What's happening in your shed?

Very nice work everybody, there sure are a lot of talented luthiers around these parts! I'd better stop golfing and get to work!

Orra said:

Which soundboard choices did you go with in the end?

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Had a request to purchase the Blackwood with Torrified Sitka so here they are with bodies before I applied pore filler.

I've not been doing much instrument building over the last few months due to other projects, including our never-ending basement remodel. I had been eyeing the Veritas Shooting Sander, but decided to make my own version from laminated plywood. Edges were chamfered and sanded to eliminate splinters, and strips of UHMW tape added to the bottom to enhance gliding. A small rebate was cut along the edge of the shooting board so neither my planes nor my shooting sander cut into the board. This will be helpful when I begin working on the Red Spruce top for my next project. Soon. I hope.