I started the day by routing the endplate area and placing the graft to the second walnut guitar. Once that was complete I was able to radius the “top” edge of the sides with the 30’ radius dish. Hopefully, I will be able to glue the kerfing strips to this side soon.
Next, I headed to work on the backs. I glued the reinforcement strips using the “Go-Bar” clamp system. It worked great, but need to use a straight-edge next time as the strip is prone to slide. Once those were stable, I started work on making the back braces. These were cut from some quarter-sewn spruce blocks. These were shaped based on the plans and each were 10mm x 16mm. I then shaped the ends of the braces with a taper. It took much longer than expected to shaped these by chisels and sanding. Once these were at the right size, I needed to cut the reinforcement strips to allow the braces to pass. Before the braces could be glued on the back, I radiused the braces using the 15’ radius dish. Then I used the “Go-Bar” clamp for this.
