So I have made four guitars and they all have one thing in common, their geometry is only as accurate as my side bending allows. I have improved my side bending considerably over the four guitars I have made but now I want the accuracy of a mould. I made the mould shape using small pieces of wood to make the required contour. I have more work to do on this mould to make it more functional but at the moment I am still thinking about how I am going to use it.
I did try cutting the contour out of a large piece of wood and soon realised that it was impossible to get it accurate with the bandsaw I have. Using small (25x25x75mm) pieces of wood glued, nailed and sandwiched between two pieces of 6mm MDF was much easier. I sanded the pieces of wood back to the contour I cut into the MDF. I marked and cut each piece of the MDF from the first one and bolted them together before sanding them to the final shape, that way they are all very accurate.
Just putting on another 40 pints of bitter, I am going to bottle about 10 pints and put 30 pints into the barrel. The bottled ones I am going to save for a good while to let them mature well. I have finished the stout I made and it was really good, a much better stout than I thought it would be. I have about 30 pints of bitter that is well matured now and tastes excellent.
I have put about 15 coats of lacquer on my classical guitar by brush, I am going to spray a few coats on and then leave it for a couple of weeks before rubbing it down and buffing it up. Here is the last picture prior to applying the lacquer.
