We have to shape it to final contour with the router and a ball bearing router bit, but that's for another day.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Cutting body and top
After gluing the halves, we draw the shape of the guitar into the body, rough cut it with a hand saw, shape it with a sander. This is not the final size.
We have to shape it to final contour with the router and a ball bearing router bit, but that's for another day.
We have to shape it to final contour with the router and a ball bearing router bit, but that's for another day.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Gluing the halves.
After cutting the top and the body, the next step is to true up a side for gluing.
This is easy with a jointer, but you can do it with a hand plane or even a router.
Bubinga top:
Sipo body:
This is easy with a jointer, but you can do it with a hand plane or even a router.
Bubinga top:
Sipo body:
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