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Great pictures. I love bracing pictures, I'm growing to believe right or wrong some of the 'magic' of a great guitar lies in the bracing. It's the alchemy of the luthiery world!
One small question what is the metal bar on the bracing in this picture? |
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Harmonic stabilizer?
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Pretty sure it's just a linear clamp (probably not the correct term) to hold the end and neck blocks in place while the glue dries.
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It's a kind of extendable turnbuckle that is used to exert force against the neck and heel blocks while the glue sets. It's not a permanent part of the build.
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Is partially correct. It is a turnbuckle and can be used for as a clamp to hold the end and neck blocks in place while the glue dries. However, I don't use the turnbuckle for this purpose. I use it to apply pressure to the rim to hold it snugly inside the form while I sand the kerfed lining gluing surfaces. |
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That was a joke.
Speaking of, how about the other piece of wood on the back braces? |
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yes, i've noticed this more and more in some builds these days. first saw it in one of Jeff Traugott's guitars. my guess it is for both structural and tonal purposes. am i correct?
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I asked Jeff's permission to experiment with his style of bracing and he graciously allowed me to. I have built several this way and two with his method and I like the way I am bracing now for the reasons stated above. |
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Yes, I do but only use them to hold the rim snug against the outer mold / form while sanding the rim profile on my powered radius sanding dish. After the sides come off the laminating forms the side profile shape is rigidly set and there is no more "spring back" to deal with. Some builders use the "turn buckle spreaders" to counteract the inherent spring back in single ply sides.
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A late MERRY CHRISTMAS to everybody!
Here we go at new pics: Tap-tap-tap Looks like there are discussions around the piece on main back bracing? I guess it's what it looks like at last. Amazingly gorgeous Creating a complete box Routing excess from edge Sanding... Sanding... Time to add wedge
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Adding wedge
Applying sealer Does it always look so good after applying sealer? Trim the binding channel First piece! Glue applied Add bindings
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Tapes everywhere
The binding compliments the sapwood These steps make it look much better
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Ooooooops....
Tiny pyramid Place for neck Then everybody went for Christmas!
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