(1) December 13, 2010
The back and side set of Philippine Ebony we will use.
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Orchestral Model Cutaway
Serial # OMC 1.6.41
- Body:.......................... Philippine Ebony
- Top:............................ Sitka Spruce
- Neck:.......................... Khaya (Mahogany)
- Binding:...................... High Figure Snakewood
- Purfling:...................... Fine Herringbone with Green Pinstriping
- Appointments:............ Amboyna Burl, Brazilian Rosewood
- Fretboard & Bridge:.... 24 Nickel-Silver Frets Macassar Ebony with Snakewood Binding
- Tuners:........................Waverly, Nickel Plated with Ebony Knobs
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(2) December 13, 2010
A close up view of the Philippine Ebony back.
(3) December 13, 2010
A picture of the Sitka Spruce top set.
(4) December 13, 2010
A close up view of the Sitka Spruce.
(5) December 13, 2010
These are some of the Snakewood binding we will use.
(6) December 13, 2010
A close up of a piece of the Snakewood binding.
(7) December 14, 2010
This is a picture of the center strip that we will use on the back of the guitar.
(8) December 14, 2010
Before I start to use my drum sander I like to clean it up a bit. This tool lets me sand a wide piece of wood to a very precise dimension.
(9) December 14, 2010
Here I am sanding a piece of the top to get both halves equally thick.
(10) December 14, 2010
I sand the back blanks to the same dimension as the center strip.
(11) December 14, 2010
We decided to make the center sapwood section a bit thinner than the original wood. I am using my table saw to trim a bit of the wood away.
(12) December 14, 2010
Here I am using my drum sander to reduce the thickness of the side pieces to about 90 mils. (0.090") This will make bending them possible.
(13) December 14, 2010
I am trimming the edges of the top pieces to get an initially straight edge.
(14) December 14, 2010
But since I am going to be joining these two edges together and I don't want any seam to show I use this edge sanding tool to create very straight and complimentary edges. This tool holds the piece vertical and has a precisely straight surface to sand the edge on. I will continue to work on these edges until I am satisfied that the seam will be invisible.
(15) December 14, 2010
The back pieces get the same treatment.
(16) December 14, 2010
To glue the pieces together I run a thin bead of white glue along one edge.
(17) December 14, 2010
And I use this press tool to press the two halves together while holding them flat.
(18) December 14, 2010
Here I am laying out the back pieces to see how they will fit together.