Enjoyed the videos Gary. Well done. Love the looks of the shop too. Very clean and orderly. Is that a Jet drum sander in the background? Lucky man...
Maybe an easier way to profile sides for a body taper: Just cut your neck block 1/4 inch shorter than your tail block. Attach rectangular sides to the blocks as usual in your form. To get a perfect taper, mark a line at the upper bout 3/16 below the side, 1/8 below at the waist and 1/16 below at the widest part of the lower bout. Attach kerfed linings hitting your marks on the side and flush to the neck and tail blocks. Plane off the excess sides down to the linings and sand everything flush on a sanding board. Viola! You have a perfect 1/4 inch taper over 12 inches (Tenor). No bandsaw or router needed. Plus everything is perfectly flush and flat and level. Just another way to skin the cat...
The bending looks like it works for you. I think I would probably just use a heat gun instead of the wife's iron if only for the sake of marital bliss.[/QUOTE
I have two 10-20 sanders. I bought a used one originally and then acquired my uncle's when he died earlier this year.
