I still working on the neck joint. I introduced a neck angle measurement device. I assumed that this scale is in mm. However, this device is for the 1/1000" (mil) scale. I have to re-adjust the neck angle. Luckily, I double checked my old way, and figure out that the number was wrong. I also made a neck heel from a Brazilian RW that is matched to the back. I will make a bridge from the same Brazilian RW material.
I am working on the neck joint work. Neck mortise and a body channel were cut. After confirmed the neck center had precisely aligned at the center of the body, I did the final neck width profiling. I am working on the neck angle final adjustment. This adjustment is super critical to make designed neck action setting. This is a time consuming job, and there is no short cut. Once I complete the precise adjustment, I will install the neck to the body using Epoxy gluing.
Body making is complete. I installed bindings at the cut-a-way portion and the beveled armrest portion. Binding installation at the cut-a-way portion is a little bit tricky due to the sharp curves. I uses many long clamps to press nicely. Also, the binding materials should be precisely curved to fit well. For the beveled armrest portion, I used a Brazilian RW left over from my previous built. It has very nice color match to the side. This guitar became a Brazilian RW special model. All B&S, bindings, and beveled armrest are made by Brazilian RW. Also, neck head and back veneers are Brazilian RW.
I have been working on the binding installation work. Major portions are done. This guitar still need to be installed the beveled armrest portion and the cut-a-way portion. Brazilian RW binding material made this guitar really gorgeous. Next week, I will complete the binding installation work for the body. Then, the body is pretty much complete.
I have been working on the purfling installation. I completed binding channel and purfling channel cut. Those are very detailed work. After using a laminate trimmer, I clean-up the those channels using chisels, small knifes, and tiny sanding blocks. After made those channels clean enough, purfling materials were installed. Top side is the Black-white-black purfling. Side and back are black-white purfling. Next week, I will install Brazilian rose wood binding materials.
Last week-end I did not upload the neck work. So, this post will show many progresses. Now, I moved to detailed work for the neck and the body. I did neck head outline cut and peg hole drilling. Waverly high geared ratio (23:1) tuner will be installed. This is a new model from the Waverly brand. The gear ratio has been 18:1. Finally, Waverly introduced 23:1 version, and it makes much easier tuning work. Fret slots were cut for the 650mm scale on a west African Ebony material. Sound hole section has not been profiled at this moment, and I did a rough cut for the detailed final shaping.
This week, I did the neck blanks making. I did rough cut for the neck using the band-saw. Then, I made V-joint between neck head and the neck. Then, I did an other band-saw cut for the neck head portion to make total 14.5mm final head thickness. At this moment, the neck head should be 11mm thickness. I also sanded neck head veneers. This time, front and back veneers are Brazilian RW. Those Brazilian RW veneers are left-over from the side material re-sawing.
