Time to carve the back braces into shape. 🎶🙂🎸🙏

Then glue in the four back braces. 🙏🎸🙂🎶

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 🎶...

Your putting us procrastinators to shame @nsj. 🤣😂 🎸🙏🎶🙂

@peter-c-f Keep us posted Peter. I'm keen to have a go at this. 🙂🙏🎶🎸

I'm the same @swepri. I just borrow other people's ideas. 🤣 🎸🎶🙏🙂

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 🙏🎶🙂🎸

I used an off cut from the soundboard to make the centre strip for the back 🎸🙂🎶🙏

Then I cut out the shape of the back 🙏🎶🙂🎸

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 ...... 🙏🎸🎶🙂