We took a field trip out to Western Reserve Hardwoods in Perry this past weekend. The owner will be closing his store, which was rather sad. He did, however, run some of Matt's oak through a joiner so that he could begin work on the back of the guitar. It was neat to be around so much beautiful wood. He glued it that evening.

While the Sunchild & I were out yesterday, he took the coping saw to the joined pieces & cut out the back. When I arrived at home, he was using the planer on it to thin it out some. That oak is going to make a beautiful back. 

Here is a mock-up of the guitar. He cut the frets yesterday, using his new Japanese style draw saw. This same saw was very useful to get the grooves of the neck where the sides meet just right.

This morning, he chiselled down the neck.



Then he used the rasp to smooth out the curve, and take out the big bumps. 

There has been a bit of sanding and planing going on, but not much that will look much different on camera.

He did rearrange his workspace, however, and the whole livingroom/dining area looks so much more spacious. Now there is room for everyone to work on something if they want to.