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...

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

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

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

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

Tiny little planes don’t tend to carve out long smooth curves, and paper-thin MDF can tear, so car body filler is used to smooth out the dips. Mark says that’s what all the professionals do. Attach...

It should have been obvious to me that, if each concentric lofting contour was equidistant, the rise would just be in a straight line. But no, so out came the scrapers to try and realise an elegant ar...

The unanswered question at this stage was just how smooth that mould would need to be. We’re not using a huge steaming press, just a little vacuum pump. Will a 4-5mm lamination follow every bump or ju...

@tv101 You’re always right.

I originally planned to draw the moulds in a 3D program and then get them cut on a CNC machine. The technique for making this sort of complex shape in 3D is called lofting - from pre-computer aeronaut...

@jamesbisset awesome to see you are working on another guitar. Looking forward to see more 🙂

Spot of radiusing this afternoon, only took 20 - 30 minutes with the lovely long beam and 80 grit. Attachment : 20230203_170301.jpg

@tv101 bet his cakes are awful 🤣

New radius beam is great! I'm almost done and it's only taken minutes Attachment : 20230120_234434.jpg And just like in Mark's build a guitar video it's taking out high spots etc Attac...

Used a bit of amber stain mixed with the thinned down polyurethane, just enough to make it pop Attachment : 20230130_134116.jpg

Operation new neck is almost done, a bit of finish sanding then onto the actual finish. Abalone fret markers, hosco glow in the dark side dots. Got the frets in last night. Attachment : 20230128...

@nsj Cheers Neil 🙏🎶🎸🙂

@nsj Just caught up on your latest YouTube film Neil. Another entertaining watch. Hope the back is on the mend. Can I ask if you had to pay for import tax and higher delivery cost from G&W. I have...

@russ no extras bud, they maybe charge UK vat when buying. I noticed Thomman and other EU shops do that too. They charge the correct vat and you get no extra charges. The radius beam cost me just unde...