Friday, November 25, 2016

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