Acoustic Guitar Construction

Completed the bridge last night, except for drilling the string holes. The outside bone strip on the tie block picked up some oil or something and is stained. I isn't scraping, sanding, or wiping off with acetone :( so I will probably rout it off and glue on a new one. I don't like the look.
But I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out for my first classical bridge.

Kevin

Lonnie,
I made a side template that has the back profile on it. I took this from a set of plans. I know that Ken has in the past shown how he calculates the profile so you can make a drawing/template for this so perhaps Ken you could direct Lonnie to this. As I remember it was for a dreadnaught, but the same principle applies. I used this for my dreadnaught side template on my first guitar, thank you Ken. :)

Kevin

The bridge looks great!

What did you use to glue on the bone. I would un-glue it before routing it off. Acetone if CA a little heat if it is a PVA glue. I am always nervous using the router when I am fixing things.

John I will clamp the bridge in the cross vise on the drill press and use a 1/8" end mill. Works great and is precise enough and I'll have a nice new crisp slot for the new bone. This is the way I put in my saddle slots too.

John, when you built your classicals, did you make your bridges? I rather enjoyed the process.

Loooking gooood!
Herman

Thanks Kevin. I'll keep on digging.

Kevin in California wrote: ...

John, when you built your classicals, did you make your bridges? I rather enjoyed the process.

Yes, I mostly use a table saw, I built a positioning a depth jig, that makes it fast now. I use the jig to align the fense and the depth of the cut and make a series of cuts.
I then use a rasp, chisels and sandpaper to make the final shape