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Hello everyone,
My name is Jean Pierre, i am from Brazil, and i am starting my first project.
First of all, excuses for my english, i'll do everything to be clear and get a good comunication.
I have beem reading this forum, and everything about guitar construction that i can found, hundreds of video from youtbe, for more than a year.
I starting buying some woods, some tools, and making some molds and jigs in my shop.
I am sending the pics of my jigs and Molds that i had to build.

About the project is one classical guitar, from L.Legeay - 08-2002,
http://lutherie-guitare.org/mediawiki/index.php5?title=Plans

So i choose this one to start, i got some solid woods but i was afraid to do some wrong step ans loose the woods, so i bougth some veneers (0.6mm) and made a press to glue 5 stripes of veneer, and the outside stripe is a walnut veneer, i made the some proccess to the back, and the pics show the result.

Well, i know that is not the best for get a good sound, but as a said, for the first time i am attempting to pass for all buildings steps and than get confidence to use my solid woods.
For the sound board i will use a german spruce solid board, the neck will be mohagany and the scale and bridge ebony.


The plans...


The template for brace the soundboard.


The master piece to router the molds...


The mold...


The fox bender jig... for the solid wood, in the near future...


The Veneer Press, gluing....


After press.. the result


back



the woods for the project.... let's see....

This is what i made.. the last month... now a i am working in radius dishes and a gobar deck.
I would like to learn a lot with you guys, so be free to comment and critiques will be welcome.

Looks like u are all set to go.

Is that back 1 piece back?
Nice jigs

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Sen CL Goh
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It looks like you are doing just fine! Your time spent preparing & studying is obviously serving you well.