The second one, Oahu-style: finished

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banjo980
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Re: The second one on the way!

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The wings are glued to the neck:

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Your wood working is excellent from what ive seen , your build is looking great .Love your idea on the vacume table
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Re: The second one on the way!

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Thanks for the kind words, guys :D

Here is the nut notch done with a dremel:
The nut will be Corian, as the previous one. Still have enough bone color corian for so many guitars, and bone is not so easy to find oversized

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Re: The second one on the way!

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Today I sanded the back flat, and the heel::

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The joint looks not so bad:

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Next steps: rout the top to place THE top
Rout the cavities
Rout the headstock to a 5 degree angle
Tinting, binding inlaying, spraying, sanding , buffinf... Playing
Almost finished :-D

Paul, what about your build?
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Re: The second one on the way!

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Today I routed the body, to make some place for the top:
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Just to have an idea :D :

The top is not glued (electronic cavities first), and roughly cut
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Re: The second one on the way!

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Hi Xavier, do I ever like your vacuum sanding table, what a great idea!

Paul
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Hi again Xavier,

I have a question for you. Why is it that every time I look I at this picture of your guitar I think of my wife????

Paul
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Paul Lafountaine wrote:Hi again Xavier,

I have a question for you. Why is it that every time I look I at this picture of your guitar I think of my wife????

Paul

With the neck up or down? :-D
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Paul Lafountaine wrote:Hi Xavier, do I ever like your vacuum sanding table, what a great idea!

Paul
Hey Paul, and that works great!

If you ever build one, dont forget to glue some pieces of wood inside, like this:
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Xavier
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