Wooden rosette

I ended up making a wooden rosette from imbuia, wallnut and maple. Below is a photo of it on the tapa.

Back and neck dry fit

Below are photos of the body. I had to add some bracing to the back, as my back was made from two  halves. Two of the thumb planes in the photo I made myself.

Corpus

The two halves are now one.  The Spanish Cedar has been cut and jointed and glued up and in need of some sanding. I have also started making the teen for the neck. I am using the method recomended by William Cumpiano on his web page for the addendum for his great book  Guitar Making : Technology and Tradition. I have to trim the crazy long Tenon I cut and laminate hard wood on the sides.

Image from Cumpiano's website above:

Sound Hole Rosette

I have some ideas for my sound hole rosette. I usually purchase from Depaul Luthier supply.

I was also thinking of a parchment rose, but these are completely not typical of this instrument. 

LMII has some awesome rosettes for pretty cheap.

Left side

The left half of the instrument has been cut out. I cut the back at about 1/4" thick. I left the sides at 1/2" thick as well. I am not sure yet how thick the top should be.

Cutting the back

I started cutting the back by hand. First I traced a template that I made from plexiglass. Then I cut the waste wood. The first half is almost done. 1/4 inch off the back. I also cut the neck blank from the excess wood.

Suppliers

I wanted to add some links for some of the suppliers I use.

allied lutherie

RC Tonewoods


I will be picking up my brace wood, head plate, and probably bindings from the above companies. I will probably be making an abalone shell rosette.

Bridge Complete Spanish Cedar Has Arrived

So my bridge is complete and the Spanish Cedar has arrived. The Spanish Cedar measures 8"x 48"x 2". I will have to re-saw and glue up to dimensions I can use. 

At this point, I realized I have no way to re-saw this wood. My band saw has a height of about 3" max. Table saw can only have a max blade height of 3", and that looks pretty scary.....

I was thinking of maybe using the table saw and then flipping the wood. So I have 2 options, buy a thin piece for a back, or figure a way to re-saw using a combo of tools.......

I planed the wood  to clean it up as you can see it is pretty dingy in the photos, and it looks great!

Walnut bridge lined in maple. It's still a little wet here from cleaning it with naphtha and then acetone. It still has to  have holes drilled for the strings.

Un puente de nogal y forrada en madera de arce. Es todavía un poco húmeda aquí desde la limpieza con nafta y acetona. Todavía tiene que tener agujeros taladrados para las cuerdas.