Here are some pictures from the weekend. Basically, I carved the soundboard braces, bent the sides, and started making the heal and tail blocks. I also got my side bending jig in working order, I had to finagle a lot of things, but it worked pretty well.

More work is done on #10. I was able to get into the garage for a fair amount of time last night and I got lots done!

What I did:

-Few more braces glued to soundboard
-Sides thicknessed
-Neck blank laminated
-chose different fretboard and bridge blank
-signed inside of soundboard
Pics!

Lots of work done on #10, given the limited about of time I did it in. I got the rosette done and I started bracing the top.

Man, I’ve craved one of these since the beginning.

~Enter Drum Sander~

So #7 and #8 are officially on hold. I recently received two requests for guitars, my hope is to finish them both by the end of the year. I guess I had better stop lollygagging. If I have any time, I will also be working on #7 (Paige’s guitar), but I was told that she won’t be needing it for a little while.

So I have started on #9 and #10.

#9 will be a commission for a buddy of mine that has moved across the country. He wants a guitar built for his daughter for when she is a little bit older. I am still in the planning phase on this one.

#10 will be a donation to a school auction. This is the elementary school that I attended over 20 years ago. Ugh, I am getting old…

Here are pictures. I you want to know the specs, go to the “Guitars In Work” page at the top, or just click here

I haven’t gotten a whole lot done in the last few weeks. As it turns out, it’s difficult to use loud machinery when your daughter is sleeping on the other side of the wall. Here is what I was able to do in the precious few minutes I had.

I got a small list of things knocked off the docket. For #7, I got the neck in a good place to stay for when I get the body closed up. The fretboard is basically done, but I planed it down a little to thin, so I might have to get another one. The rosette has been designed (I’ll leave that as a teaser), and the soundboard has been sanded and thicknessed. I think I am going to wait until I get a drum sander before I start the rosette. My previous interactions with bloodwood have lead me to believe that it’s significantly difficult to plane. That, coupled with the soft cedar, could be very problematic.

For #8, I got the profile (SJ w/cutaway) cut out. I have the main part of the rosette routed out (black walnut). I think I am going to do a cool pearl inlay in it, but I will leave that as a surprise.

That’s about it!

I got the back braced and tagged! I got the neck pretty far along too.

Next steps are to finished my bending jig, make a pattern for the parlor shape, thickness the sides and bend away!

Pictures.

Time to make #7 my full focus. Here are some pics of my progress so far. I have the back  thicknessed and the center strip glued in. The top is joined but I am hoping to procure a thickness sander before I go any further with it. Cedar is a bear to thickness accurately with a hand sander and my plane’s like to ruin soft woods.

Anyhoo, the neck laminate turned out pretty good. Next up will be to get the neck further along, glue the back braces in, thickness the sides and get a bending jig finished for my side bender.

Here is #4 and #5 all finished!