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    Thank you all for your comments. Here are a...

    Thank you all for your comments.


    Here are a few pics taken of her on the workbench.
    http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r261/ozziebluesman/luckya.jpg...
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    Here is are two final pics of the Archtop build...

    Here is are two final pics of the Archtop build that has been on the bench for a long time. I had some time out from work and guitar building in 2012 due to illness so this one has progressed very...
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    Over the weekend I sanded out the shellac finish...

    Over the weekend I sanded out the shellac finish and it has come up a treat. The guitar just needs some tweaking, the pickup wired in and a fret dress and setup.

    Here are a few picks on the work...
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    Thanks Floody and Enelef for your comments. ...

    Thanks Floody and Enelef for your comments.

    BDG: Yes I made a tool from 6mm rod with a T one end and the correct Allen key the other. I just have to take out the jack at the butt of the guitar and...
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    Thanks Ian for your comments. I notice you live...

    Thanks Ian for your comments. I notice you live in Townsville. You you are most welcome to come around home sometime in the future and see the guitar builds first hand.

    My email address is:
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    Five French Polish sessions finished. A session...

    Five French Polish sessions finished. A session usually takes four hours and I go around the guitar about four times. Two more should do it. You can see in the first picture the spruce top has runout...
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    Hi to you all, Managed some more progress on...

    Hi to you all,

    Managed some more progress on the archie. The edges have been rounded over and the pickup has been epoxied to the pickguard. I have also fitted the pickguard to the neck and I did a...
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    Hello to you all. Inlay is the go this weekend. I...

    Hello to you all. Inlay is the go this weekend. I use pearl segments that you can buy for rosette use for my H logo and my 12th frett marker.

    Here are a few pictures as usual....
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    Thanks Bill and Mike. Just the machine head...

    Thanks Bill and Mike.

    Just the machine head holes drilled today. The guitar will have some nice gold M6 Schaller machine heads. I will fit these soon so I can locate the tailpiece and make sure...
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    Ray: I like to French Polish my guitars. The...

    Ray: I like to French Polish my guitars. The Queensland Kauri is a very fine grained timber and it doesn't need pore filling. I use blonde shellac flakes and industrial metholated spirits and apply...
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    Some pics of the bridge being made....

    Some pics of the bridge being made.
    http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r261/ozziebluesman/Aarons%20Archtop/P9270001.jpg...
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    I have been spending somework time on the archie...

    I have been spending somework time on the archie the past few days. At this stage I was not going to bother with a back of the headstock headplate. I decided it needed one so I booked matched a nice...
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    Carved the neck today and tidied up the fret...

    Carved the neck today and tidied up the fret ends.

    A few more pics for you all.
    http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r261/ozziebluesman/Aarons%20Archtop/P9220002_zpsac8bfb33.jpg...
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    Fitted the neck this week and it was a better...

    Fitted the neck this week and it was a better experience than the first one. I am waiting on some hardware for this guitar and soon as it arrives I will be assembling it. I have a good feel about...
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    Now it's starting to look like a guitar. Closed...

    Now it's starting to look like a guitar. Closed the box this morning. I had to use the aircon as the weather has jumped a few degrees up here and so has the humidity.

    Here are a few pictures:...
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    Time now to make the bracing. In the picture...

    Time now to make the bracing. In the picture below you can see how the rough shape is transfered to the brace blanks. It is trickey to get the braces to fit perfectly. I use the belt sander to get...
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    Thanks Floody. Here are a few more pictures. I...

    Thanks Floody. Here are a few more pictures. I have settled with 5mm for the top and 6 mm through the area where the bridge will stand. It has been rough sanded with the orbital sander and today the...
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    Hello again to you all. Over this weekend I...

    Hello again to you all.

    Over this weekend I set up the drill press to drill the pilot holes on the underside of the top to give me a carving depth. As already stated the European spruce top is...
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    The top carve has progressed and I am ready to...

    The top carve has progressed and I am ready to start on the inside carve. As started the European Spruce is soft so my aim now is to reach a uniform 6 mm thickness and then fine tune from there. Here...
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    G'day Blackstar, Yes you are right, a higher...

    G'day Blackstar,

    Yes you are right, a higher speed would be ideal for the safety planer to work better. I find it ok if you go very little increments at a time. If you try and take too much off...
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    Thanks Floody! I ment to talk about the top...

    Thanks Floody!

    I ment to talk about the top in the last post as this European Spruce top is very different to the previous Lutz archtop top set I carved. The Euro spruce is soft and very easy to...
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    Thanks Floody and Jabbot for your comments. ...

