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Tidying the sides, had some router tearout, the whole 'downhill/go with the grain' thing goes out the window once I start cutting.
Sanded most of the tooling marks out, contouring the body now so I'll tidy up any marks I missed later
My highly advanced contour marker, just so I don't go overboard shaping the curves.
Used a flap wheel to take off excess wood (needed on the iroko), shaped with a file, rough sanded for now
On a whim I thought arches on the bottom horns would add to the handmade look, thinking of cone shaped 'devil horns' for the top ones. Lots more work now, in hindsight I think a flat top with binding would've been less time consuming.
Saying that, I enjoy the contouring part. Takes more effort shaping by hand but rewarding when it stops looking blocklike.
Same shaping on top, poplar is easy to work with, similar to ash or basswood, no need for the flap wheel to get going. Iroko (African teak) on the other hand is hard as rock, blunted (not in the good way) my 1/2" bit when routing so I need to buy a new one before routing cavities
Middle arch shaped, quite tricky keeping everything symmetrical but got there in the end
This is where I'm up to, bottom horns shaped and rough sanded, all 6 feet are level, no rocking (yet!) or beer mats needed for it to stand upright.
Plan on routing the neck pocket next and getting the bridge screwed into place to align everything, that's the important part.
Chuffed with how it's turning out so far, I'll update as I do it from now on, thanks for viewing. |
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