The Deck is Done!!! And Gluing on the Fingerboard!!!

Sunday, August 1st, 2010: Well, when I was in San Francisco watching "The Fantasticks," the workers finished my deck!!!! We had had to wait a few days for the railings to be delivered. It's finally done! I love it. Now I need to look for a nice little bistro table and chairs for the top deck, and I plan to sand and refinish (or paint) my older deck chaise chairs. Here are the final photos:

INDEX: Return to HOME PAGE Joining the Top and Back Template, Mold, and Bending Form Making Spreaders Beginning the Top and Back Soundhole Decisions! More Decisions, Demolition, and Braces Back Braces and Side Bending Deck, Sides in Mold, and Blocks Soundhole!!! Top Bracing, Kerfing Deck, Creases, and More Kerfing More Top Bracing and the Arbor! Scatterbrained — Odds 'n' Ends Soundport and Closing Up the Box On to the Binding Beginning the Neck The Neck, Day 2 The Neck, Day 3 The Allen Wrench Dilemma and the Peghead Bridge Shaping and Neck Fitting The Deck is Finished! The Fingerboard is Glued! Neck Carved, Finish Sanding, Wash Coat, Pore-Filling, Sanding, Sealing, Tru-Oil Paraffin Oil Polishing and Finishing it All Up! Saddle Compensation Jig REALLY Finishing It Up Now!!!

A RECAP: OLD DECK:		NEW DECK:
Here's what I did today before heading off to church. I first made a gluing caul for my fingerboard (I used the table saw to quickly slot the caul):		Then I used a staple gun to shoot staples into the 2nd and 11th fret areas of the fingerboard:		Then I clip the staples off, to leave little nubs. These will be pressed into the neck, so that I can easily locate the fingerboard when it comes time to glue.
Finally, I am gluing the fingerboard to the neck.
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