@tv101 Ah yes... the other minor hiccups.

That's a clever little carve - not seen that before @nsj. My mad plan, as far as it's got, is to use my old-favourite surfacing bit to take the top off (by turning it into sawdust), and a few mm off...

I always start my builds by getting all the bits and pieces together, and putting them in a handy little box. I have a standard build list, and tick things off as I put each bit, or piece, into the bo...

Nice idea, and it’d certainly be simpler than what I have in mind. But the current cap is quite thin (6mm ish), so not a lot of thickness for carving, and I’d have to sand it back quite a bit to get...

I've never really bonded with the guitar. It's not that old - the last 2-3 years probably - but it didn't turn out as well as I'd envisaged, so it's been left in a corner pretty much. The specs shoul...

@wolframmalukker @koendb tv101 was asking the same thing a few days ago[ here ]. The consensus was 10 mm thickness The consensus may have been 10mm a few days ago, I reduced my current build to 7mm ...

The unanswered question at this stage was just how smooth that mould would need to be. We’re not using a huge steaming press, just a little vacuum pump. Will a 4-5mm lamination follow every bump or ju...

Why 3mm layers? Why six of them? Because 5 x 3 plus baseboard gives a height of 15mm and, according to Mr Bagpress (of whom more anon), if Gibson never bent their laminations more than 15mm, then neit...

According to Mr Bagpress (of whom more anon) a concave mould will be more effective than a convex one. This also means that you don’t have to compensate for the thickness of your lamination when build...

Do you then smooth the layers together? I'm guessing so, else you'd end up with a bit of a ridged top? Is it right that you'd have an arch that'd be 12mm-15mm from highest to lowest point? So, if yo...

What about when I think I'm wrong @jamesbisset?

@tv101 You’re always right.

I originally planned to draw the moulds in a 3D program and then get them cut on a CNC machine. The technique for making this sort of complex shape in 3D is called lofting - from pre-computer aeronaut...

Mr Bailey makes exceedingly good tools. 👍

I’m guessing that you posted that design @jamesbisset just to check if we’d spot the deliberate mistake …. Am I right??

I started this project over two years ago (I know) here: I didn’t even know a laminated semi-hollowbody wasn’t an archtop. After all this time building the workshop, accumulating tools, buying parts,...

Then we finetune the shape of the heel, by pressing the neck against the body, with a strip of sanding paper between, pulling the sandpaper back and forth over the body shape. Then the neck is glued ...

@markbailey That is exciting news and a great idea. I’ve still not been to your workshop but I might be able to see it, over the water from here. 😂 I have got to make the time, I’m closer to ...

All sounding good @markbailey.... exciting! Keep the pictures coming @jamesbisset. 🎸🙏🎶🙂

Go Jimmy B Go !!!