tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41142354579764374122024-03-08T18:04:22.294+00:00Making My First Guitaraidandrummer1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12972176884696563799noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114235457976437412.post-16397011568333170012008-12-08T12:16:00.003+00:002008-12-08T12:20:51.680+00:00Front and back platesWe were giving 2 pieces of wood for our back and we had to plain them up on the plainer getting them to a required thickness and to give a straight edge for them to join up.<div>When the plaining was done i joined the 2 pieces together and left them in a cramp overnight. I repeated this step for the front plate. When the plate was joined i through the former to get the shape of the plate and cut it out on the ban saw. and did the same for the front plate.</div>aidandrummer1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12972176884696563799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114235457976437412.post-14016634824388717372008-12-08T12:14:00.002+00:002008-12-08T12:16:21.456+00:00Moving onAfter the sides were joined i started to put my kerving around the sides of the bent sides.<div><br /></div><div>I know started to make my braces by using the templates and Drawings as guides. its a long process because there is so many braces to make for both plates. </div>aidandrummer1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12972176884696563799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114235457976437412.post-37315289782153422682008-10-28T17:30:00.001+00:002008-10-28T17:42:50.772+00:00MetalworkToday we started our metalwork module in the main campus. We started off by making a press handle.<div><br /></div><div>In the metalwork module we have to make a guitar stand. We started by cutting a piece of metal at a angle of 30 degrees and 300-mm long. I then drilled two holes in the bars. I then had to get an angle of 58 degrees so that the guitar stand is at an angle. I placed it in a jig to make sure it was correctly fitting. </div>aidandrummer1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12972176884696563799noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114235457976437412.post-39249045545050347932008-10-28T17:25:00.006+00:002008-10-28T17:29:59.459+00:00Joining the sides togetherToday i stuck the sides to my guitar by joining each side to the the neck and tail block. It took a lot of tweaking and final bending to get this all straight and lined up. i had to plain off any high bit s on the sides using the block plain. <div><br /></div><div>As soon as the sides were joined and the glue was dry i added the kerving to one of the sides which were already cut. I put the kerving the whole round the sides and held them in place using pegs with elastic bands for extra strength.</div>aidandrummer1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12972176884696563799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114235457976437412.post-80761915211100731862008-10-10T21:49:00.002+01:002008-10-10T22:03:21.365+01:003rd StageTail Block, Neck Block, Braces and Kerfing<div><br /></div><div>Tail block: I had to sand two corners of one side of the tail block at a angle of 30 degrees and the other was slightly curved, these were both done on the sander.</div><div><br /></div><div>Neck Block: The neck block just like the tail block had one side at 30 degrees and a curved side. The neck block required a trench to be removed. This is a dovetail joint and the neck joins in here. Using the mortise i removed the trench which is to be the dovetail joint. After this was removed i had use the grinder to have a slant on the sides of the joint. this was done using a specially designed jig.</div><div><br /></div><div>Braces: For the back plate i needed to make four braces which give the back its durability. I had to create four different ones using the plans and chisel and scaper. It took a long time but it's worth because of the importance of the braces. Each brace is slightly curved at the bottom to give the curved back of the guitar.</div><div><br /></div><div>Kerving: The kerfing is flexible strips of wood that join onto the sides of the guitar and provide a bond between the plates and sides. They were created by getting a strip of wood that was cut at slant. Using the chop saw i cut continuous slits into the wood 5mm apart and at set depth all the way along the wood. The result was avery flexible strip of wood, i had to cut four lengths of wood.</div><div> </div><div><br /></div>aidandrummer1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12972176884696563799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114235457976437412.post-77430729100710309442008-10-10T21:38:00.002+01:002008-10-10T21:49:19.208+01:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Bending the sides</span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">For bending the sides i had to use the thickener to cut the wood down to 2.5mm and then i had to run them through the sander to give them a smooth finish. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;">I then used the template and drew around it and using the ban saw cut as close to the line as i could. I then left the two sides in water for 30 minutes to soak. I turned on the bending iron to heat level 6.</div><div style="text-align: left;">After the 30 minutes i took one piece out started to bent it using my 1st former as the guide.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The process of bending involved <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Soaking-heating-bending and finally holding till it cooled. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;">it was a very long and frustrating process required a lot of patience to do right. </div>aidandrummer1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12972176884696563799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114235457976437412.post-20378055510399319762008-10-10T21:27:00.002+01:002008-10-10T21:38:11.622+01:002nd StageThe second stage in making the guitar was to a have a practice in bending the sides.<div>This involved bringing a length of wood down to 2.5mm using the thickener taking 2mm cuts each time. I then soaked the wood in water to loosen the cellulose fibers. Using the bending iron the heat made the fibers flexible and easy to bend. Using the former as a guide I bent the side.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Internal Former</span></span></div><div>Using cardboard i cut out two pieces for the front and back plates. I drew around the template and cut them using a knife. I then cut out five pieces of wood and glued them together, this created the internal former. </div>aidandrummer1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12972176884696563799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114235457976437412.post-3216920702595054982008-10-10T21:17:00.003+01:002008-10-10T21:27:18.281+01:00First day back in Instrument TechToday in our first day in Instrument tech we decided which guitar we were going to make a dreadnought or OOO! I decided to make the OOO guitar.<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">1st for</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">me</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">r</span></span></div><div>To start off i had to begin the sides former. I drew around the template and cut the two formers out and then sanded one of them down to the line.</div><div>Next i stuck the two formers together with screws and took shavings off till they were equal.</div><div>I then separated the two formers. then using the chop saw i cut out 20 pieces of wood which were going to join the the two sides of the former. They where pin using the air compressor gun. When this was complete i got the very flexible length of wood which was to cover the former to give a smooth surface for the sides to be bent on.</div><div>The wood was pinned down and sanded off. I then filled in the holes with wood filler.</div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div><br /></div>aidandrummer1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12972176884696563799noreply@blogger.com0