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Bob Webster's Blog – June 2009 Archive (2)

My Mortice and Spline Neck Joint

I French polish my classical guitars and I had always been frustrated with the difficulties of finishing at the neck joint and the fingerboard/top interface when building in the traditional Spanish method. Also, handling a complete guitar during French polishing is awkward, and the job of pore filling the body and the neck with different methods is made more complicated than I thought it ought to be.



For these reasons, I now build and finish the bodies, necks+fingerboard, and the… Continue

Added by Bob Webster on June 19, 2009 at 10:14pm — 5 Comments

My method for gluing the top and back of my classical guitars

I use an outside mold and the labelled back is shown propped up in the sides and ready for the back brace pillars (offcuts of the kerfed lining).





Here's the back ready to be glued to the garland of sides using Titebond glue and my go-bar deck. I pad on the glue with a sponge.





Back being clamped using gobars. Pressure is applied right over the linings. Putting the back on… Continue

Added by Bob Webster on June 18, 2009 at 7:03pm — 7 Comments

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