Monday 1 February 2016

Splitting the top.

I bought a rather lovely looking length of spalted beech to make a jewellery box for my daughter but I don't need all of it and conveniently there is enough to make a nice book matched guitar top...

 

The main problem I have is that I have no mechanical means of re-sawing so I've had to do it the old fashioned way.



Working away at the corners to get an even as possible cut.



 Not too bad a job.  It needs some tidying up and the edges jointed before it can be glued.  However beech wood fibres are known for holding tension which can be released when sawn causing warping of the board so I've stored them away flat with a nice heavy weight on them to keep them flat.  This way in a few weeks when I'm ready for the top they'll be okay to use.