Above is the soundboard, cut with the bandsaw to its rough outline, after I have finished the rosette and cut the soundhole. Top right: the soundhole reinforcement patch, which I have made from a piece of scrap spruce left over from a previous soundboard. I used a chisel and sandpaper to shape the patch. The grain runs perpendicular to the soundboard grain. Bottom right: the soundhole reinforcement patch glued in place. |
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Above, my go-bar deck is already in use to glue the backstrip reinforcement strip for the dreadnought, yet I also need to glue the bridge graft on my weird classical. So, here I have clamped the hollow radius form to my worktable, and I'm using cam clamps to do the job. I have placed a clamping caul over the spruce graft, to spread the clamping pressure. |
Above, the fan and finger braces glued (unshaped). The fan braces have been shaped to fit over the bridge graft. |
Below is the caul I have made out of scrap plywood, to place inside the body when gluing on the fingerboard extension. |
To the left I'm gluing the two cross braces, the upper transverse brace, and the V-fan braces. I have slightly arched the bottom (gluing) edge of the lower cross brace. Below, the finished braced top.
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Here's the bridge gluing caul. The slots are for the fan braces. |
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Finally, here's how both cauls are placed on the top.
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