Cheeky looking butcher bird.
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Cheeky looking butcher bird.
He will jump on your arm if you have food apparently. He has a damaged beak, all the guys that work next door have been looking after him with food. Very inquisitive!Quote:
Originally Posted by wazkelly
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Day 4: Part 1
Lots of fiddly stuff done today.
Got the sound hole cut out, rough cut of the top minus the cutaway, and final thickness done at about 2.8mm. This will come down further when we do our final sanding before finish application
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Added some cross grain spruce strips for the back join reinforcement.
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Then added some side braces
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Day 4: Part 2
More side braces
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Building the x- brace. This was pretty easy thanks to Aaron's jigs.
This is radiused to 30'
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The additional finger braces
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And finally the bridge plate, no you can't have too many go bar rods on this!![emoji23]
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Not sure if this quick video will work
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Nope, didn't work. Anyway, Aaron wiped some metho over the timber to give an idea of how it will look under finish. Just stunning!!
So I am being a little pedantic with the cleanliness of the build which is really impressing Aaron, but its put me behind a little. One of the other guys closed up his box today and started working on the neck. The other guy will be gluing the top on his box tomorrow morning while I'm carving my braces. Still within our time frame though.
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That damp section does show up the stunning bit of timber you have got to work with.
Yep, can't wait to see it all under finish!Quote:
Originally Posted by wazkelly
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What will be used to do that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Zandit75
Depends on the weather. If it stays nice, we'll spray with a nitro-celluous. If the weather turns bad, or the humidity gets wonky, we'll go with a Danish oil finish.Quote:
Originally Posted by wazkelly
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Doesn't look like any rain coming within next 10 days so hopefully that helps keep humidity in the right zone for you.
As you've left a small gap at the top of the rosette, is your fingerboard running all the way up to the soundhole like a classical guitar?