Top fitting
- Finish fitting top to sides
- Cut kerfing so braces fit flush town & top doesn’t rock
- Glue round top of kerfing & fit soundboard
- Screw down top plate to hold down
Neck
- Cut groove for truss rod using adjustable centre router (can be done using router with parallel side bit.
Head Plate
- Cut piece of redgum to use for head plate
- Cut off piece the correct width on band saw
- Cut fine slither (8mm) to use for plate
- Sanded down on wire sander to 2.5mm thick
- Glued after cutting one edge straight
- Use blocks either side
- 1mm overhang over nut
Fret Board
- Planed fret board on wire sander to 6.5mm thick
- Cut one edge straight on flushing plane
- Used triton table with template for fret slots to cut 23 slots in fretboard
- Template attached with double sided tape (used too much tape, smaller single bits would have been better than one long bit)