Finished Guitar Body Mould

the finished mould. only took a day to sand smooth! i don't think you can use and master a band saw in one day. being obsessive over those fingers you're so familiar with slows the process

Making The Mould

two stacks of ply, laminated five layers high. this took a few days as the layers were glued one at a time and took a day each to cure in the clamps. one has only so many clamps but many days






when finished, each stack was jointed using a long hand plane with a right angle guide









the shape of the body was scribed into the ply stacks ready for the saw. it's going to take the shape of a dreadnought, big on body, big on bass, nice






















the two sides of the mould were cut with the band saw, you only get one go, hear it sing..