Carving a cherry neck for Andy

Guided by little more pressure than its own weight, the super sharp single bevel Hock knife takes tiny shavings off the neck, blending the different curves into a single surface.

After half an hour of carving, I always feel elated. Like maybe a replica of my former and younger self, instead of like a shadow.

Andy in Switzerland, it is coming along. Slowly.

Bridge clamped on Robin's new top

Well, I'll finish the shellac with the bridge glued. I couldn't wait really.

And the damn cedar looks dinged and used already, it dents so easily during assembly. And assembling it the way I did this time involved a bit of brute force.

Almost resurrected

Ouch! This might be to much for Robin (as in "too hot to handle, too cool to touch"). Binding is glued, but I had to use this plain white because the other stuff I had home didn't work well with the glue at hand. I'll buy some better with the accelerator thing. But I like the look of it, like an old school guitar!

So I started the polishing process. Can you believe I promised binding, shellac, AND nail guards? I was either drunk, or Robin must have been very beautiful that night. Nail guards will be put on after a few coats of shellac, I don't want those to bond on bare wood in case I have to replace them.

As you see, I polish with a piece of masking tape where the bridge goes. Thanks Erich on UU for writing about your good experience of doing that. So far no glue from the tape had bled out, and it is easier getting a good finish around the bridge this way.

And thanks to that guy on the internet (I'm sure you know who I mean...) who gave me the idea of using an eraser in the muneca instead of a piece of wool.

I'm gonna let the shellac gas out a bit now.