Sunday, April 27, 2008

Soundboard, take two


I ordered a new batch of wood from Switzerland to make the soundboard anew. The last one wasn't quite perfect. This one I'm being super careful on, especially in terms of the glue joints.

Thanks to Mr. R. K. Lee (who drew the plans up), I learned that I need to let the dry glue soak up the water for an hour before melting it. Makes it much easier to spread on the joints quickly. The odd joints are glued and clamped (except for the one longest one; I ran out of clamps), shown in the picture in all 52 clamps.