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Week 14 – Sound board and neck

Posted on June 3, 2015December 1, 2019 by Iain 'Cutty' Carlin

Sound board

  • Cut side braces 9mm wide from leftover spruce from top (using band saw)
  • Cut to length to fit between kerfing at waist and hips
  • Thin sliver of glue onto brace then clamp in place with a block either side of body
  • Leave to dry for an hour
  • Then sand top again using radius dish to level off
  • Mark brace positions as per the back, cut out with handsaw and remove keffin to 3mm depth with knife

 Neck

  • Plane one side with No. 6 plane so square and heel block is flush with neck
  • Mark shape with template onto heel
  • Cut shape with bandsaw
  • Mark centre of neck and place into dovetail jig
    • Centre on line on jig with neck line and end
    • Clamp in place (adjust angle of base so flush with block)
  • Remove from jig and cut bulk of wood off in band saw then replace in jig ready for routing dovetail

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