Side Strips & Rosette

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Well, today I did two things: I made and glued in my side reinforcement strips and did my rosette.

I use popsicle sticks for my side reinforcement strips — I just bevel the edges, sand them smooth, and cut them to length. Following Frank Finocchio's method, I used three strips per side: two on both sides of the waist, and one on the lower bout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INDEX:

  2. A Little Detour....A Tour of My Workroom!!!
  3. Joining the Top
  4. Starting to Bend
  5. Bending, Day 2
  6. Bending, Day 3
  7. Neck Block, Center Strip, Cutaway!
  8. Bracing the Back, Gluing in the Blocks
  9. Shape Back Braces, Glue Neck Block, Make Spreaders
  10. Spreader, Rim, Kerfing
  11. Rim-Sanding, Brace-Shaping, Go-Bar Modification, & Obon!!!
  12. Side Strips & Rosette
  13. Beginning the Top Bracing
  14. Bracing, Continued...
  15. Gluing the Back
  16. Gluing the Top
  17. Trimming the Overhang
  18. Routing for Binding : Day 1
  19. Routing for Binding : Day 2
  20. Fitting & Gluing the Bindings
  21. The Soundbox is Done!!!
  22. Truss Rod Slot, Peghead Veneer
  23. Peghead, Start Heel
  24. Threaded Inserts, Neck Trimmed
  25. Fitting the Neck!!!
  26. Truss Rod Cavity, Heel Cap, Fingerboard Trimmed
  27. Finishing and Gluing the Fingerboard / Peghead Inlay
  28. Carving the Neck
  29. I Feel Good....The Basic Building is Done!!! (Now on to the Finishing....)
  30. Pore-Filling
  31. Sealing
  32. Finish Coats
  33. Finishing the Finish!!!
  34. Gluing the Bridge
  35. It's All Done!!!

 

I planned the rosette channels. On this guitar, I will have one black/white/black strip and then a strip with black /white/black, the paua abalone strip (.135"), and another black/white/black strip.

 

  

 

Then I routed out the channels with my Dremel and Stew-Mac router base & circle-cutting jig.

 

 

 

Here's the result:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here I have glued in the paua abalone and purfling strips. I have it clamped and will scrape and sand it all down tomorrow.

 

 

 

 

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