Acoustic Guitar Construction

Poor Dave he's going to look like Homer Simpson

Ya, and he was asking for it.

Well, it was on in the internet, so it has to be true :-)
Q: How does one say Go back to the drawing board in Dutch?
A:Ga terug naar tekentafel

There's only two things I know for sure: the internet is always true, and HHG makes your guitar sound better. :-)

To put you at ease Dave: your translation skills are excellent. And second, the spell only works on real men.

Then you are safe, thank goodness!!

At the nutside I showed how the transition to the neck can be made.
Well, at the heelside my procedure is the same.
When I have the neck in the correct height, width and curve, I make the transition in a smooth curve as possible.
The best way for me is to look at the heel from the side and rotate the neck. Then you can follow the curve of the heel from vertical to horizontal position. repeat this a several times and you will find the high spots easily.

These spots are lowered with rasp (but becareful, this goes fast!), scraperblade and sandingpaper.
The parts close to the joint end up flat. Here I use a chisel and a flat sandingcaul. Work towards the joint. It keeps you from tearing fibers out that will show up in the joint.



The sanding of the edges and binding are left till the frets are in. But first I have to make the inlay in the head and fretboard. I won't post that procedure,'cause it is quite obvious. But I show the results later on.

That's nice work Herman. Be sure to show us how you fit that dovetail joint!