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@koendb Thanks. I'm getting anxious to get it going. Darn work keeps getting in the way. 🙂

@bpower Great Fix! That back looks gorgeous. 🤩

@robin agreed. That is part of what I like about working with wood. No project is ever the same. They all have little problems you need to figure out. Keeps it interesting. 🙂

@bpower I have used epoxy and I think that it worked absolutely fantastic. Isn't it great when you overcome these little challenges.

@koendb I'm so impressed with what you've done so far.

@bpower Well done I’m glad it worked out for you

Update on the crack.... I have used epoxy and I think that it worked absolutely fantastic. Can not see that there was ever an issue and seems perfectly strong. I am confident in it so now I can start...

Excellenté @koendb. 👍 🙏🎶🎸🙂

@koendb Looking like you have it under control

Posted by: @rocknroller912 Be careful when you are trimming the soundboard to the sides it can split very easily in the waist area due to splitting along the grain. I am actually doing that right no...

@boo People have had some strange ideas on building in the past. Thank goodness for modern technology. I would be interested if you have one with a back bow.

@boo Another thought. When I first started making in the 1980s I used to buy from a firm in Pennsylvania US who built a back bow in on purpose to counter string pressure. They had a jig for gluing up ...

@koendb The inside looks very clean which is impressive. Be careful when you are trimming the soundboard to the sides it can split very easily in the waist area due to splitting along the grain.

@boo I had a good think about this and waited to see if there were any good ideas from others, so here’s my input. A guitar with back bow on the neck and no truss rod is likely to have been made a lon...

@boo step one... find some tight pants/shorts to put on... step two.... muscles. 🙂

Posted by: @boo How would you go about doing the opposite thing, do you think? If the neck had a back bow? How about removing the frets and then stinging the guitar for a while, under high tension i...

@boo You can try the back bow repair method first and let us all know how it goes. ps have you got your spray painting demo ready for @tv101 when we do the video thing.

Success! No light gaping through the cracks, squeeze out all aroundAlso around the heel and tailblock. I could not completely contain the excitement this morning 🙂 Attachment : IMG_20220126_07480...

@koendb OK then good luck. I agree totally with Darren the instrument will take some time to settle down before it plays well. Are you planning to finish the neck and sound box before they are fixed t...