The excess wood behind the heelblock is being cut on my new 'toy" - a Metabo bandsaw.
Oh what fun. Easy and fast!
The neck up till now. Back to the bench for measurements.
Selected soundboard, sides & back.
Back being planed for the perfect joint.
The 2-piece bookmatched Paulownia back being glued.
Here is the jointed back. I used animal glue.
Here are the jointed back and soundboard.
Cut to rough shape. Soundboard. Sides. Back.
Closeup of your bookmatched sides.
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| Subway, Yokohama |
It's summer and it's hotter than Singapore. But awesome time for thirst-quenching summer fruits and perfect excuse for
beer!
Excuse me for not posting for a while. Expect more to come!
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| With Mr Chai |
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| Mr Kurosawa selecting a maple set for me. |
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| Favourite Guitar I |
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| Favourite guitar II |
The tuner slots are rammed.
The entire guitar goes through a thorough process of sanding.
The entire guitar is cleaned with naptha from all sanding dust, let dry, awaiting to be finished.
I made a vacuum pump from a compressor a couple of years ago, when I was swamped with repair work, especially bride reglues. It worked great for that period, re-gluing many bridges, including a Paul Fischer, Paulino Bernabe, among very many others. Just 2 weeks ago, it failed! So it's back-up plan, to the bridge clamps I go.
Left her clamped up overnight and chiselled clean the glue squeeze out.