FIRST STEPS

Well, after some delay and consideration on my behalf,  a few decisions have been made and work officially started on Friday last, June 14th. The wood choice ended up as Mahogany from South America.  Australian Red Cedar and Spruce were considered but I am told the Mahogany is the best available, easy to use and should look awesome. All I know about wood is that it grows on trees so who am I to decline the advice. The first picture shows the wood which was originally a block but is now cut into four pieces. The plans (bought from e-bay - $16 ) sit in front

The body shape, as outlined on the plan, is affixed to a piece of craft wood and shaped out with the help of a bandsaw ( check out the second pic above) The plan is to cut the mahogany into that shape but first a few other steps. The wood i.e the mahogany, is in four pieces needs to be joined so a guitar shape can be arrived at. The wood is glued using a bookmatching system so each piece mirrors the other, which gives the appearance of an open book. Check out any, or at least most guitars you will see this on the front or back. Many other pieces of woodwork/furniture will display this too.

Clamps hold the pieces together in the pic above.  It needs a while to dry and gel so this is all for today.

What I learned today was a return to basic art of using a saw: use your thumb knuckle to maintain the starting place of cutting, by placing it next to the saw edge at the cutting point. When holding the saw handle extend for first finger to secure the direction of the saw!

In the mean time heres John Hiatt: