Then I plane on the radius of 20 foot using the shooting board. 🎸🙂🎶🙏

Planing down the back braces flat and square. They are all 7mm thick and will eventually be 14mm high but I'm leaving them 20mm high for now. 🙏🎶🙂🎸

.....then planing and scraping down to 2.8mm thickness. 🎸🙂🎶🙏

Joining the back. I'm using cherry for this one. 🙏🎶🙂🎸

Cheers @clinton. 🎸🙂🎶🙏

I almost forgot....... A small cap over the join of the X-brace clamped on........ .....and shaped. 🎶🎸🙏🙂

Then a bit of sanding before it's ready..... 🙂🎶🎸🙏

And even more carving........ .....and more ....... .....and a bit more...... 🙏🎸🎶🙂

Then gluing on the Lower Bout braces and the Outer Edge braces 🙂🎶🎸🙏

.....then set about carving them down.... ....and a bit more.... .....and more ...... 🙏🎸🎶🙂

Next, I glued on the X-brace and the Upper Bout braces. 🙂🎶🎸🙏

@nsj. Very Nice work Neil. Is there a wee video coming? 🎸🙂🎶🙏

This is My Favourite Song For This Moment.......

Are you going on a workshop @tv101? Very jealous. 🙂🎸🎶🙏

Cheers @tv101. Looking at the work you have done on your electric builds, I think you could do an acoustic build. It's the same process..... just a fe...

Ready to have all the braces glued in place. 🙂🎸🎶🙏

Then glue it in place. Clamp the X-brace in place again initially to hold it in. 🙏🎶🎸🙂

Then made the bridge plate using "harvested" wood from the back. 🙂🎸🎶🙏

Then glue it in place. Clamp the X-brace and top brace in place to initially hold it in place 🙏🎶🎸🙂

Plane the plate down to 2mm thickness. Then cut it out to shape. 🙂🎸🎶🙏