@jamesbisset And this time the lamination crumpled up like a hankie. You're certainly having challenges there. Do you think that wetting it is the problem there. I think I remember Darren using n...

And so I returned with a new mould made with 6 layers of 2mm MDF rather than 5 layers of 3mm MDF - so approx 12mm deep rather than 15mm. We were running out of fancy veneer we could risk on tests. So...

👍 I'd not noticed the tape.

@jamesbisset Hi James, Just wondering if it would be better not to tape the veneer to the mould and just allow it to slide into the hollow. 🤷🏻‍♂️ 🎸Ἳ...

Was the trial cap, or the veneers, moistened at all or perfectly dry? Just wondering whether a bit of moisture would make any difference?

Don't blame you @jamesbisset.

Both pressings were aborted. I now had two slightly bent veneers with cracks. To continue the testing, we took the two cracked veneers and put a leaf of cross-grain poplar in between. Then we glued th...

We tried another piece of joined veneer, this time using the back mould. It happened again. Attachment : IMG_8873.JPG On the plus side, look how closely the veneer has followed the mould. Even ...

Moulds made. Veneers book-matched and joined. it’s time to get sooking no blawing. But first, a test press.As I’ve only got enough veneer for the actual build, Mr Bailey volunteered a piece of book ma...

Have you put the pick-up holes in the back???

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

@jamesbisset Your lamination will wrap roundeverything, not just the bits you want it to. Looks like more learning curves.

@tv101 But weirdly, much less forgiving. If you cut out the various layers assuming that you’re going to be shaving them back, you cut them oversized. You can also cut them out quickly and roughly, be...

@jamesbisset All fantastic stuff James. Really looking forward to seeing this unfold 🙂🙏🎸🎶

Right, off to make a new mould for the guitar back. More posts when I’m finished with that.

So soon I have a big pile of joined veneers. Attachment : IMG_8866.JPG

Now I need something to go onto the moulds. I’m kinda sorta following Making a Laminated Hollowbody Electric Guitar by Jim English, so I’m laminating 3 layers of 0.6mm veneer and one 1.5mm veneer. The...

And then an awful lot of copy-routing ensued. Attachment : IMG_8857.JPG

This time we took the thickness of the lamination into account, and used a bearing router bit to reduce the first layer of the side mould by around 4mm (oh look, is that a top template I failed to men...

Woosh! Didn’t even touch the sides! Oh no, here they are. Crudely cut lumps of MDF and plywood were copy-routed using the top template I failed to mention earlier. Attachment : 20230129_114408.jpg