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Showing posts with label Bracing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bracing. Show all posts
Saturday, June 13, 2020

Back braces on soprano

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I make my backs differently from most builders. Rather than bracing the back and glueing it on I mount the braces first and then the back pl...
Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Back braces and back

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I made the back braces from some old spruce wood, salvaged from a loom. Planing in the nut and saddle vise from Stewmac, a great vise for th...
Monday, June 12, 2017

Bracing

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It was a while since I braced a soprano top. I went with the, hopefully correct, muscle memory and it was no problem at all. I went with a s...
Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Glueing back braces on the walnut tenor

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Tonight I did some work on the tenor which is in progress. The first pic shows it clamped on the workboard. You can see the pickup I install...
Monday, September 1, 2014

Bracing and binding

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Since I got back from the Middle East I've braced the concert soundboard, glued it to the sides and worked on binding both the concert a...
Saturday, October 5, 2013

Shaping braces on the koa concert

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This is the third concert I build, without doubt the rarest of Argapa models. So there are no rules or truths yet, just me guessing and usin...
Monday, March 28, 2011

First top glued

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Soundboards braced with the single brace, and the first one is glued to the sides. It's of alder as you can see. I haven't cut the h...
Monday, January 3, 2011

Robin's soundboard braced

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Finally. I re-used the brace closest to the neck, but made a new and slightly better for the middle one. Bridge plate has the same dimension...
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Saturday, April 10, 2010

Pineapple continues

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Yes it is time to finish Markus' pineapple. It's not that much left actually. Just the back and the fretboard (on which Markus want...
Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Bracing, little by little

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I sneak down between the rest of the duties to glue a brace or two. I also did some work on the neck, made the recess where the soundboard ...
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Sunday, November 1, 2009

Tenor no. 4, bracing

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Melker's tenor took a leap forward as I started bracing the soundboard. Now I'll enjoy the feeling of assembly that I get when I b...
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Thursday, May 7, 2009

Bars and braces shaped

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Between breakfast and taking the kids to school, I got about 15 minutes of quality time. Rather stupid since I'll think of nothing els...
Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Glueing bars and neck

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Yup - bars, bridge patch and neck are being glued. Still no go-bar deck. It is a huge ukulele. Compare the size to the plane in the foregrou...
Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Back braces

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Well I'm back after more than a few days. Had to work hard at home with building a new wall with wardrobes and cupboards, and my day jo...
Friday, February 6, 2009

Soundboards braced

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Managed to put braces and bridge patches on today. And then I glued the first one to a set of sides.
Thursday, November 27, 2008

Braces and bars

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Glueing bridge patch and braces. Still everything comes from the same piece of wood, but I'm not sure the neck will.
Sunday, January 20, 2008

Back braces

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Sanding braces on the radius dish. A wonderful piece of equipment, that I thought would be hard to find / buy / make. But it was easy, and c...
Saturday, January 19, 2008

Braces

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I've scalloped the braces, soon it's time to fit the neck to the soundboard.