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We started the build. Have read most of the postings here and saved a bunch of them to a doc. Really top notch nice people here, thanks to everyone.

Using fish glue for the first time. I like it but also realize I have to keep the guitar in reasonable conditions.
Still going back and forth on fish glue or tite bond for the top, bottom and bridge.
I bought a humidifier as the shop was running 20% but in another month I will probably have to buy a de-humidifier.
Got some 1/4" go bars(driveway flags) today. The HF electrical puller kit ones seem on the light side and press only 4-5 Lbs. Had to use a lot to feel I had a good clamp on the parts.

A couple of pictures.

You're doing a nice job.

Looks like a wonderful start and I predict there will be more.

Thanks,
Not much done today. Put the sound hole braces in after digging them out of the garbage where they ended up after cleaning the bench. Carved the 4 radial braces down, tapped the bridge and recorded the sound. I also recorded it before I did any carving. Big difference in sound after carving some. Not that I know what I am doing at all. Just wanted to see the difference it does make.

I like to draw projects I am working on so I decided to draw the bridge that came with the kit to start. Used FreeCAD and put a spreadsheet in to tweak dimensions. FreeCAD can generate G-Code but it also can output to an STL file and a program like vcarve could generate the code.

Have not given up. I am just going to post some pictures at times. No real blog like some of you do. There are some very good blogs and someone could almost build their first kit from reading your blog.

Decided to replace the kit end graft (flash?) with some purple heart I had here. Will be pretty when it turns.

Ed

You're doing great.

Nice clean end graft. Looks like you got a really good joint between sides and top/back too. Good enough to not need binding. Good job.