Centre seam, Bending & Joining the Ribs to the top

Preparing cedar strips for the centre seam. I cut them to a width of 15mm

Gluing the centre seam

Planing the back cedar struts

Bracing.

Tail block made from cedar painting stretchers bars I had laying around

Heel block

Protecting the soundboard

Shaping the tail block

Joining the Indian rosewood back

My D.I.Y thickness caliper. All for $10.

Rosette channel cutting with a popsicle stick, razor & chisel. I used a small dremel tool to do some tidying of the channel. I used maple & ebony bent with a heat gun for the rosette.

Practicing my channel cutting