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Anyone got a toot or a good workflow for making a Florentine cutaway? How do you do it?

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Mitch

http://dickeyguitars.com/dickeyguitars/JigsTools.html

I thought I had at least a picture but it's not there.

Rod True has one he shared. I use my gobar deck to put the corner together, after first gluing the mahogany corner in there cut for the purpose using a Klemmsia clamp and little squaring jig.

Maybe Rod will chime in or you could do the SEARCH engine on this site.

Hi Mitch!

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Hi Mitch,

Here's a post on how I do my florentine cutaway.

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Thanks guys! - Hi Bruce!

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Mitch

Just one very basic and stupid question - do you bend cutaway side on the bass side of a standard mold, then cut the short and long side from that?

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Mitch

Here is the way I have done it in the past. The instrument is very stable and simple to work with throughout the process. This article was originally published in Guitarmaker magazine. See http://www.wellsguitars.com/Articles/Cutaway_Article.htm.

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Rod:
Great job BTW! Got that one saved to my tutorial folder. It looks like you did a butt joint on your florentine? Have you ever tried a mitre?

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Billy Dean Thomas
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(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

Not sure I understand Billy? Help me out dude.

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Your joint looks like this to me from the pix.



This is what I expected.



Am I seeing this right?

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

Billy,

Following the photo-documentary of Rod's it looks to me that his sides are mitred and are exactly like the picture you labelled "This is what I expected". His glue up jig has the slot for the long side extended which could make you think it was a hybrid butt/mitre joint but the photos of the edges of Rod's side and cutaway show mitres on both.

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Yup Daves got it right.

The sides are mitred together, no butt joints here

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My eyes must be playin tricks on me!

Thanks Dave and Rod!

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