Cutaway side templating

[watergunn]

Hi all.

I will be bending the sides for a cutaway for the first time. I have the templates used for laying out a standard guitar side set for OMs and dreadnoughts.
Is there something I will need to do differently for a cutaway side set as far as laying it out to get the correct lengths and widths for the cutaway section?
Also, is there a trick to cutting the neck block correctly?
On the last cutaway I built I ended up with the side protruding about 3/32 out from under the fretboard. So, I obviously cut the block to big width wise.
Thanks for any advice.

Rick Gunn

[tippie53]

The side blank profile is different on a cutaway. There will be about a 1/4 in rise from the waist to the fall in at the neck block. If you profile them as a standard you will lose about 3/16 or more at the neck.

[watergunn]

Is there actually a plan template that would have that on it that you know of?

Happy to pay for a paper tracing if anyone has one.

Thanks RG

[tippie53]

I can send you one
$10 covers the tracing and mail

[watergunn]

Thanks.

Makes perfect sense.

Rick Gunn

[Dan Bombliss]

You can take construction paper, and tape it around the guitar, flush to the top (because the top is flat) and trace the edge of a cutway with a pencil onto the paper. Then when you pull the paper off, you have a pretty nice profile template tracing, that will work for roughing into your side prior to bending.

If you have an OMC you can copy, that works great, and just takes a few minutes.

-Dan