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...

Attachment : 20220802_183017.jpg Attachment : 20220822_144114.jpg Ive been doing a wee bit of woodwork for fun like cabinets, jigs/tools etc for the last two years, which then took me down ...

Attachment : PXL_20221005_125759501.jpg Attachment : PXL_20221005_125856592.jpg Then plane and sand it flush with the soundboard Attachment : PXL_20221007_130614233.jpg 🎶
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Attachment : PXL_20230428_125701251.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230428_132541803.jpg Once the slots were cut I tapered the fretboard using a shooting board and plane. It is 46mm at the nut and 5...

Attachment : PXL_20230428_105125703.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230428_105604681.jpg Then cut the fret slots with the fretting jig 🙏🎶🙂🎸

Attachment : PXL_20230428_092631730.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230428_092728845.jpg Once I got the fretboard blank thickness I squared off one edge. I then used this edge to mark out the fret p...

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Attachment : PXL_20230426_141549382.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230421_144526277.jpg A bit of fretboard making next. Prepare the fretboard blank by planing one surface smooth and flat. Plane the...

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Attachment : PXL_20230324_131908383.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230324_135421592.jpg Then got on with a bit of carving Attachment : PXL_20230329_143542314.jpg Attachment : PXL_2023032...