Crack goes all the way to the floyd cavity, you can bend the neck and feel the body move lol This one is firewood! 🤣

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@nsj Gone and split the body! Maybe a weak bit in the grain, but better splitting now than later.

Well bollox! I knew the neck was tight but only just realised how tight! Gone and split the body! 🤣 Think I'll put this one on the back burner pile for now lol Attachment : 20230517_0...

Glued the neck in today then this evening I thought I'd check how it all looks. Well that's a relief! Now onto more finishing. Attachment : 20230516_232335-01.jpeg Attachment : 20230516...

wow nice

Carves sorted, frets levelled and polished, fretboard oiled and now the body has finish applied. Next will be to mask up around the pocket and glue the neck in, then mask the body and get finish on th...

Hi @Robin - that is (a) most kind and (b) would probably save me weeks of trying to understand 3D modelling! Apparently, the application I use to generate the toolpaths (and do the design work, thou...

@tv101 I should design it properly. Get the span dimensions and curves properly modelled, for maybe 3 or 4 horizontals and maybe a centre line too. I could probably model that on SolidWorks for ...

Probably @rocknroller912 - just because I've got one to use 😉 I should design it properly. Get the span dimensions and curves properly modelled, for maybe 3 or 4 horizontals and maybe a cent...

Surely can do. Steam, a radius dish and go bar clamping would make your life so much easier.

@tv101 Will you use your cnc to make the frame. Flat sawn wood will take a curve more that quarter sawn i think as it warps naturally to a curve over time so you will just be accelerating the process...

Said James Bisset, watching the Wright brothers' inaugural flight .... 🤣 That's what I have, vaguely in mind, @rocknroller912. I thought I'd try to make a frame, like an aircraft wing, ...

@tv101 Steam box would be the best way to soften wood to make a difficult shape but I think 3 mm will be a bit thick. Some makers only use a steam box to shape the ribs, them clamp to a dry form and l...

I reckon ‘gradually’ is the secret ingredient here. Question though: if it has never been done before, why not?

Let's imagine that I was vaguely considering making a hollowbody-esque but wanted to avoid the excitement of an @JamesBisset vacuuming-bending-splitting (repeat) saga. Let's also imagine that I had th...

@tv101 Apparently, the application I use to generate the toolpaths (and do the design work, though I've really only done 2D stuff), says that it can import STL or DXF files - and a whole load more b...

Well this has progressed, body cut out, pickups and control catvity routed, belly carve done and neck on it's way to being done. Tomorrow I'll be carving the top, mostly filing due to the knots lol ...

Got the carve done today and the recess for the controls, after a lot of sanding I wiped down with white spirit to have a look. Looks awesome! Attachment : 20230516_173348-01.jpeg

@nsj Yes, that does look good.