After a some testing and refinish work I have finally gotten around to starting what is supposed to be a real build. The concept is largely driven by my current limitations - my workshop is my balcony, and the most advanced power tools I'll be using are: a dremel, a robosander (with a drill in a drill stand) and a jigsaw.
No router - but no pickup holes to do. I'll have to handle the neck pocket somehow, maybe I'll go find some place with a router for that. As this will be a nylon-string, I'm thinking I could do without a truss rod, doing a maple neck with a wenge center strip.
For now, I'm starting on the body. I got a really nice 1cm imbuia top for this guitar. Hand planed the edges to get a perfect fit:
and glued it together:
The body blank is 35mm thick mahogany:
I'm also planning to add a layer of (flamed) maple veneer between the two when I'll be gluing them together, to form a nice accent line going around the body, separating the imbuia from the mahogany.
Made an MDF template and figured out which part of the top I wan to use. Then pre-drilled it in a few key places with a forstner bit and cut out the rough shape with the jigsaw (still have to do the cutaways, my drill didn;t reach in there before I did the cutting).
Now I have to do the same to the mahogany, glue it up and then I will see if I can shape the body with the robosander. Judging by the time it took me to do the MDF template, this will be a LOT of sanding...