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Week 8 – Side bending part 2

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

Second side bend

  • Same as first side (couple of notes below)
  • Make sure the waist block on bender is centred correctly to drop into the slot
  • Push down on top as you pull over the blocks – push with left hand while pulling block with right
  • MAKE SURE YOU DON”T LEAVE IT TOO LONG with the heater on – it burns the wood!!!

 First side into guitar mould

  • Put first side into the guitar jig/mould
  • Put in first then tighten up the spreader
  • Cut off excess on ends if spreader won’t fit
  • Tighten spreader and mark sides to centres and cut to centre line

 Cross brace curves

  • Carve curves into the cross brace using a chisel
  • Use thumb planes to taper sides to a point at the top
  • Sand down sided and tops

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