Sunday, July 19th, 2009:

Well, I have to admit — I spent a bit of time today procrastinating the next step. I was nervous about sanding the volute into its rounded shape.

I've never had any real problems with it the few times I've done this so far, but, for some reason, it still always makes me very nervous. I keep thinking I'm going to slip and oversand or move it a little too much as I use the belt sander to round out that volute — and that I might end up sanding too far into the nut area — and then I'd mess up the all that work I've put into the neck so far. So...this morning I procrastinated.

But it came out okay! I just took a deep breath, prayed my eyes and my hands would work smoothly, and just did it. Here it is:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Obviously, I also drilled the tuner holes through the backstrap. Here's how the front of the peghead looks now:

 

NOW it's time to carve the neck (I'm not nervous about this at all)!!!!

 

 

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  1. Planning
  2. A Little Change in Plans...
  3. Back Braces
  4. Carving the Back Braces & Cutting the Top Braces
  5. The Rosette / Tapering the Fingerboard
  6. Bracing the Top
  7. Carving the Braces / Gluing the Soundhole Braces & Bridge Plate
  8. The Finished Top and Back!!! / Cutting and Bending the Sides
  9. Fixing Cupped Sides / Making Spreaders & Clamping Cauls
  10. Neck and Tail Blocks
  11. Sanding the Radius into the Sides / Gluing the Kerfing Strips / Side Reinforcements
  12. Fitting & Gluing the Back
  13. Fitting & Gluing the Top
  14. We Have a Soundbox Now!!!
  15. Bending and Routing for Bindings
  16. Gluing the End Wedge & Bindings
  17. Scraping the Bindings
  18. Beginning the Neck
  19. The Neck, Continued!!!
  20. The Neck, Day 3
  21. Peghead, Tuners, Dots, & Frets!!
  22. Peghead Inlay
  23. Backstrap & Gluing the Fingerboard
  24. Carving the Neck / A "Duh!" Moment / Side Dots / Preparing for Finish
  25. Pore-Filling and Sealing
  26. Spraying the Top Coats
  27. Finishing the Finish / Gluing on the Neck
  28. Gluing on the Bridge
  29. Set-Up / It's All Done!

 

       

 

 

 

 

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