Building pictures


Making a guitar step by step

March 01, 2005Making a weissenborn - Part 1

Preparing the top and the back.
Bending the sides.
Making the fingerboard.

 

May 01, 2005Making a weissenborn - Part 2

Bracing the top and the back.
Assembling the body.

 

July 01, 2005Making a weissenborn - Part 3

Making the bindings.
Sanding and finishing.
Making the bridge.
Gluing the fingerboard and the bridge.
Final set-up.

 

December 16, 2006Making an archtop guitar - Part 1

Building the sides and the top.

 

December 19, 2006Making an archtop guitar - Part 2

The back
Assembling the body
The bindings
The neck

 

December 19, 2006Making an archtop guitar - Part 3

The fingerboard
Le neck
The finish
Set-up

 

The tools of the shop

July 02, 2005Neck to body attachment using mortise and tenon

Here are some details about the jig I use to make the tenon on the neck and the mortise on the body of a guitar.

 

September 05, 2005The thickness sander

My "home-made" thickness sander used to sand the tops, backs and sides to the right thickness.

 

Some tips about guitarmaking

March 15, 2006Gluing the fingerboard

A little tip to prevent the fingerboard from slipping while it is glued on the neck.

 

October 06, 2005Making the curved braces - OLD METHOD

The method I use to prepare the curved braces for the flattop guitars.

 

June 05, 2006Gluing a purfling to a binding

On guitar tops and backs, it is very common to see purflings beside the binding. The side of the guitar sometimes have this kind of purfling too ( see the picture on the right ). Unlike top and back purflings, this side purfling needs to be glued to the binding before bending and gluing this binding. Here is a little tip to do this.

 

October 11, 2006Drawing the tuners holes

Here is a really simple tool to help drawing the tuners holes.

 

February 19, 2008Pearl inlay

Some pictures showing a pearl inlay work.

 

March 20, 2008Sanding the bottom of a binding

The waste of side plates can be used to make bindings. But when they are cut with a bandsaw, the bottom of these bindings need to be sanded clean. Here is a simple way to do that.

 

March 20, 2008Checking neck alignment

Here is a quick tip to verify the neck alignment before gluing the fingerboard.

 

August 13, 2008Making the curved braces - NEW METHOD

The method I now use to prepare the curved braces for the flattop guitars.

 



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