Since I started this build, I've moved my shop to a new location. I'm still in Black Mountain, but now live on the east side of town, in a small cabin surrounded by woods and mountains. I'll post some pictures of the new shop soon.
The part of being a luthier I enjoy most is quite time spent working with hand tools. The end graft of a guitar is something that can be done very quickly and accurately with a jig, and a router. I'm not really a snob about using hand tools, and honestly if I had a jig setup for doing end grafts, I would just use it. Anyway, after a long time of being a shelved project, hand cutting for the end graft was a nice way to get this build back in the works.
It certainly took some time to have crisp straight lines, and a flat bottom, but it was time I enjoyed spending.
And here's the end graft (padouk) glued in. Soon it will be time to cut for binding, and do some miter joints.
