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The part that concerns me more is glueing the bridge on as there's no margin for error there. Any words of wisdom for that?
Once you have located and marked the correct position, a couple of small nails (smallest you can find) tapped into the gluing surface of the bridge and snipped at about 1-1.5mm will help to prevent slippage when clamping. There is also the 'stick a couple of drill bits through string holes' technique to prevent slippage also.
Wood glue works best with appropriate clamping pressure and perfectly mating surfaces that are from a blade rather than abrasive. Also, the practice of scoring the gluing surface will not improve adhesion, for this reason.
Adam
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qcauqiepg41tuv7/IMG_2138.jpeg?raw=1
https://www.dropbox.com/s/m5nrfseut9s9f3n/IMG_2139.jpeg?raw=1
The neck is about 4mm (at the bridge) away from being straight. I could live with that, but it's no problem to sand one side of the join to get it straighter.
The neck is flat with the top, which is fine as the string height can be adjusted at both ends by the nut and the bridge.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6ha9qimnrbnbwe3/IMG_2140.jpeg?raw=1
The neck is ever so slightly higher at one side, but it would be easier to just sand down the fingerboard a little at one side than adjust the joint, so that's what I'll do.
I've got a gig on Friday where I'm playing for the main band and the support act (well, it seemed a good idea at the time), so the rest of this week will be taken up with practice.
It's looking very good from here
https://www.dropbox.com/s/flsdtui2b16sazu/IMG_2149.jpeg?raw=1
https://www.dropbox.com/s/04n7ymj30bs66al/IMG_2150.jpeg?raw=1
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vjenkt93cve6vqw/IMG_2151.jpeg?raw=1
For me, the wonderful thing about this style of joint is that you can put the guitar together and check that the fit, neck direction and neck angle are all ok, then take it apart and fix whatever is not quite right. There may be better ways of doing it for more experienced builders, but it's a great method for your first acoustic build (and probably my second and third as well).
If I may offer a piece of advice, for the bolts, try and find ones that have a hex head, as an allen key would be much easier to manipulate through a soundhole than a flat-head screwdriver.
Great build photos
Adam
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qw4cqfvko892et9/IMG_2196.jpeg?raw=1
and most of the neck carve completed.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nsowghw3ixyyct2/IMG_2197.jpeg?raw=1
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0ku3gp4r0652tku/IMG_2200.jpeg?raw=1
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vdwmi2eqfvxuby4/IMG_2258.jpeg?raw=1
Body is still in the process of being sanded.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pavsg5o4gdnxllt/IMG_2259.jpeg?raw=1
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6ke0ddr8joyu651/IMG_2260.jpeg?raw=1
https://www.dropbox.com/s/q4g69ssmm5650t0/IMG_2261.jpeg?raw=1
https://www.dropbox.com/s/injt6klp9knr6mg/IMG_2267.jpeg?raw=1
The neck angle is almost, but not quite right (the strings would be a tad low at the bridge). I'll rejig the neck angle to get the strings a bit higher.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wh8oqnqzpph8pxj/IMG_2273.jpeg?raw=1