I love how it looks now, if you hold it in front of a light source...

Success!! The glue up seems to have worked perfectly So today I continued and finished sanding. Here and there I am a little under 3.18mm ( or 0.12...

Well I still have a rectangular board, so I can still choose where and how it s going to end up. so I can definitely make sure that it has enough rein...

I have done this now.. I hope there is enough titebond in the split, we' ll just have to wait for now and see tomorrow..What I have done is put a shee...

@bpower That would be my first intuition as well, but I dont know if woodglue would penetrate enough in the crack. That's why my second thought was th...

@rashdown_online wooow that looks gorgeous! 😍 🤩 'Nice Work' would be a big understatement.

Yes indeed, it looks good. Hopefully I can do it justice and make a workable and enjoyable instrument 😊

And the back is glued as well

@rocknroller912 Yes! a real carved arch top from solid wood. ( I am also interested in building other instruments, like a violin, later )This is WAY ...

@rocknroller912 Not if but, when I do , I am certainly up for that! 👍 🍺

Don't know If I will ever be able to do a full live course, but I definitely would like to, at least, pay a visit at some point and bring some Belgian...

So I removed the wedges and clamps and it seems like the glue up succeeded, but there now seems to be a slight curve in the board. Is that a problem? ...

I haven't looked any further back if it this was already proposed, but an archtop guitar build would be awesome or would that be way too advanced for ...

In the meantime I've been busy making a workboard and a shim... Sharpening my planer blades and a chisel on a relaxing saturday morning And ...

@steveh Early in the 80's, I must have been around 13 or 14 then, I had an Aria Sunburst Strat copy. I remember swapping it with a cheaper knockoff b...

@Boo, yeah I know, it's a hit or miss situation, I assume it has something to do with the formats, usually they are some sort of a containers, in whic...

@Clinton that looks REALLY nice! I do had to download the video to be able to see it though , had the issue on both MacOS and Android Phone

@steveshandley-plus-com Welcome to this wonderful community!

@bpower Right! and in the course , Mark is using a 6mm drillbit for the holes in the heel block, so I guess M6 is correct. Thx man.