Thanks Dave.
Time for the truss rod and carbon fiber. On this build I went with a dual action rod and carbon fiber Tow. The Tow is like a ribbon with carbon fiber strands that are a continual length. Where as the rods are short strands running parallel to each other. The Tow is supposed to be stiffer than the rod once it is epoxied. It comes in various amount of strands from 1000 to 80,000. I'm using 6000 strands.
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When I ordered the Tow the tech told me to put it under tension while the epoxy cures. I had to think about how to do this for a couple days and came up with this idea. I drove a screw at the end of each slot at the body end and a 1/2" brad at the head stock end. All the holes will
be covered so I wont have to worry about holes. I tied the Tow to the screw and ran it up the slot and around the brad and back down to the screw and pulled it tight. Crossed over to the other screw and up and back like the first one pulled it tight and tied it off. I now have 12,000 strands per channel. Filled the slots with slow cure epoxy and let it cure over night. Scrapped off the excess to level it off and ready for the fret board.
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The top pieces were glued together and thickness sander.
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The "F" hole was cut and binding channel routed. I routed for the binding before the top was glued to the body because I wouldn't be able to rout up to the neck once it was glued. The block of wood strapped the dremel is to stabilize it. It would tend to rock with such a small platform.
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Glued and taped the binding with super glue and let it dry for a few hours.
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Now the top is ready to glue to the body. The fret board is next on the agenda.
Tedward