Acoustic Build
Day 4 - Afternoon
Finishing up to mount the neck.
Finishing up to mount the neck.
Then we can locate & glue the bridge.
Then we can locate & glue the bridge.
In other words, we are well on our way to an AGSO*)
In other words, we are well on our way to an AGSO*)
AGSO: Acoustic Guitar-Shaped Object
Whoooo, boy.
Whoooo, boy.
That's one cattywampus headstock.
That's one cattywampus headstock.
Hooray, rulers, pencils, & vertical belt sanders
Hooray, rulers, pencils, & vertical belt sanders
Laying out the headstock tuner spacing only on the back side of the neck was, in retrospect, another one of my poor life choices.
Demo: routing a rosette using a rosette routing router template
Demo: routing a rosette using a rosette routing router template
Routed rosette.
Routed rosette.
Of course, the inside circle would have been routed through creating the sound hole
Time to mount the neck.
Time to mount the neck.
Demo: Countersunk Woodscrew Bit
Demo: Countersunk Woodscrew Bit
Measure, pilot drill, enlarge pilot drilled through hole, drill clearance holes in neck, countersink neck holes to size, wax the threads, and mount the neck.
Measure, pilot drill, enlarge pilot drilled through hole, drill clearance holes in neck, countersink neck holes to size, wax the threads, and mount the neck.
Demo:
Demo:
Using the NCME/STEM Guitar bridge locating template
Using the NCME/STEM Guitar bridge locating template
Bridge glued up...
Bridge glued up...
Time to clean up and begin loading out.
Time to clean up and begin loading out.
The Acoustic Guitar-Shaped Objects settle in for a long night of curing. See ya in the morning.
The Acoustic Guitar-Shaped Objects settle in for a long night of curing. See ya in the morning.
Cleaning up in preparation of the last day
Cleaning up in preparation of the last day
Protect those bottoms, boys.