I started to remove material from the back side of the top plate. I like to do this part in stages over time so that the wood has time to adjust to the ideal humidity of about 42%. This guitar will have lots of time to season properly. I'll let the plate sit over the next week while I go back and forth between the other parts of the guitar.
To do this task I built my own overhead router. There is a pin that the top of the plate rests on while I rout out the back. I rout out 1/8" of wood at a time. This is easy fast work - way better than drilling holes and chiseling the material out or hand hogging it. Tighter tolerances, less elbow grease and more speed are the advantages of this little outfit.
Good Day My Nephew,
ReplyDeleteTHings are Shaping Up here at Dagmar Guitars.
I want that recipe for potato salad...though it seems to me thatonly Germans know how to make it that way.
Now that I know you have a new site, I will visit more often, and let friends know too. See you when I see you. G