Building a Tenor Guitar – Part 21

Follow along as I build a tenor guitar. In this video I build a mortise template and cut the neck mortise in the guitar.

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Buildin a Tenor Guitar – Part 20

Follow along as I build a tenor guitar. In this video I build a fixture to hold the guitar in order to cut the neck mortise.

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Building a Tenor Guitar – Part 19

Follow along as I build a tenor guitar. In this video I trim the ends of the braces, notch the kerfed lining and glue the guitar top to the sides.

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Building a Tenor Guitar – Part 18

Follow along as I build a tenor guitar. In this video I make and install the bridge reinforcing plate on the underside of the guitar top and reinforcing strips on the inside of the guitar back.

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Building a Tenor Guitar – Part 17

Follow along as I build a tenor guitar. In this video I’ll finish fitting, shaping and gluing in the top bracing.

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Building a Tenor Guitar – Part 16

Follow along as I build a tenor guitar. In Part 16 I begin fitting and shaping the top bracing.

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Building a Tenor Guitar – Part 15

Follow along as I build a tenor guitar. In this video see how the back bracing is shaped and glued to the back using a go-bar deck.

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Building a Tenor Guitar – Part 14

Follow along as I build a tenor guitar. In this video see how the internal bracing pattern is laid out and the brace stock is reduced to size.

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West

Today it is 9.9 degrees F with a windchill of -4. Last weekend I enjoyed plenty of sun and temps in the low 70′s as I had the opportunity to visit Phoenix.

While there I visited Taliesin West, the winter home of the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture.

Although photography is limited to certain exterior areas, I got plenty of inspiration for new woodworking projects. This is a slideshow of photos I took during the tour.

Randy

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Building a Tenor Guitar – Part 13

Follow along as I build a Tenor Guitar. In this episode see how the kerfed linings are glued in and and sanded flush with the guitar sides.

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