Assembling the body
Read part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6
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- Scalloped bracing
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- A closer look at the bracing
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- The heel block is glued to the soundboard
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- Fitting the sides
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- Gluing the sides on
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- Centre seam reinforcement diamonds
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- Gluing the final kerfed lining strips
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- Gluing the brace end reinforcement
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- Brace end reinforcement
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- Carving the back braces
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- Notches for the back braces
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- Ready to fit the back
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- Ready for the back
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- The back is ‘roped’
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- The body is now complete
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- The body is ready for binding
The courses are finished for a few weeks so It is time to carry on with this custom Bootlegger I am making for Euan. Before the last course I managed to get all the parts for the body made, so to complete it all I had to do was finish carving the braces and then glue it all together. Now the ‘box’ is complete it needs binding and then I can continue working on the neck. I am still waiting to hear whether Euan has decided to go for a gloss finish or not…but there is still plenty of time for him to make up his mind…It will be a couple of weeks before I get as far as thinking about applying the finish…