Guitar 805 – Wood arrived
November 12, 2008
The wood for the 12-string dreadnought arrived today. Very nice stuff. The top is cedar.
This will be my first try at thickness planing and joining. I’m wavering between visiting a colleague with a drum sander or trying the Safe-T-Planer on the drill press.
The back and sides are walnut, with very interesting pattern. There’s some heartwood on the sides that I may try to incorporate. I’ll have to avoid the knot, but there’s enough length to include or exclude the heartwood.
The back wood is quite thick and a little warped. I’m still not sure how to proceed with the thickness planing. Do I try and relieve the warp first? Or plane through the warp? Hmm.
