"Framework"
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Binding Part III
Cutting the first block into slices of |
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The slices are glued successively onto veneer, trued, glued topsyturvy and planed to thickness. |
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| For the binding of the "F" holes, I plane the strips to 1.3 mm and cut them according to the width and length of each lamination mold. |  |
| Gluing the pre-bent strips over the lamination mold |  |
| The binding for the first "F" hole finished |  |
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Sawing the "F" hole on the bass side |
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Cleaning up the sawcut with a razor-sharp cutting-knife Now follows the fitting of the binding framing the "F" hole (thus "Framework"). |
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completed "F" hole |
| Sides To increase the gluing surface between the sides and back resp. top, the linings are installed. I use unkerfed willow linings of 3.5 mm thickness. |
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Finished sides The sides are cleaned on the inside, the back can be glued in position. 
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