[Oska Burman]

So this is where I'm at currently.

The box closing ceremony is imminent & then the neck will be started.


So I decided to try this method for the ebony ring that will frame the soundhole edge, whereby I inlayed a strip of Ebony that I'd bent to shape on a hot iron, but not to the full depth of the soundhole patch. Then I thicknessed the soundhole patch from the back, as per usual, to reveal the bound Ebony ring.


The soundhole is then cut out, support braces around the soundhole are glued & shaped, then the x-brace


The soundhole is now bound & therefore the rosette is now complete. Looking pretty sharp actually.


After taking the x-brace down to height, it gets some initial profiling


One brace to go...


The last brace to be glued on is the upper transverse


Just about to glue the soundboard to the rim


Gotta notch all the braces into their pockets




A bunch of different clamps are required for this operation of gluing the soundboard to the rim set


Adirondack back reinforcement strip is profiled


Then it's notched to receive the back braces


The back braces get profiled