hummingbird #1 Padauk-Sitka

[johnnparchem]

How thin?, You might be able to glue it back together. You will have 3 or 4 braces across it soon.

The rims look great, I like the solid linings.

[hummingbird]

It was about as thin as construction paper at the thinnest spot. But at the edges its fine as you can see from the pics.

You're right though I could glue the crack with CA and put a wider than normal reinforcement strip say 1" wide. Do ya think that would be OK?

[Kevin Sjostrand]

Dang, that is a bummer. Thin as construction paper is pretty thin. I'd be slightly concerned about the guitar down the road, that thin getting bumped, might put a hole in it.
It sure looks nice though. Is your other back as nice? You do have to be careful with power sanders. The can take wood away in a hurry, and unevenly as you experienced too.
Hope it works out for you, your doing great work.

Kevin

[hummingbird]

I think you're right Kevin. the back is pretty floppy. The other back is similar. I think I should play it safe and wait for a new back strip and start over.

[Jim_H]

Yikes!

Yea, 60 grit is way too much horsepower for an already thicknessed back. Especially in a power sander. Probably shouldn't need more than 220 and a little patience once you get it planed down.

Good luck getting it caught back up! Looking forward to seeing it finished =)

[hummingbird]

K I got a new strip and made a new back plate. Here it is. I braced it with western red cedar.

[hummingbird]

This is a sitka top from a martin kit. It had the sound hole and rosette already. I braced it with Red Spruce (Adi). Can anybody guess the guitar makers I am trying to emulate?

[Ken Hundley]

Lookin good so far. I made a padauk/sitka (actually two, one is waiting completion). LOVED it. I love working with the wood, great smell, though the dust gets into everything and stains. I tended to do a lot more scraping with padauk than sanding. very good clean work so far.

http://www.nocturnalguitars.com/Nocturn ... auk-OM.php

[hummingbird]

Thanks Ken. Thats a cool looking guitar! Did you enhance the padauk with a red stain or something because it looks very red. I like it a lot.

[Ken Hundley]

Thanks! I think shooting it with a blue wall behind it is what did it. Nothing else special was done to the wood.