Feb 23, 2014
The final piece. It's oversized by 3-4mm so I've got some room to play with. Once this is done I'll shape the neck.
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The final piece. It's oversized by 3-4mm so I've got some room to play with. Once this is done I'll shape the neck.
The heel on this neck will be made from 2 laminations, not 3. This is the first one being glued up.
Squaring a block of cedrela from tonetech luthier supplies with my axminster jack plane. After an hour of regrinding the chip breaker to be flush with the blade, and honing the blade this is a really good plane for £27. I had it set thick to get those shavings, but set to fine you can get a level piece of cedar quickly with this thing.
In the background is my rosewood back, which is proving to be a total nightmare to thickness. It requires attack from multiple directions and it tears out constantly. I am going to get this down to 2.5-3mm and finish it with my 2 scrapers, even if it does take hours.