Ok, LeFusil, now I have a question.

Let me preface it by saying I have utmost respect for anyone who can do the kind of woodwork involved in stockmaking and, more particularly, the high-end inletting your pictures upthread show. The question I have is: why is inletting in that high-end fashion your pictures show, as opposed to a less elaborate pattern like the Spanish stockmaker's work shows, so important? Is there a subtle advantage, mechanical or otherwise, that comes from ensconcing each part in an inlet cut to its shape, or (to put it bluntly) is it a matter of a stockmaker doing it because he as woodworker can do it?

I cannot see much functional advantage gained from the more elaborate high-end inletting, but that may be my ignorance speaking. I do appreciate the aesthetic advantage, though.

Last edited by Dave in Maine; 10/30/11 05:59 PM.
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