Diablo Progress

Bloodwood bobbins for the HBs.



Cutting the scarf joint on the radial arm saw. I know crazy but it works really well. I also have used my chop saw.
I was planning on putting one bloodwood stripe in the scarf.



I ended up changing my mind and put 2 bloodwood pieces with a veneer of maple in between. Should look crazy.


I clamped the neck blank to the table so it didn't move while waiting on the glue to tack up. I also use the left over cuttoff from the scarf to make a caul for the clamps to sit on.


Body rough cut within 1/16" of the template. Since I have issues with routing and tear-out I have taken the advice of smarter dudes. I now trim the blank as close as I can to the template with the bandsaw.


I need a new (more stable, more square) router table... until then I work around it. Then I use the hand router to trim 1/2" into the cut. This gives me a chance to learn the wood. I then use the table router to cut another 3/4" carefully off the body. And finish up with a final pass with the 3 blade 2" bit. Worked pretty well for me.



Body cut out finished.