#2 Solid Mahogany kit from Blues Creek

Diane Kauffmds · Post by **Diane Kauffmds** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 4:51 pm

That's a beautiful set of wood and a nice looking guitar coming out of it!

Benjy · Post by **Benjy** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 11:10 pm

I have the body assembled, I am working on routing the binding and purfling channels. More pictures

Benjy · Post by **Benjy** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 11:16 pm

Diane Kauffmds wrote:That's a beautiful set of wood and a nice looking guitar coming out of it!

I am having to restrain myself from hurrying, I want to see some lacquer on it to see how the grain pops!

tippie53 · Post by **tippie53** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 6:16 am

once you start the finishing process , the beauty comes out. Take your time patience and prep will make this perfect

MaineGeezer · Post by **MaineGeezer** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 6:22 am

All in good time. A fellow named Guy Lautard has written a series of books called "The Machinist's Bedside Reader," which are collections of assorted machining tips, stories, small projects, etc. He's done three volumes.

In one of them he included "The Old Master's Secret:"

There is no secret, except knowing what good work is, and taking the time to do it that way.

Patience!

Jcolvin · Post by **Jcolvin** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 12:00 am

It's going to be awesome!

Benjy · Post by **Benjy** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 10:54 pm

I have the body routed, April picked out the design she wants on the tail wedge. I had to split a piece of the binding to go on the edges of the black wedge. I fitted it into the slot. I needed a little help to glue and clamp it in place. I found the perfect jig to hole the body for gluing! More pictures.

tippie53 · Post by **tippie53** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 9:30 am

love the guitar holder

Benjy · Post by **Benjy** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:17 pm

Made some more progress, I installed the bindings on the back, the bindings and abalone purfling on the top. Wow, it is looking great!

Benjy · Post by **Benjy** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:30 pm

I also put bindings on the headstock. I split a piece so it would not be so wide and put a purfling strip under it. It turned out nice!

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#2 Solid Mahogany kit from Blues Creek

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