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Looking really good Sergy! You work alot faster than I do when building a lute. Thanks Martin! Probably has come time to order strings. What do you think about a thickness of strings for this instrument? Sergy, Your work is an inspiration!...I am glad that guitars dont have carved rosettes though! ...

Very small brace for the rosette J - bar I have glued later.

Thanks all for kind comments! :dru Hi Sergy, Hi, Markus! I know about your "Jointapprentice Hobby a1 and kerfed linings" , it too works without an electricity. It needs to be included in this topic. :D I have one of those "Cordless" Scrollsaws with a grinder attachment. Wife has her Grandmother's "C...

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Now, in the modern world, technologies and manufacture are very developed. We can buy the advanced power tools, lathes, routers etc... But how early makers did without an electricity and technologies? Some pics can give us the partial answer to this question. Probably, someone will find in them new ...

I used simple hand tools, but before very sharply sharpened.
Here, some -

It is a little about the bridge -
(not glued)

I continue -

variant of a rosette from the Renaissance epoch:

Thanks for comment addition!

The following stage of processing -

Here the peg boxes are being made up. The pegbox and neck shaft centrelines dont line up but this is intentional (see drawings). (Note: comments added by Mod)

Neck and bassneck processing -

For neck - maple (no figured wood), ribs - medium figured maple + mahogany ribs,
for soundboard - Engelmann spruce ( 2A ).

Continuation -

I glued inside strips, then cleared a scraper the dried up glue.
But masking tape should be used earlier, for the previous stage (pic #101) ...
Lundberg also about it writes.

Counter cap - Counter cap gluing -

Thanks, Martin! Excellent link!
Methods and experience of early makers always is interested.

Looks like you are building in an unused bedroom? No, it not a bedroom. :) It's my new workshop, there I do the basic work. For dirty work I have other room (shed?) Very impressive work Sergy, Thank you for taking the time to document this build for us it will be really interesting to watch and see...