I was able to travel to my father’s and use his drum sander and his skill to complete some tasks. We were able to sand two soundboards and two backs to thickness as well as dimension several pieces of mahogany to use for necks and end/heel blocks.
Today I was able to get some work done on the two bodies. I glued the end blocks and heel blocks in place and was able to build the LMI / O’brien neck mortising jig and the Go-Bar deck. I was also able to use a jig we made years ago (2002) to mark the back side of the body for the taper (118mm at the back and 94mm on the front). Then I was able to use a hand scroll saw to cut this line and then use sanding blocks to smooth out the taper.
