CRAFT 0 to Guitar. College work.
Shooting the sound board centre joint
Gluing the sound board in a wedge box
Inlaying the rosette
Gluing on the braces after thicknessing
Planing down the braces
Joining the sides
Thicknessing the sides- Checking the thickness of the back
- Fitting the sides
- Back lining and side reinforcing strips glued in
- Spanish heel neck joint, with side let in to heel and secured with a wedge
- Shaping the back braces in a sanding bowl
- Braces and centre strip glued to back and shaped
- Gluing the back on
- The finished headstock
- Cutting the purfling and binding rebates
- Bending the binding using the same iron that is used for bending the sides
- Finished front purfling, binding and rosette
- Back purfling and binding complete, with heel cap ready for trimming
- Finished inlayed tail graft
- Finger board ready for sound hole cutout
- Finger board glued on neck ready for cutting down and shaping with spokeshaves
- Checking the fit of the bridge
- The finished instrument, danish oiled.
- The finished instrument, french polished
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