Planing flush. Attachment : PXL_20220428_143414388.jpg Attachment : PXL_20220428_143427295.jpg Attachment : PXL_20220428_123719813.jpg Attachment : PXL_20220428_104045053.jpg...

Back glued to the sides. Attachment : PXL_20220421_081437743.jpg Attachment : PXL_20220419_131320339.jpg Attachment : PXL_20220421_081714174.jpg 🎶🎸🙂Ƕ...

The back and braces Attachment : PXL_20220324_095213934.jpg Attachment : PXL_20220330_091629796.jpg Attachment : PXL_20220324_115832644.jpg Attachment : PXL_20220321_101831977...

Soundboard and braces Attachment : PXL_20220425_091113155.jpg Attachment : PXL_20220419_134737419.jpg Attachment : PXL_20220419_143713333.MP.jpg Attachment : PXL_20220328_1...

The side braces Attachment : PXL_20220314_120728658.jpg Attachment : PXL_20220314_120737476.jpg Attachment : PXL_20220314_120747749.jpg Attachment : PXL_20220314_120811826.MP...

The Kerfed lining Attachment : PXL_20220309_114424650.jpg Attachment : PXL_20220309_114438629.jpg Attachment : PXL_20220309_114449660.jpg Attachment : PXL_20220310_122858596.M...

Radius the sides. Attachment : PXL_20220307_101549380.jpg Attachment : PXL_20220307_101555970.jpg 🙏🎶🎸🙂

Well. That is the end of this story. I used sanding sealer and cellulose aerosols to spray the instrument then 400 and 800 grit sandpaper for the elm which gave me a sort of satin finish. I was origin...

And now.The headstock logo. Attachment : template.jpg My "Thistle" logo was adapted to suit the narrower head and transferred onto 1/64th plywood then taped onto the headstock. careful scribing...

More photos for your amusement. Attachment : trussrod.jpg Carbon fibre truss rod. 8mm x 4mm. Dremmel routed a 3mm slot then widened it with sandpaper on a 2,5mm bit of ply. Attachment : fr...

Had a period of not much work (not Covid) but here are some more photos of the slow progress. Attachment : innercarve.jpg Attachment : outsidesdone.jpg Attachment : neck.jpg Thats...

Attachment : outsidesdone.jpg That is the outsides of the plates rough planed to the profile lines. quite happy with the results but can't finish the neck area of the top plate until I get the mor...

Attachment : profilecut1.jpg spent some time making the front and back profiles for key points (bridge, waist and longitudinal. Now for the fun bit. I'm carving the profiles into the wood using a ...

Attachment : steppedplates.jpg Today's offering is the front and back (planed to 17mm thick) with the perimeter reduced to 5mm using my router in a stand and carefully running the edge past the bl...

Attachment : plates.jpg Progress has been slow. I now have the back and front plates planed and bookmatched as best as I can given the fairly open grain. Attachment : neck.jpg Also the neck...

Attachment : sides1.jpg After a lot of cutting of more bits of the log to get the right grain direction, I cut 3 slices about 6mm thick x 70mm wide to be the sides. I then planed them down to abou...

Attachment : elm.jpg The log. The design was based on lots of looking at you tubes and drawings and photos until I was confident (?) about scale lengths body sizes widths etc. having concluded tha...

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Add some blue stain Attachment : tools-binding_0699.JPG Then rub it back to achieve the "faded" look Attachment : tools-binding_0700.JPG Then an expert spray of clear topcoat Atta...