…Making the top, back and sides…
Read part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6
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- Joining the bearclaw soundboard
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- Bearclaw spruce top being glued on the joining board
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- The sides were soaked before heat bending
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- The sides after bending
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- Mahogany is used for the centre-seam reinforcement strip
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- Gluing the centre-seam reinforcement strip
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- The back braces are curved and ready for gluing
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- The soundboard has been cut out
The body is made up of these three parts Top (bearclaw sitka spruce), back, and sides (ziricote)
I made a good start on all three pieces this week, everything is now thicknessed and joined. The top and back are cut out and the sides have been bent and all the braces are already made. Next job is to do the spalted maple rosette and start gluing the braces on.