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Author:	Alain Desforges [ Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:57 am ]
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So far so good... This week-end my son wanted to help me get some work done! I'll tell you, bringing down the sides to profile sure is combersome work! I'm never going to do that again. (Cumpiano/Nathelson method). I'm going to cut my sides to profile beforehand. No more planing for this guy. An inch and a half takes a lot of time when your shavings are around 5-6 thou! I glued in my kerfing, the blocks and the cut-away 'block'... I used the sides of the guitar as my sanding caul. I just held a piece of sanding paper to the sides and sanded away. Here's my non-symetrical rosette! (Yeah, I chickened out...) Linings completed. Planing the braces. Because of the cutaway, I'm going to have to angle the upper face brace. I hope you enjoyed these pics. Thanks for watching. Al

Author:	Michael Dale Payne [ Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:09 am ]
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Author:	Chris Cordle [ Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:35 am ]
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Looking good! Tomorrow (Tues) I begin bracing the top of build #1. Definitely not brave enough to try a cutaway...yet.

Author:	old man [ Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:37 am ]
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Looking good, Al. Great helper you have there too. Ron

Author:	MSpencer [ Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:34 am ]
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Looks great, I like the cutaway Mike

Author:	Alain Desforges [ Mon Oct 30, 2006 7:48 am ]
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Thanks guys! Ron, I have quite the little helper there indeed! Very meticulous for his age (5)...

Author:	Anthony Z [ Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:03 am ]
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Alain -- the rosette looks great. Nice work on that cutaway -- it's shaping up to be another beauty.

Author:	Rod True [ Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:10 am ]
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That is looking sooooooo good Alain. Nice rosette, nice looking cutaway. It's going to be great

Author:	JJ Donohue [ Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:53 am ]
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Great work, Alain. That son of yours looks like a serious and mature 5 year old. I'm sure he's proud of his Dad and all the great work he does. Question...how wide are those braces? maybe it's an optical illusion, but they look wider than standard.

Author:	Alain Desforges [ Mon Oct 30, 2006 10:45 am ]
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Good eye JJ!! Yes Zak is quite mature for his age. 5 going on 15... Must be the single malt! Yes, the lower face braces and the sound-hole braces are wider... as are the finger braces too... The X is probably a touch narrow as well... I'll probably switch the finger braces to standard size... Then again, maybe not... I just rip cut them all to the same width when I was cutting them on a table saw. I'll adjust the width accordingly before I glue them in...? Thank for all your kind words guys!

Author:	Serge Poirier [ Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:24 pm ]
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Whooooa Al, holy cow, this one will be finished in a week, slow down bud! Great job from both you and Zak, this guitar looks awesome already, keep it up pal!

Author:	Billy T [ Mon Oct 30, 2006 7:36 pm ]
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[quote]Good eye JJ!! Yes Zak is quite mature for his age. 5 going on 15... Must be the single malt! [/quote] Yea! That would do it! I drank some Cutty Sark once, it aged me by ten years too!

Author:	Alain Desforges [ Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:32 am ]
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Hey Sergio, I don't know about being done in a week... It seems all is going well so far... although, I'll probably jinx myself just mentioning it! Billy, Cutty Sark! No wonder you aged 10 years... You were drinking a blend!

Author:	Anthony Z [ Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:45 pm ]
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[QUOTE=Alain Desforges] Billy, Cutty Sark! No wonder you aged 10 years... You were drinking a blend! [/QUOTE] Billy pay Alain no mind ....last time I got together with Alain it was cask strength single malt and I thought I aged at least 5 years the next day.

Author:	Billy T [ Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:39 pm ]
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[quote]You were drinking a blend![/quote] Sad to say, I used another word than blend!!

Author:	Alain Desforges [ Wed Nov 01, 2006 12:54 am ]
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Thanks for all your very very kind words guys... Hesh, where do I send that check again?...

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