Sunday, September 30, 2007

Sides in mold

We were out of town this weekend, but before we left I managed to clamp the sides in the mold. I clamped each one in separately since they need to be trimmed before they will both fit at the same time.


I'd like to trim the sides and glue up the head/tail blocks but given that the humidity level is still 60%, I probably should wait. There are plenty of other things to do.

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Finally, it's HERE!


Yes that's right, after 23 days it finally arrived. I'm not terribly happy about that (LMI said it is typically 10 days), but there is no need to "fret" about it. The top looks real nice, the bearclaw texture is hard to see in this picture. I'm still getting used to the back, not sure what I think about it. The sapwood center is not quite on center, but I've seen a lot worse. And there is a lot of bow in it no doubt from humidity... hopefully that will either go away or can be fixed.


The rest of the stuff looks great. I especially like the macassar ebony fingerboard.


I'll work on putting the sides in the mold tonight. I probably should order the kerfing soon too. This shows the other side of the back. The sapwood appears to be better mirrored. Neither picture does the top justice... the bearclaw texture is very nice.