carousel182 Posted January 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 Thanks! Here's a tutorial I did on how to carved tops. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=917894 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangmeister Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Nice tutorial !! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al heeley Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Wow, great build and what a STUNNING top! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southbound Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 (edited) hey thanks for the Tutorial...nice and simple, gives me confidence that it's not that hard. Much appreciated. (nice guitar too ) Edited January 21, 2009 by Southbound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carousel182 Posted January 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Thanks! it really isn't that hard. just rough it out and then smooth it out with a low grit on a high setting on your random orbital sander. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolanski Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 I dunno if i said anything on UG but it does look great. Very clean and professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 What is that tool you use for the carving (4th pic of the tutorial)? I believe that's a very rounded, spoon-like chisel. He says he "always use a mallet" which makes me think it's some kind of chisel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anderekel Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 It's a gouge. They come in all sorts of sizes. Personally I would prefer to use a rounded plane, but I don't really like chisels and gouges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anderekel Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Yeah, the ibex planes have a rounded bottom. This is the one I just got http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=...amp;cat=1,41182 Letter B (the curved one). Haven't gotten to use it yet, but yeah, it looks to be very good quality, like the rest of their stuff. As far as advantages or disadvantages, if you like using planes go with the plane, if you like using chisels and the like, go with the gouge, that's really all I can say. Oh, the gouge will take off more at a time, whether that's good or bad, but they can take off pretty much however much material you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carousel182 Posted May 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 (edited) Yea, that's just a gouge. Make sure its nice and sharp and you should be fine, I prefer gouges for carving to anything. Good luck! feel free to pm me if you need any help or tips Edited May 6, 2009 by carousel182 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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