Day 20 - Flush routing and making the end graft

I removed the clamps from the guitar.

I inserted small pieces of wood into the grooves where the sides meet so that the router bearing can run smoothly over the joins.

I sanded the inserts smooth.

I routed the soundboard edges so they would be flush with the sides.

I routed the back edges so it would also be flush with the sides.

I placed an offset bearing on the router so as to cut a groove around the edges of the guitar.

I drew lines where I wanted the end graft to be.

I measured and cut a piece of maple.

I used a straight edge to prevent the saw from slipping as I cut grooves.

I chiselled out the end graft.

I checked the fit of the maple with mahogany perfling.

I glued the maple and mahogany into place.

Day 19 - Make bridge caul and close the box

I cut squares from plywood to fit into the lattice

I glued a single piece of plywood to the squares.

I measured a rough size of a classical guitar bridge onto the plywood and cut the caul to size on the band saw.

I thinned the caul so that it would be able to fit into the guitar through the sound hole.

I sanded a radius into the caul to match the radius of the sound board.

The bridge caul will be used later when I need to glue on the bridge so I will have something on the inside of the guitar to clamp the bridge to.

I marked where to cut channels in the sides for the top to attach and cut the channels so that the top would fit flush with the sides.

I glued the kerfing on both sides and clamped the top and back to the sides.