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In this part of the series, we’ll look at making and installing the back braces, making the back, and prepping the sides for the big glue-up. In this guitar, I put in four back braces. These braces were made from 7×15 mm strips of Sp...
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The kit for this classical guitar came with a bookmatched pair of Engelmann spruce boards for the top. My pair has some beautiful silk in it that I hope will come out in the finish. After jointing the inner edges of the two boards and tapering the...
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The first step for the sides is to thickness the bookmatched sides. In the kit, these sides are about 4 mm thick. They need to be brought down to about 1.8 mm thick. We first used something called a Safe-T planer which is a drill press attachment ...
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The next step in the construction of the neck blank is attaching a heel block. In this guitar, we are using a Spanish heel to attach the neck to the body of the guitar. The Spanish heel uses two slots separated by about 11 mm in the sides o...
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The first step in making the neck blank is to make a scarf joint. This creates the tilt back headstock. I laid out and cut a 15 degree cut on the neck stock with the bandsaw. After cleaning up both sides of the scarf joint with a jack plane...
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GaryK
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Welcome to Lumberjocks! Enjoy yourself.
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odie
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Kem, Welcome home … but you’ve been here 15 minutes already. Let’s get something done, huh. Just kidding, welcome to LumberJocks … ENJOY !
-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke". http://woodstermangotwood.blogspot.com/ (my funny blog)
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Glad to see that you have made Lumberjocks a part of your Woodworking experience… Welcome
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Welcome to LJ. You will like it here.
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Hello Kem,
Let me welcome you to LJs. I hope that you will find this to be an exciting and rewarding part of your woodworking adventure.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
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Welcome to Lumberjocks. This is a great community of people with like interests.There is much to learn here & you will have the opportunity to share your skills & ideas with others. I hope you enjoy LJ’s as much as I do.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
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Welcome to LumberJocks. Enjoy the community.
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Welcome to LumberJocks. Glad to have you aboard.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
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Welcome to Lumberjocks. The projects are an inspiration, the information is priceless and the people are supportive. The only problem is, the site can get addictive.
God Bless
tom
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Welcome to LJs !! Glad you have joined us !!
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I never did give you a proper welcome:
Howdy and welcome to LJ, the best woodworking community anywhere!
Love your photography! I will have to check it out some more.
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Miki
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woodworking in China is still alive in our daily life . I am sorry i know a littler about that. but i can learn from here
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Congratulations! This coming week you will have been a Lumber Jock for 1 year! Thanks for your participation.
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