I've been working on this for a while. It looks really messy at this point, hopefully it'll look better as I get everything dialed in.
So I have these 2 really pretty pieces of limba that aren't wide enough to make a body (I guess I could make a 3 piece body if I had 3) so I decided that it would be a good excuse to do a scrap build with some other limba & paduak offcuts (the only thing that wasn't a scrap is the fretboard).
I don't think I realized when I started this how much a pain a project w/ this many laminations (& all the grain direction changes at every joint) is when your main tools are a No 6 jointer, a No 151 spokeshave, miniplanes, & scalpels.
3 pieces of limba already glued up, gluing on 3/8" paduak "stringers," to build up the width
glued together
from the side, neck profile cut out & angled back
3/8" routed out for the top
mock up w/ the top on (the top is a 3/8" slice off one of the wings). I don't know I'm not really in love w/ the 3 piece top, maybe I shouldn't have capped the neck (in fact I wouldn't have if it hadn't been such an unusually wide neck because of the not-really-wide-enough wings)
Mock up w/ the angled shim, & headstock joint angle roughed in
headstock glued together from 2 flatsawn scraps & paduak accent/reinforcement glued on
oversized headstock blank messily glued in place
mock up w/ the headstock cleaned up, headstock veneer slip matched & rough cut
from the side
Truss rod slot routed (WD double extending), gluing on the fretboard, one side of clamps on, one to go
I had some trouble routing the binding channel on the headstock, I think the brushes are fried on my cheapo 220v router, anyone have any experience w/ these? I have no idea where to get a set of knockoff dremel brushes (also one of the caps that holds them in place is cracked).
closeup
neck rough cut out
fast forward a bit, sides & neck jointed, glued together, shape coping sawed (sawn?) out, outline mostly dialed in (other than the cutaways), neck rounded but not really carved yet, started carving the heel in, back cut roughed