b'Making a startHere are the basic hand tools that we use for so much of our work, and a set of Vernier callipers we use to maintain the highest tolerances. We each have our own variation of these things at our own bench. Its the key to everything we try and do. I started this book by referencing the watch maker George Daniels, his ambition was to achieve a level of work that appeared as if it had never been touched by human hands. That is a high ambition, hand skills used to achieve engineering precision, and it has always been my approach, along with Ok, youve got it right, next time lets get it betterOpposite page: I should be wearing gloves for this - Im looking through stocks of Brazilian Rosewood to find the right sections for a particular order 154'