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Old 11-19-2022, 10:50 PM
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Hi Andy.

The 00 has an epoxy rosette. Have never seen one like this. What exactly is an epoxy rosette.

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Old 11-20-2022, 09:33 AM
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Hi Andy.

The 00 has an epoxy rosette. Have never seen one like this. What exactly is an epoxy rosette.

daniel
It’s a two part epoxy, also known casting resin. Quite popular these days for all kinds of stuff. Maybe best known for its use in river tables.

I wanted a dark, dark red - favourite colour of the young lady I’m building this one for. Looked at various woods (bloodwood, red heart, padauk, etc) but none quite fit the bill. Decided to go with epoxy as it can be tinted to any colour.
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Old 11-20-2022, 10:08 AM
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You guys ( Luthiers ) are not only gifted craftsmen / women but also creative.

Just as an aside.... I took on a small woodworking project last week. Cutting and glueing cedar strips to replace some broken cedar window pieces. I spent more time fixing my errors ( glueing shims, adding wood and glue filler etc etc ) than actually making the pieces. Needless to say I have a new found appreciation for the talent ( years of work / trial error / creativity ) that guitar builders actually possess.

I certainly will not take my next custom build for granted.

Nice works far Andy.

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Old 11-24-2022, 06:24 PM
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Progress update: bracing the soundboards.



Bracing layout drawn on the underside of the soundboards.

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Gluing in tone bars and finger braces.

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Soundboard braces installed.
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Old 11-25-2022, 04:29 PM
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I count seventeen pieces of wood added for each top. It gets complicated doesn't it!
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Old 11-25-2022, 07:35 PM
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I count seventeen pieces of wood added for each top. It gets complicated doesn't it!
15 pieces plus the top…and each one has a purpose for being there.
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Old 11-28-2022, 11:03 AM
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Progress update: soundboards are voiced. Material is gradually removed from the braces by tapering, scalloping, profiling, and sanding. All the while tapping and flexing to check how the tone and stiffness are changing.



Braces are tapered…

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…scalloped…

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…profiled…

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…and sanded.
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Old 12-02-2022, 07:10 PM
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Progress update: assembling the sapele dreadnought and walnut 00 bodies.




Back is glued to the sides.

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Walnut 00 body ready to be closed up.

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Sapele dreadnought ready to be closed up.

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Top is glued on.

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Both bodies assembled.

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Old 12-12-2022, 06:33 PM
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Progress update: sapele dreadnought sides flattened, binding channels cut, end graft installed.



Sides are trued up and smoothed using a rolling pin sander.
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Curly maple bindings and a cocobolo end graft.
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Cutting the body binding channels.

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My end graft jig is used to locate and saw the edges of the end graft channel.

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End graft channel after clearing out material with a Dremel router.

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End graft glued in place.
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Old 12-17-2022, 07:22 PM
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Progress update: binding the dreadnought body with curly maple.



Top bindings bent.
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Gluing on the back bindings.

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Bindings installed.

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Old 12-21-2022, 07:17 PM
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Progress update: installing end graft and bindings on curly walnut 00.



Ebony end graft and birdseye maple binding strips.
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Ebony end graft installed.

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Cutting binding channels.

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Bindings glued in.

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Trimming bindings with miniature block plane.

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Top bindings installed.

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Birdseye maple bindings and ebony end graft in curly walnut. It’s a pretty combination.
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All those pictures are like the tape in Ethan Hunt's tape recorder...

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Good looking guitars, Andy.

Maybe I missed it somewhere in the thread, but what neck joint do you use?
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Took me a minute or two to understand what you meant but that’s pretty good, Mike. I’ll have to find a better way to do this. I’ve been trying to share photos hosted on my Facebook page. For some reason, FB randomly changes the url for some photos and as a result, the pic no longer shows up here. I then have to edit the posts here with the revised link to the photo. It’s a pita.
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Old 12-22-2022, 06:23 PM
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Good looking guitars, Andy.

Maybe I missed it somewhere in the thread, but what neck joint do you use?
Thanks Craig. I use a bolt-on mortise and tenon joint. Necks should be next up on this thread.
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