It was a while since I prepared a top for a reso but I was confident I remembered the long and rather complicated sequence of steps <— foreshadowing
Then laying out the contour and marking for the holes. I’m really proud of my locating templates, the only easy way to find the center of the holes in the skeleton.
And I get that the last pic doesn’t explain it totally so here’s another one that should help you out.
And out came the marvellous rosette and circle cutter! Of course the holes should have been cut before I glued the wee locating nibs on. First mistake due to hazy recollections of ”the long and rather complicated sequence of steps”.
It’s possible to do it like this but next time I hope I do things in order.
And on to mistake number three! (I won’t bother you with the second one but it involved sanding the edges of the holes before glueing the top on.) The third mistake was forgetting to glue the mesh screens in before the glue-up. But it went alright apart from poisoning myself with CA accelerator.
And here is the result. Not much left of the spruce soundboard we started with but hey, it’s what’s needed. I will add binding as I tend to do with spruce topped instruments, leaning towards a single ply plastic one. But not black, that would be too stark a contrast. I hope I can find some tortoloid strips, they were around a mere four years ago.
Then laying out the contour and marking for the holes. I’m really proud of my locating templates, the only easy way to find the center of the holes in the skeleton.
And I get that the last pic doesn’t explain it totally so here’s another one that should help you out.
And out came the marvellous rosette and circle cutter! Of course the holes should have been cut before I glued the wee locating nibs on. First mistake due to hazy recollections of ”the long and rather complicated sequence of steps”.
It’s possible to do it like this but next time I hope I do things in order.
And on to mistake number three! (I won’t bother you with the second one but it involved sanding the edges of the holes before glueing the top on.) The third mistake was forgetting to glue the mesh screens in before the glue-up. But it went alright apart from poisoning myself with CA accelerator.
And here is the result. Not much left of the spruce soundboard we started with but hey, it’s what’s needed. I will add binding as I tend to do with spruce topped instruments, leaning towards a single ply plastic one. But not black, that would be too stark a contrast. I hope I can find some tortoloid strips, they were around a mere four years ago.
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