Acoustic Guitar Construction

One thing I am not sure of is how to size the bending template. My plan was to trace the inside of the mold I got from Ken as as starting point. If the sides are going to be about .075" thick, should the template be reduced in size by the same amount? The approach I'm taking, with encouragemen...

Glad I asked the question. I am intending to apply heat to both sides, using light bulbs below and a heating blanket on top. Your answer makes perfect sense to me. As a matter of fact, I have some aluminum bar stock hanging around somewhere. This would be even simpler to build than using wooden spac...

I noticed that the Fox style side bender variants usually have aluminum spreader rods to space the sides of the bender form. Aside from their obvious structural function, is there any other purpose served by these which requires them to be aluminum rods? It seems needlessly complicated. I'm envision...

Interesting. It seems a little counterintuitive to me. I'll look forward to reading the entire study.

Ammonia fuming is apparently very fast acting with white oak, perhaps because of the high tannin content in the wood. There's a lot of information about this technique and others in the antique rifle / repro community. Do google search for "gunstock & fuming" and you'll get a lot of in...

It's hard to tell from the picture, but that looks a little like a modified shiplap. Very nice material. I'm familiar with a version of this "novelty siding" popular in the 1950s. It's excellent solid stuff and is still available. Usually you will find local pine, spruce or hemlock availab...

Thank you for this thread!
You're inspiring me to take the leap with Guitar One, the parts of which have been waiting patiently for me these many years.