Acoustic Guitar Construction

Some more progress today.

I cut out the back and thinned it to .095". The back strip came out real clean.

Then I installed the end wedge. It is maple with a few Birdseye and my wenge/holly/wenge purfling. It is still proud and needs to be scraped flush and cut off.

Lookin' good, Kevin. When you glue the purfling on w/CA, do the clothespin clamps get stuck to the strip? You must be a lot steadier than I am .

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I clamp it up ahead with a space between the pins. Then I wick in the CA where there is no clip, top and bottom. Hit it with accelerator, remove the pins and wick in the rest. This way you can get things lined up before gluing.

Today I cut off the excess end wedge at the top and bottom and scraped it flush with the sides. Came out good, forgot to take a pic.

Then I glued down the inside spruce back strip in the go bar deck. While that dried I cut up my spruce back braces to size. I have a template I use to draw the 15ft radius onto the bottom of the braces, then I use a block plane and shave them down close to the line, then finish shaping them by sanding them in the radius dish...in the approximate place they'll be glued down onto the back.

Next I mark the back strip where the braces will intersect, cutting on the lines with an exact knife. Then using a 1/4"chisel I remove the strip where each brace goes and glue the braces in place on the sanding dish with a 15ft radius in the gobar deck.

Next is to carve those braces. I make mine 5/16" wide x 3/4" tall. They will be 5/8" tall when I'm down carving and shaping.

This morning I was able joint and join the top plates and cut out the shape. Thinned it to .120". Once the rosette is in I'll sand it flat and take it to .115"

Then I carved the back braces. The back is ready to fit to the rims!!

Very nice to see it all coming together! It looks really good!

Looking good. That is a nice set of rosewood.