BudK

Hiya ! Kicked out the jam' the other day .

Glued the sides to the end block 's today (1).jpg
then while they were drying , shaped the facet on the kerfing strip's P1010003.jpg And cut the slots on the bandsaw
. P1010068.jpg

Then cut out my braces for the top and discovered it riddled with spruce beetle galleries .today (5).jpg
The top 2 brace end's show their dastardly work .
I'll carve that off later .
Then I tapered the body , something I should have done before bending the sides .. Cut paper templates , taped them on and went at it with a very fine dovetail pullsaw .today.jpg
Ran the saw along the form . Kerfed my fingertip .
Time to fix the plumbing !
Peace ,
Bud

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BudK

More fun this weekend .
Glued on the kerfed strips which provide the gluing surfaces for the top and back . kerfness (3).jpg
Why are the thumbnail's so big ?kerfness (6).jpg
Also drew out the brace locations on the top & fabricated a bridge plate .kerfness (8).jpg

I am thoroughly enjoying this project . I alway's wondered why anyone would use a hand plane in these days of power this and automatic that . Now I know .

That pile of board's is getting shorter .

Bud

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jdixon

Bud, said it before and I'll say it again. What a great project. You're doing a great job. I'm not sure which will be better memories for you playin it or building it! keep those pic coming.

John

Nate1778

Awesome project, something I always wanted to do, don't have the skill for it though. I agree, keep the pics coming. I bought the steel string guitar for my 14 year old from Grizzly for Christmas. Not near as intense as this but should be fun and a bonding experience between the boy and I..........

BudK

I glued some of the braces on so they could be carved without interference from the "x" brace .
In the second pic , I am trimming the finger braces to abut the "X"
After a lot of finageling , trimming and juggling planes and a couple of chisels .
It need's some tweaking and carving , but soon It will be glued down and the upper and sound hole braces will be next .

Nate , that sounds like a great project for you and your son . My boy is like "EHH ,big deal " It has no batteries or game cartridges.. On the other hand ,
My 6 yr old daughter is actively assisting me rubberbanding clothespins and as a Quality control specialist .
Bud

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Terry Beeson

Yep... keep 'em comin'... I'm living vicariously through you on this one...

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BudK

Started bracing the back last night . First I cut some spruce to reinforce the back seam and glued it down . Profiled it rounded then cut for the braces .bb (6).jpg
I resawed some mahogany planed & cut the braces to length , then arched them with the block plane . (the bottom brace is on it's side , You might be able to see it )bb (10).jpg When glued they will pull the back into a gentle dome shape .
I'll glue 'em down tonight & hopefully carve them tomorrow .
Get your shopping done yet ?

Bud

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Kenbo

So, when do we get to put the strings on?
Looking great.

BudK

More than likely , sometime next year , Kenbo !

More progress of a sort , I glued a brace in the wrong spot and had to carve it off & make a new one DOH! I used chisel's , a razor saw and a heated spatula . (by heat gun) Scary . Then it was carve the braces to length and cut out the brace pockets in the top . Here it is dry fitted .P1010008.jpg
I will glue the top on ,then use individual carved blocks at the brace end's to reinforce .
The back braces , shaped carved , cut to length and glued in place :P1010009.jpg

I'm psyched , it is no longer a pile of guitar shaped pieces of wood !

Have a great holiday's ,

Bud

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mjdtexan

Cool. I had no idea so much work went into building a guitar like that.

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That was my first thought. That's as insane as boat
building, but he has a cute helper. All my helper does
is hide tools and keep the coffee cup full.

Can't wait to see the end product.

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mics_54

Bud, Is this your first? You seem quite organized in the process.

BudK

Yep , first guitar . I purchased a book and am involved in an online build-a long at Luthier Learning Center .

So I got some backup at the rough spots by a crackerjack luthier or three.
I know you can't be referring to the organization of my shop .

BK

BudK

Glued the top on last night .
Then cleaned up squeeze out and added kerf blocks over the brace ends . Then I signed it and gave it a serial #
Hope I dont drill thru it when making the peg holes ...
BK

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BudK

Thing's are moving along .
Glued on the back, glubak.jpg
Then routed flush .routbak1.jpg
That funky looking bone on the left will be the nut and bridge saddle , eventually

Bud

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Kenbo

Can we put the strings on now? Can we? Huh? Huh? Can we?

You must be getting anxious now.
Ken

BudK

Nope .
But I did buy some Grover's and some fretwire .. Baby step's . Scraped the side's , and sealed the back inlay with some CA . today .

Gotta cut binding's out of a'nuther board . Learning exp. there ..
And decide what kind of end graft is non heinous and will make my mistake's look like genius .... Yeah , that's it .
Then , dovetail the neck in and get carving .
Hey , I'm just some guy with a bunch of wedge shaped tool style thing's that is making a guitar shaped thing mostly by hand .

I can't wait to do my first dovetail joint !




Bud

TheRecklessOne

Bud!

never seen such a cool project with all the progress updates. It's like a soap opera. I show my wife every time there are new pictures.

I don't know how to play guitar because I'm only good at listening to music but I would love to get into a project that involved.

This may be a stoopud question but the black wire looking tenticle things. Are those some sort of spring or gravity clamp...what is that? Did I miss that post.

BudK

Glad you like it . If I can do this , you can too . It's not easy , but it's fun as all get out ...

Those thing's are kite stick's of the fiberglass variety that are a modern adaptation of an age old method of guitar buildage .
Clamp's they are . Run a search on "Go bar deck " .
Straight grained stick's work as well .

And as for playing guitar , I've been faking it since I was 7 yr.s old . No one has noticed .
Keep's you young .


And that's a good thing .



Bud

justin2009

That's really nice.... I've played guitar since I was 12 (about 20 years now) and am just now getting into woodworking... they go hand in hand! Lots of specialized jigs for a luthier! Are you making the neck and fretting it yourself, too?

Very nice!