ChuckBarnett
Well-known member
I'm baaaack... But this go 'round will be much, much easier!
Tenor #2 has been started. And I must say a very special thank you to all of you who helped me with that first one! I took a full year off but am back at it, building a Koa tenor for a granddaughter.
I've got this top down to about 0.075" thick and am trying to remember what y'all have said about thickness. I think this is a good place to stop as there will be some sanding later. The top of the top went through the drum sander to clean up the rosette once I got as close as my scraper skills could take me. So it's in need of more finish sanding.
Any tips?
I know Chuck Moore uses a deflection method to settle in the final thickness. I think it must be a trial and error method to figure out how much weight to set on the several points of the top to compare deflection? Or is there a plan that somebody has made that is transferable?
Once again, Thanks!
Tenor #2 has been started. And I must say a very special thank you to all of you who helped me with that first one! I took a full year off but am back at it, building a Koa tenor for a granddaughter.
I've got this top down to about 0.075" thick and am trying to remember what y'all have said about thickness. I think this is a good place to stop as there will be some sanding later. The top of the top went through the drum sander to clean up the rosette once I got as close as my scraper skills could take me. So it's in need of more finish sanding.
Any tips?
I know Chuck Moore uses a deflection method to settle in the final thickness. I think it must be a trial and error method to figure out how much weight to set on the several points of the top to compare deflection? Or is there a plan that somebody has made that is transferable?
Once again, Thanks!