    Thanks Floody and Jabbot for your comments.

    My next job is to use the safety planer and carefully go around the edge about 50mm in and take it down to a uniform 5mm thick. Be very careful with...
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    G'day Bill, Yes I was lucky enough to buy...

    G'day Bill,

    Yes I was lucky enough to buy that HNTplane at our local Jet shop here in Townsville. I got a block plane at the same time as he was having a big sale and they where almost half...
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    Hi all, Started on the top over the past few...

    Hi all,

    Started on the top over the past few days. This is a AA spruce top from Stew Mac that almost went back for replacement because it was so badly cupped. This is a wedge set but I won't use...
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    Mike: I think the more you build, the better they...

    Mike: I think the more you build, the better they get. In my first two parlor size guitars there where a few notes that lacked volume and sustain. In researching this problem I discovered carbon...
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    Thanks Floddy for your support. Mike: My last...

    Thanks Floddy for your support.

    Mike: My last two guitars have had carbon firbe in the neck with a truss rod. The rod works nicely and it only needs a tweak to get good adjustment either way. I...
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    Thanks Kev and Jeff for your comments. This...

    Thanks Kev and Jeff for your comments.

    This weekend the fingerboard received a 12 inch radius using a radiused sanding block and plenty of elbow grease. I then trimmed the sides of the neck...
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    G'day Bill. Yes the Benedetto book is keep on the...

    G'day Bill. Yes the Benedetto book is keep on the bench abd used often. Thanks for your comments.

    As planned the truss rod and neck reinforcement channels were cut with the laminate trimmer on my...
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    Just a few more pics...

    Just a few more pics
    http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r261/ozziebluesman/Aarons%20Archtop/P4220003.jpg
    http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r261/ozziebluesman/Aarons%20Archtop/P4220003_01.jpg...
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    Some more progress pics for you all. The body...

    Some more progress pics for you all.

    The body needed the mortice area cut out and the newly glued backs edge trimmed. Now it's time to work on the neck. The tenon was cut on the neck blank using...
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    Thanks Steve. Back to work next week after four...

    Thanks Steve. Back to work next week after four and a half months off due to illiness so that will slow down the progress in the woodwork room.

    Cheers

    Alan
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    The back was glued on yesterday. The edges need...

    The back was glued on yesterday. The edges need to be sanded flush to the sides and a good hand sand. Next is cutting the slots for the carbon fibre neck reinforcement and the truss rod then...
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    Today I used the orbital sander to smooth the...

    Today I used the orbital sander to smooth the surface out. The Kauri back certainly has some character in it. The back is now a uniform 6 mm thick and I will leave it at that. The tap tone is strong...
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    Some good work carried out today. The back...

    Some good work carried out today. The back thickness is a uniform 7mm thick and ready for the palm sander to sand down the surface. It already has a very nice tap tone and I think I will be happy...
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    Started on the inside carve today using the drill...

    Started on the inside carve today using the drill press to drill some holes first so as to give me a carving depth. Note the dowel stop under the drill bit set at 6mm. I will take it down roughly and...
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    G'day Bill, I had the same problem when I...

    G'day Bill,

    I had the same problem when I carved the first archtop a the back bank was on 22 mm. I have spoken to a few who build these instruments and they said that the height of the arch in...
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    Ok, two four hour sessions with the rasp and the...

    Ok, two four hour sessions with the rasp and the Ibex palm plane and I'm starting to get somewhere near where I want the arch to be. There is still more fine work needed with the rasp and I will do...
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    Thanks Bill. Today I have used some wood...

    Thanks Bill.

    Today I have used some wood rasps to take all the edges down to meet the 6mm thickness outer edge of the guitar back. I will use templates from now on to form the correct arch.
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    Here some more progress for you Ray, hope you...

    Here some more progress for you Ray, hope you enjoy....

    To start the back carve I use a block plane and work my way round the shape coming in about 70mm and taking it down to about 10mm thick on...
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    Today the linings are glued in along with the...

    Today the linings are glued in along with the side supports. Just need to level the top and back with the sanding stick. Rims almost ready.
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    G'day Floody: Glad you are going to enjoy the...

    G'day Floody: Glad you are going to enjoy the build mate.

    G'day Martin: No pins or cauls used. To laminate the neck I lay them up on two pipe clamps as in the picture below. I actually glued up...
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    Archtop #2

    Hello to you all.

    I've started another Archtop build so thought I would share the journey with you again.

    This archtop is being built for a good friend of mine. The guitar will have Queenesland...
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