Friday, March 11, 2011

The top is on

Yes the top is on! Usually you use special clamps to do that but since most of them where in use for another guitar I had to use normal clamps to do the job:



You can see the "special" clamps (homemade) in between the normal clamps.
While the glue was drying I focused on the neck. Or better, the finger board. First it had to be brought in shape. It will be 4.7 cm and the nut and 5.5 cm at fret 14. With the band saw and after that the circular sander it was shaped. After that it has to be sanded into a bit of an arch. I stick it to a bench with double sided tape.


To sand it you use a block which has a small curve.



When finished sanding I used the finger board to draw out the outline of the neck:



With a jig saw I trimmed of the excess wood:


In the mean time the glue had dried and the clamps could be removed. So to finish some result pictures:




And to put it all together... starts to look like a guitar right?


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