribs and the back braces as alternative to buying or making a dished workboard for fitting a spherically-arched guitar back.
Making a Scraper Plane
2001
AL#67 p.40 BRB6 p.260
Peter Giolitto
Scraper planes are good for dressing down figured wood without tearing them up or following the grain. Here’s how to make one. With a photo and 5 drawings.
It Worked for Me: Profiling Heads
2001
AL#65 p.65 BRB6 p.456
Peter Giolitto
A method to profile the heads of classical guitars helps achieve a much more accurate shape more quickly than just drawing around a single template and working to the line; instead using shapes of workable metal.
It Worked for Me: Hand Tooled Guitar Mold
2000
AL#63 p.58 BRB6 p.452
Peter Giolitto
A simple way to make a guitar mold using only hand tools.
It Worked for Me: Classical Bridge Gluing
2000
AL#62 p.58
Peter Giolitto
A method utilizing a go-bar deck as alternative to gluing on a classical bridge using clamps through the soundhole.
It Worked for Me: Guitar Neck Holding Jig
2000
AL#61 p.61 BRB6 p.448
Peter Giolitto
Making a jig to hold guitar necks while carving them.
It Worked for Me: Dished Form Back Fitting
1999
AL#60 p.51 BRB5 p.503
Peter Giolitto
How the dished form described in AL#58 is used to fit the backs of guitars.
It Worked for Me: Dished Forms
1999
AL#58 p.59 BRB5 p.503
Peter Giolitto
An easy way to make dished forms using plaster to create the dished surface.
It Worked for Me: Ibex Bridge Clamp
1998
AL#53 p.51
Peter Giolitto
A modified Ibex bridge clamp with greater reach and span for classical guitar use.