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Originally Posted by ac
I'm impressed that you made the arm rest yourself!
- The two pieces of ebony were joined together--dovetailed?
- I suppose you used a body tracing to transfer the exact curve?
- Did you route it out to fit over the edge?
- Is it noticeably more comfortable?
- Are you using the removable 3M Command Strips for adhesives?
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I used face plate stock for the wood.
Yes, I traced the body curve onto the wood.
Just a simple clamped butt joint, because it's not really under stress--just a little lip to hide the edge and the adhesive strips. I cut them out slightly oversized with a jigsaw, glued and clamped them...then did the final shaping by hand using a tabletop belt-sander and tabletop grinder...with wood as hard as ebony, these worked well for shaping.
I do think it's slightly more comfortable, and keeps my forearm off the top, but by no means needed on such a small instrument (the edge doesn't dig in like on some larger guitars).
I used 3M VHB tape. Holds pretty well. (On shinier guitars, less so.)