Previously, I wrote about the merits of using rough stock in your woodworking. In that post I discussed the benefits offered to every woodworker through milling your own boards from rough to ready. What I did not cover is how to go about preparing rough stock for use on a project.
The basic steps [...]
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After getting the body together, the next step in the process was to trim the overhanging material from the back and top to be flush with the top and then to rout the channels for the binding and purfling. The binding will be placed along the seams of both the back and top where [...]
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In the last post, I wrote about attaching the top to the sides. After completing that it was time to finally get the body completed and closed up.
In order to do this I first had to repeat the process of fitting the back to the sides and notching the kerfed linings to receive the [...]
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