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It does both dovetail and mortice and tenon neck joints, so I fancied trying my first dovetail.
That may have been a mistake as I overshot the body route for it by a mm each side, .. but i was then able to use the jig to recut it wider and make a filler piece. I made the filler piece wider than the original cut to ensure it was strong enough. I was then able to reroute at the correct dimensions. You can see it is the darker mahogany fill either side of the re-routed dovetail here.
Next time I will do the body route first and cut the neck to match. It is easier to do fine adjustments on the neck part of the jig.
I should have practiced with the jig on scrap a bit more first, but I'm quite happy with my save. Everything feels nice and solid
with oversized fretboard blank
The bridge is an aftermarket one, but i quite like it's design
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But now I've put it through the planer and added a radius and slots, it's actually not as pale as I thought.
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Nothing fancy, just simple cream
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Your stream of photos from the different stages really hides the effort and craftsmanship that it must take between each step!
The comment is “wow”.
Looks like another great piece of work Wez. Lovely timbers and a great save from the fireplace.
but the purchase of a laser cutter brings new opportunities
The first thing to do is a jig to fit he sound hole and allow me to accurately cut a new channel.
so i cut this
the 3 bits on the bottom will be laminated together. The smaller circle will allow the jig to sit straight in the soundhole. i've done two layers of the main template to allow extra thickness
i then designed a simple rosette and cut a load of walnut and cedar from the offcuts of this body
i put some double side tape on one of the jig offcuts and started piecing it together
it's possibly a bit too fancy and i may just go back and cut some new strips... but this new toy is fun!
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still bumpy with glue, but should be nice once levelled off
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The neck is rough carved too
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The neck figuring is very subtle until the light hits it, then it just pops.
I was going to add a walnut heel cap, until I realised that orange patch in the walnut led nicely into the neck wood.
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I still need to buff out back and sides but couldn't resist getting some strings on
Initial impressions are good... just need a slightly taller saddle as it's too low action and choking out higher up the neck... but I would rather a little too much neck angle at this point than not enough
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Did I miss abit as have had a few glitches lately as you zipped the box up quickly did you just do a basic x brace based of Martin or did you do more work to tune the top scallop braces etc.
looking good