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Author: | segovia [ Mon Jul 12, 2010 5:37 pm ] |
Post subject: | sound hole cutting before or after thinning ? |
I have joined two tops of spruce and inlaid my rosette. Should I thickness it to the final thickness and then cut the sound hole or cut the sound hole and then final thickness? J |
Author: | StevenWheeler [ Mon Jul 12, 2010 5:45 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: sound hole cutting before or after thinning ? |
I thickness first. |
Author: | Steve Saville [ Mon Jul 12, 2010 5:47 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: sound hole cutting before or after thinning ? |
Either way will work. I thickness first, but I think I'm in the minority. You'll want to install your rosette before you cut out the sound hole. |
Author: | James W B [ Mon Jul 12, 2010 5:48 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: sound hole cutting before or after thinning ? |
I usually thickness it and make sure everything is cool with the rosette.Like making sure it is flush with the top.Then I`ll usually thickness from the back side of the top and then cut out the sound hole. James |
Author: | DennisK [ Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:08 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: sound hole cutting before or after thinning ? |
My sequence is join, cut to oversize guitar shape, thickness (hand planes), rosette, cut soundhole. Easier to sand the rosette flat to the surface if there isn't a hole to fall into, and there's no real advantage to cutting it early, that I'm aware of. |
Author: | Terence Kennedy [ Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:57 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: sound hole cutting before or after thinning ? |
I'm usually tapping the top and feeling deflection during final thicknessing so I do it after I cut the sound hole. I Install the rosette while still thick and sand flush from the top then cut the sound hole and thickness from the back. |
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