Cut some strips of laminate for the construction of the rosette. They are 3-4mm wide and about 30-50mm longer than the rosette circumference.

Then route the channel…[Read more]

Plane the soundboard down to a smooth and level 3mm thickness. 
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Making the soundboard next. Two pieces of rough sawn bookmatched spruce. Plane along the bookmatched edges then glue them together.
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Once the slots were cut I tapered the fretboard using a shooting board and plane. It is 46mm at the nut and 56mm at the 12th fret. 
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Then cut the fret slots with the fretting jig
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Once I got the fretboard blank thickness I squared off one edge. I then used this edge to mark out the fret positions. I measured in 35mm from the straight edge to mark the centre line. The scale…   Read more»

A bit of fretboard making next. Prepare the fretboard blank by planing one surface smooth and flat. Plane the opposite surface to take it down to about 7mm thick. The finished fretboard will be about 6mm.
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Welcome Simon. There are no stupid questions here so ask away. Enjoy the ride
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