Another busy week working through an order.  Today I will be reducing the thickness of a western red cedar set and brazilian rosewood back set.  I do this to clean up the top and back and look at the grain lines which helps when you go to joint them.  By the end of today these will be glued together.  This afternoon I will be thicknessing the brazilian rosewood sides to 2.2mm.  For my traditional guitars I build them very light.  My lattice braced guitars sides are over 3mm thick when finished.  The sides on this traditional guitar will finish up a little under 2mm which will be great.  This brazilian rosewood is a beautiful black set.  Will attach some pics soon.  One side of the guitar will be bent this evening.   

Tomorrow will involve bending the other side of the guitar, making an end block, cutting kerfing and cutting the outline of the soundboard and back of the guitar.

Thursday morning will involve cutting the channel for the rosette with the afternoon spent building up the rosette and glueing it in.

Friday will be cleaning up the rosette and thicknessing the top and cutting up the bracing for top and the back of the guitar.  The afternoon will be spent glueing up the bracing for the top which will be a standard 7 fan strut.

Weekend will hopefully be snow skiing!