Wanut / white spruce OM

[Rangerdave1]

I took a week or so off to build a tenon / mortise jig. I tested it out on a maple body I built and the jig worked flawlessly. It was certainly worth the work as now this part of the construction will be much easier and faster.

Next up; neck/body joint and then neck shaping.

[John Parchem]

Quite a display of craft. The guitars are looking good.

[Rangerdave1]

I cut out some fretboard, bridge blanks and some material for head plates. Both Ebony and Rosewood but decided on using Ebony for this walnut build.

[Rangerdave1]

I had my last name cut out from abalone by DePaule Supply. Then carefully scribed it and cut it out with a 1/32" bit on the dremel. Certainly touchy work but turned out good.

[Rangerdave1]

I cut out the fret slots and will be binding the fretboard with the ebony I cut off so the tangs are hidden.

[John Parchem]

Thank you for posting, very nice clean work. The headstock inlay looks great.

[Rangerdave1]

Now my battle will be to cut out the final shape of the fretboard keeping each side of binding equal. I find it difficult given the sides taper from nut down and the binding will only end up about .080" thick.

What do most do for the fretboard? stick a template on the blank and use a router to shape it?