Thanks for the comments on the guitar! Actually, it is still in about this same state. Time for me to get back in the shop to start working on the neck.

The time comes in little bits and pieces…you know how that goes. After a while you get something accomplished. Stop back soon to check progress and let me know what you think.

–Mark

We visited Ron and Laura when we went to the boat show in Annapolis and they told me about your project and the blog. Great looking guitar. All of your projects are beautiful. where do you find the time?

Bill

Thanks for stopping by the site.

The jig I made for routing worked pretty well with the Bosch Colt. There was still a bit of variation in the routed channel but, I cleaned that up with a file afterward.

The Colt is not too clumsy and probably a good compromise between a full sized router and a Dremel. It did a pretty good job of giving clean cuts on the spruce. However, as I described in the post, I did use a climb cutting technique on the uphill portions of both bouts. Time to move on the the work on the neck now.

Please continue to stop by and comment!

–Mark

I’ve been using a Dremel router in the router base I got from Stewmac. I find that it doesn’t bobble anywhere near as much as my Dewalt would, but on the other hand it’s not quite as clean on the endgrain at the top and bottom of the guitar, especially in the spruce where it really counts, of course. So I guess everything is a trade-off. Keep the posts coming — it’s looking great!

Thanks. It is definitely a different brand of woodworking but, I am enjoying it!

–Mark

Thanks for stopping by and for the nice comments. There have been a few requests for an audio post of the guitar when it’s complete…we’ll have to see what I can do!

I’ll also be stopping by your blog to see what you are up to.

Please continue to visit and comment.

–Mark

I have really enjoyed reading this journey of yours into lutherie. I am really impressed how this is turning out. I can’t wait to hear how it sounds when you are done. I expect you to put up a sound file of you performing on your new guitar once the whole thing is done.

You have a great knack at telling a story both with words and pictures. I am still trying to get the hang of this at my own blog, rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog, and hope to pick up some pointers from you along the way. Keep up the good work.