Arching Goodness

So...another update. After things are cut out...the hard part starts. You have to take a gouge...basically a really long chisel that has a scoop and you have to scoop the wood until it is at the right height...after this, we had to use the router and take the edges down to be the right size. The C bout part is 4.25 centimeters, the corners are 4.5 centimeters, and the rest of it is 4 centimeters... and here it is in pictures:

Arching of the top

arching of the back

After routing the top

top and back after being routed

Top Happy

So...not too much has happened since the linings were put in...ok, ok, quite a bit has happened.

The top was thicknessed with the planer down to 16 cm...and before hand was made to be perfectly flat on one side.


The back was glued together (it's a 2 piece back) and the then thicknessed and re-flattened.
Then the shape was traced and corners drawn and then it was cut out with a band saw...and now, it looks like this:

That's the back...it's quilted maple, very preeeeeety :-)


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