

Last seen: Apr 19, 2025
Great start @tyreman. Keep those pictures coming. ๐ถ๐๐ธ๐
Then I bent the sides into shape using the pipe bender. I then held them in place in the guitar mould. ๐๐ถ๐๐ธ
Then plane the edges flat on the shooting board. ๐ธ๐๐ถ๐
Then cut into shape on the bandsaw. ๐๐ถ๐๐ธ
Onto the sides now. I used cherry for the sides on this one. Planed and scraped down to 2.0 - 2.1mm thick. ๐ธ๐๐ถ๐
Excellent repair job @koendb. Toolbox? ๐ค.... there's an idea. ๐๐ถ๐๐ธ
I do like that fretboard @nsj. ๐ค ๐ธ๐๐ถ๐
Cheers @koendb. How's your build coming on? ๐๐ถ๐๐ธ
@rey_rchotmail-com Welcome Rey. Enjoy the ride. Hope you don't get too much sawdust in your dinner. ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ธ๐
Then I carved out each end of the centre strip to accommodate the heel block and end block. ๐๐ธ๐๐ถ
Time to carve the back braces into shape. ๐ถ๐๐ธ๐
Then glue in the four back braces. ๐๐ธ๐๐ถ
The next stage was to mark out each of the areas of the centre strip where each of the four back braces will pass through. Then carve them out ๐ถ...
Your putting us procrastinators to shame @nsj. ๐คฃ๐ ๐ธ๐๐ถ๐
@peter-c-f Keep us posted Peter. I'm keen to have a go at this. ๐๐๐ถ๐ธ
I'm the same @swepri. I just borrow other people's ideas. ๐คฃ ๐ธ๐ถ๐๐
Cheers @swepri The shooting board has a series of holes at even intervals along the length of the board. I think mine were set at 8cm apart and abou...
......then glued it onto the inside of the back ๐๐ถ๐๐ธ
I used an off cut from the soundboard to make the centre strip for the back ๐ธ๐๐ถ๐
Then I cut out the shape of the back ๐๐ถ๐๐ธ