I'm TRYING to find time to get some lutherie done, but unfortunately, those lovely people at the schools inspectorate have decided that my school is in need of a visit, so the last couple of weeks have been spent haring round like crazy making sure all the paperwork is 150% upto date and all the wall displays are recent......

still, I managed a LITTLE bit.......

a little setup work on the lefty mando #75..... still a fair bit to do though,

#76 is ready for tuners and all that malarkey....

#77 the cutaway guitar has the neck & tail blocks glued in and the linings in......

#77 rosette sanded smooth



sides bent



and brought together.....

#75 has strings on!!

bridge cut and slotted for the pickup and bone saddle. nut slotted and screws inserted to tuners.



still a LOT of setting up to do before I even considder fitting the pickup under the saddle. I'll leave it under tension for a week to let it settle first.

#77 a cutaway acoustic guitar, Mahogany back & sides, sitka spruce top.

back and top joined.....





ebony fretboard slotted...



rosette?

haven't done a segmented one in a while, so first cut the pieces to fit and superglue them onto a scrap of worktop....



use the flycutter to cut the slot on the top and the ring of the rosette....



the dremel lifts out the wood between the cuts on the top, and the rosette ring goes in instead.

mando #76

got a load done over the last couple of weeks but my PC wasn't talking to blogger, so I couldn't upload them.....

still!

fretslots cut



trussrod slot cut and fretboard glued on...



neck rough carved





frets on.....



neck glued onto body....



starting to look like a mando!