Table blank halves warming under lights prior to gluing up.
Glued up table blank.
The inside of the back with the hollowing brought out to the initial boundary.
The outside of the back with the arching roughed out to match the inside.
Roughing the outside of the table which has already been hollowed.
Scraping the finished arching of the back.
Linings glued in and clamped.
Scraping and planing the outside arch of the table.
Both plates arched and graduated. The back is ready to join the ribs but the top needs a bassbar.
Bassbar installed and shaped.
The body is glued and clamped.
The neck, partly shaped and with fingerboard attached, is ready to join the body.
The neck and body have been joined together and the fingerboard is masked for finishing. The ribs and back have the first part of the ground already applied.
And from the back.