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Week 3 – Reinforcement and Sound Hole Sculpting

Posted on February 25, 2015December 1, 2019 by Iain 'Cutty' Carlin

Back reinforcing strip

  1. Glue reinforcing strip made from cross cut strip taken from guitar top/front.
  2. Burr side up and overlap top and bottom ends on back and glue down. Won’t necessarily be a strip the whole length of back so glue a shorter strip if necessary. Hold down with masking tape.
  3. Clamp down using the clamping/joining jig for 5 minutes. Cover with paper to prevent wood from sticking to clamp bar
  4. Remove clamps and wipe off excess glue and re-clamp for 1 hour

 Cutting circles for centre sound hole decoration and rosette

  1. 1.5mm router bit and special jig on router rotating round a 1/4″ pin.
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Week 2 – Working on the braces

Posted on February 18, 2015December 1, 2019 by Iain 'Cutty' Carlin

Marking braces – 60mm long x 3mm high after shaping

Braces all get radiused on the side that is attached to the back or front using the sanding disk…

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Week 1 – Sound board and back

Posted on February 11, 2015July 8, 2015 by Iain 'Cutty' Carlin

So glad I took some of the wood with me, the top and bottom. (AA Sitka Spruce Top Board, Tasmanian Blackwood bottom and sides).

Tonight I joined the top and bottoms together and cut out the back braces. Here’s a summary of what I did:

Making the top and bottom

  1. Michael helped identify the mirror edge of the bottom halves. He lay them on top of each other and looked at the end grain to see that it matched (halves are sawn from the same cross cut piece of timber).
  2. Identify and mark the top side of both halves.
  3. Long plane both top and bottom halves along the join edge.
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