Day 3

 Day 3, we have cut out the template for the accoustic guitar and need to join it together with spacers but in its current form it will be very heavy so to make it lighter I will trim the corners making sure I have at least 75 mm of plywood at any 1 edge.



Trimmed accoustic guitar template stage 1




Trimmed accoustic guitar template stage 2




Trimmed accoustic guitar template stage 3




Trimmed accoustic guitar template stage 4




Trimmed accoustic guitar template stage Finished

 The next thing to do is cut the timber spacers which will form the edges of the accoustic guitar mould and the depth of the template.  These spacers are cut from 50 x 25mm softwood and are each 75mm long.  The spacers are cut on a mitre saw to keep them square. 




Cutting spacer blocks picture 1




Cutting spacer blocks picture 2



The two halves of the mould will have to be joined by two pieces of plywood which are also 75 mm high.


Plywood joining pieces picture 1




Plywood joining pieces picture 2



The spacers are arranged on the plywood template to make sure I have enough.



Spacer blocks arranged on mould

All that remains now is to glue the initial spacers in place on the template.  They are glued and nailed into position and left to dry overnight.  The spacers are set slightly proud of the edges to be trimmed back later.




Spacers in position




Top half of mould in position



Both sections with initial spacers in position

Now the two halves are placed alongside each other - its actually guitar shaped and even though I still havent started making the actual guitar it is still quite satisfying.

The two halves of the mould together

Thats the end of day 3 and whilst it looks quite simple and easy thats 12 hours work today a total of 28 hours so far on the project.