17 inch carved archtop build about to begin
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Looks good, nice job on the F hole bindings!!
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Had a break from this build while finishing a small parlour but started today gluing on the front linings.
The front linings are laminated tulipwood as three layers. Each pre-bent. The laminations were bonded together first and once cleaned up and a radius applied to the inside edge they were glued to the sides.
The front linings are laminated tulipwood as three layers. Each pre-bent. The laminations were bonded together first and once cleaned up and a radius applied to the inside edge they were glued to the sides.
Re: 17 inch carved archtop build about to begin
Making good progress there Francis and all looking good!
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Thanks Martin, Now closed the box. I'm replacing my binding router arrangement at the moment before taking the box any further. I'm using a system of different diameter bearing guides to control the depth of cut for the rebates. Previously I have used a set of brass rings but they've proved to be too heavy and their kinetic energy when coming into contact with the workpiece has caused some marking. So I'm making a set of lighter ali ones with a brake so there is no pent-up energy when they contact the workpiece. The brake being a lolly-pop stick resting on the bearing - very hi tech
Just see the brass bearing guide in this image
Flush trimmed body
Just see the brass bearing guide in this image
Flush trimmed body
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That 's staring to look very nice ,something about a full figure is there not
John ,of way too many things to do.
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Thanks - I hope you mean the guitar body not my expanding waist line....
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Not when you're married to a health professional like I amroutout wrote:That 's staring to look very nice ,something about a full figure is there not
Martin
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I don't believe I have one of those health females ,The archies I always liked the L5 ,I did once read that Benedetto was fitting a dovetailed neck in an arch top it got stuck without being seated and he just smashed the neck off ,no other way out.
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Chistmas carols on it then so close
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Nice looking volute there Francis...reminds me of a baroque guitar headstock.
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Is that Carbon Fibre in the neck? If so, is the CF shaped to follow the neck angle?
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The line you see at the back of the neck is paduak, the image earlier showing the neck minus fretboard reveals a CF bar each side of the truss rod 8.5 x 4 mm cross section. These bars continue straight into the headstock and back into the neck extension. They do not follow the head break angle but give some extra strength to the head/neck transition as they continue past the truss rod access slot. Hope that makes sense?blackalex1952 wrote:Is that Carbon Fibre in the neck? If so, is the CF shaped to follow the neck angle?
Re: 17 inch carved archtop build about to begin
The carbon fibre rods run into the headstock and the ends of the rods are trimmed flush with the face of the headstock. It's usual to do it this way as it provides extra strength to the neck shaft/headstock scarf joint.Francis wrote:The line you see at the back of the neck is paduak, the image earlier showing the neck minus fretboard reveals a CF bar each side of the truss rod 8.5 x 4 mm cross section. These bars continue straight into the headstock and back into the neck extension. They do not follow the head break angle but give some extra strength to the head/neck transition as they continue past the truss rod access slot. Hope that makes sense?blackalex1952 wrote:Is that Carbon Fibre in the neck? If so, is the CF shaped to follow the neck angle?
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Very nice job there Francis, I'm pretty sure if I was to pay for a professional lacquer job to be done on one of my instruments that I considered good enough it would probably be half the cost of the total!! In other words in affordable, be interesting to see !!
Maybe hire a booth and spray your own?
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Maybe hire a booth and spray your own?
Cheers.
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Thought about that Rod, but it's not just a single coat and the drying/hardening times involved plus the quantities of catalysed lacquer that would sit around until the next build was ready....
The price difference will not be that great.
The price difference will not be that great.
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