Thursday, June 7, 2012

updates on 100 and 101

100 and 101 in progress

Bending the cutaway the old fashioned way for 100

Rosewood may be the least challenging wood of all to bend, maple being the exceptin to that generalization



sides for 100 bent and clamped in mold for fit

end blocks in place and laminated lining being glued in
this will take over a week because of drying time


Out of sequence shot.  This shows the spherical arch being sanded onto the sides of 100.  The spherical disk below spins and I hold the mold with sides clamped over the disk sanding in both the general spherical edge and the bevel from front to back

guitar 101
these sides are cocobolo.  Very resinous wood that clogs sandpaper in a heartbeat.  To thin the sides I am going low tech with a plane across the grain of the wood

followed by a scraper plane going the length of the wood

 and finally a hand held scraper to remove the last of the planing marks

The sides for 101 bent near the back for 101 which has been glued together but not yet thinned


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